ὄφις
ophis
“snake”
Definition
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
probably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
ὄφις appears 14 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
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