Strong's Greek · G3789

ὄφις

óphis

Definitiona snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
Derivationprobably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision);
KJV usageserpent
Occurrences14 in the KJV · 14 verses

ὄφις in Scripture

Matthew 7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? Matthew 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Mark 16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Luke 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Luke 11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 1 Corinthians 10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Revelation 9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. Revelation 12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
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