ὄφις

greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine14 occurrences7 books14 verses

Definition

ὄφις, -εως, ὁ

[in LXX chiefly for נָחָשׁ ;]

a serpent, snake: Matthew 7:10, Mark 16:18, Luke 10:19; 11:11, John 3:14, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Revelation 9:19; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Matthew 10:16; 23:23, 2 Corinthians 11:3 (cf. Genesis 31:1-55); of Satan (cf. Genesis 3:1, Wis.2.23-24, 4Ma.18.8), Revelation 12:9, 14; 12:11; 20:2.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Matthew 7:10ὄφιν · a snake
    Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
  2. Matthew 10:16ὄφεις · snakes
    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
  3. Matthew 23:33ὄφεις · You snakes
    You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
  4. Mark 16:18ὄφεις · snakes
    …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.”
  5. Luke 10:19ὄφεων · snakes
    Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
  6. Luke 11:11ὄφιν · a snake
    What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
  7. John 3:14ὄφιν · snake
    Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
  8. 1 Corinthians 10:9ὄφεων · snakes
    We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
  9. 2 Corinthians 11:3ὄφις · serpent’s
    I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
  10. Revelation 9:19ὄφεσιν · snakes
    For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
  11. Revelation 12:9ὄφις · serpent
    And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
  12. Revelation 12:14ὄφεως · serpent
    But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
  13. Revelation 12:15ὄφις · serpent
    Then from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
  14. Revelation 20:2ὄφις · serpent
    He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.