G3789 ὄφις
Strong's Greek Concordance · 14 KJV occurrences
ὄφις
óphis
Definition
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
KJV Renderings
serpent
Derivation / Etymology
probably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 14)
- Matthew 7:10Or 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.
- Mark 16:18They 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 11:11If 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?
- 1 Corinthians 10:9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3But 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 12:9And 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 12:15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.