Snake
ὄφιςStrong’s G3789ophis
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ophis is the Greek word usually translated “serpent”, “serpents” and “as serpents”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?”
Meaning
Usually translated “serpent”, “serpents” and “as serpents”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- serpent 6
- serpents 5
- a serpent 2
- as serpents 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 5
- Matthew 3
- Luke 2
- Mark 1
- John 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- Matthew 23:33Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
- 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 10:19Behold, 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 11:11If 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?
- John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
Greek dictionary
ὄφις ophis · snake
ὄφις, -εως, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נָחָשׁ ;] a serpent, snake: Mat.7:10 Mrk.16:18, Luk.10:19 11:11, Jhn.3:14, 1Co.10:9, Rev.9:19; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Mat.10:16 23:23, 2Co.11:3 (cf. Gen.31:1-55); of Satan (cf. Gen.3:1, Wis.2:23-24, 4Ma.18:8), Rev.12:9, 14 12:11 20:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “snake” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SNAKE, noun
A serpent of the oviparous kind, distinguished from a viper, says Johnson. But in America, the common and general name of serpents, and so the word is used by the poets.
All definitions and other forms of “snake”
SNAKE, verb transitive
In seamen's language, to wind a small rope round a large one spirally, the small ropes lying in the spaces between the strands of the large one. This is called also worming.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.