Strong's G3789 · Greek

ὄφις

ophis · of'-is

probably from 3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὄφις (G3789)

14 ὄφις , -εως, ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for נָחָשׁ ;] a serpent , snake : Mt 7:10 , Mk 16:18 , Lk 10:19 11:11 , Jo 3:14 , I Co 10:9 , Re 9:19 ; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Mt 10:16 23:23 , II Co 11:3 (cf. Ge 3:1 ); of Satan (cf. Ge 3:1 , Wi 2:23 , 24 , IV Mac 18:8 ), Re 12:9 , 14 , 15 20:2 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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