ὄφις (ophis) means “snake” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: of'-is Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
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)
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a serpent, snake; used of the devil or Satan.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| snakes | 5 |
| serpent | 4 |
| a snake | 2 |
| serpents | 1 |
| snake | 1 |
| you snakes | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| serpents | 5 |
| the serpent | 3 |
| serpent | 2 |
| a serpent | 1 |
| of serpents | 1 |
| of the serpent | 1 |
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Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
Read word by wordBehold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Read word by wordYou snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
Read word by wordBehold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
Read word by wordWhat father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
Read word by wordJust as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Read word by wordWe should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordFor 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordThen from his mouth the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
Read word by wordHe seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
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