Strong's #3789: ophis (pronounced 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:--serpent.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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ophis

1) snake, serpent

2) with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom. The serpent who deceived Eve was regarded by the Jews as the devil.

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision)

Citing in TDNT: 5:566, 748

Usage:

This word is used 14 times:

 

Matthew 7:10: "a fish, will he give him a serpent?"
Matthew 10:16: "be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as"
Matthew 23:33: " Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation"
Mark 16:18: "They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt"
Luke 10:19: "power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over"
Luke 11:11: "a fish give him a serpent?"
John 3:14: "Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so"
1 Corinthians 10:9: "and were destroyed of serpents."
2 Corinthians 11:3: "lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his"
Revelation 9:19: "their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with"
Revelation 12:9: "dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan,"
Revelation 12:14: "from the face of the serpent."
Revelation 12:15: "And the serpent cast out of his mouth water"
Revelation 20:2: "the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and"