G3789 – ophis – ὄφις – serpent
- Strong’s ID:
- G3789
- Greek Word:
- ὄφις
- Transliteration:
- ophis
- Pronunciation:
- of’-is
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 14
- Search:
- Find “ophis” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
probably from G3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:—serpent.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
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.
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.