Quick Definition
a serpent
Strong's Definition
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
Derivation: probably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision);
KJV Usage: serpent
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὄφις, ὀφισεως, ὁ (perhaps named from its sight; cf. δράκων, at the beginning, and see Curtius, as under the word ὀφθαλμός); from Homer, Iliad 12, 208 down; the Sept. mostly for πΘηΘωΡ; a snake, serpent: Mat_7:10; Mar_16:18; Luk_10:19; Luk_11:11; Joh_3:14; 1Co_10:9; Rev_9:19; with the ancients the serpent was an emblem of cunning and wisdom, 2Co_11:3, cf. Gen_3:1; hence, φρόνιμοι ὡς οἱ ὄφεις, Mat_10:16 (here WH marginal reading ὁ ὄφις); hence, crafty hypocrites are called ὄφεις, Mat_23:33. The serpent narrated to have deceived Eve (see Gen. as above) was regarded by the later Jews as the devil (Sap. ii., 23f, cf. 4Ma_18:8); hence, he is called ὁ ὄφις ὁ ἀρχαῖος, ὁ ὄφις: Rev_12:9; Rev_12:14; Rev_20:2; see (Grimm on Sap. as above; From Lenormant, Beginnings of History etc., chapter ii., p. 109f, and) δράκων.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὄφις ophis 14x
a serpent, Mat_7:10 ; Mat_10:16 ;
an artificial serpent, Joh_3:14 ;
used of the devil or Satan, Rev_12:9 ; Rev_12:14-15 ; Rev_20:2 ;
met. a man of serpentine character, Mat_23:33 serpent; snake.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὄφις , -εως , ὁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5175 ;]
a serpent, snake: Mat_7:10 Mar_16:18 , Luk_10:19 ; Luk_11:11 , Joh_3:14 , 1Co_10:9 , Rev_9:19 ; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Mat_10:16 ; Mat_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 ; Rev_12:14 ; Rev_12:11 ; Rev_20:2 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὄφις [page 469]
In P Leid W vi. 49 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 101) we have a spell ὄφιν ἀποκτεῖναι , to kill a serpent. In P Lond 122 (iv/A.D.) (= I. p. 116) Hermes is invoked under his various shapes and titles, e.g. .11ἐν τῷ βορεᾷ μορφὴν ἔχεις ὄφεως . For the name ascribed to Satan cf. a Christian amulet not later than Justinian, Kaibel 1140 b .2
φεῦγ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἐμῶν μελέων , ὄφ [ι ], πῦρ , Βελιὰρ κ [ακό ]μορ [φ ]ε .
The MGr φίδι has assumed the diminutive suffix and become neuter.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὄφις "a serpent, snake", Il. , Hdt. , Trag. :—metaph., πτηνὸν ὄφιν, of an arrow, Aesch. [Etym: The first syll. is sometimes made long, when it was pronounced (and perh. ought to be written) ὄπφις, v. ὀχέω.]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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