ὄφιςóphis
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
Greek (New Testament) · G3789
Meanings
a serpent, snake: Matthew 7:10, Mark 16:18, Luke 10:19, Luke 11:11, John 3:14, 1 Corinthians 10:9, Revelation 9:19; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Matthew 10:16, Matthew 23:23, 2 Corinthians 11:3 (cf. Ge 3:1); of Satan (cf. Genesis 3:1, Wisdom 2:23, Wisdom 2:24, 4 Maccabees 18:8), Revelation 12:9, Revelation 12:14, Revelation 12:15, Revelation 20:2.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 7:10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not!
- Matthew 10:16 “Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
- Matthew 23:33 Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
- Luke 10:19 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.
- Luke 11:11 “You fathers—if your children ask for a fish, do you give them a snake instead?
- John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.