G3789

ὄφις

ophis

Masculine noun · Probably from ὀπτάνομαι (G3700) (through the idea of sharpness of vision)

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.

Outline

snake, serpent
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.

Usages

Matthew 7:10

Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

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Matthew 10:16

¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

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Matthew 23:33

Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

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Mark 16:18

They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

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Luke 10:19

Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

Breakdown

power Knowledge of the scriptures. serpents and scorpions Israel. enemy The other nations, mainly the Edomites.

Spiritual Powers

Psalms 110:3 Isaiah 40:31 Wisdom 3:7 John 14:12 Acts 1:8 Revelation 11:6

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Luke 11:11

If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

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John 3:14

¶ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

Quoting Numbers 21:7-9

¶ Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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1 Corinthians 10:9

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

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2 Corinthians 11:3

But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

Precepts

Proverbs 8:9

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Revelation 9:19

For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

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Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

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deceiveth the whole world Esau has deceived the whole world with his philosophies, etc.

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Revelation 12:14

And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

Breakdown

wings of a great eagle Representing how Israel was delivered (Exodus 19:4). serpent is another word for the dragon, Esau. nourished for a time Esau had to take care of the children of Israel whilst he had them in slavery.

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Revelation 12:15

And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

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When the Romans came to take over the children of Israel.

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Revelation 20:2

And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

Breakdown

laid hold The Israelites put the Edomites in subjection. dragon Pagan Roman Empire. a thousand years The one thousand year period starting around the reign of Constantine the Great (circa 325AD). During this period of time, the Edomites were enslaved under Israel

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