ὄφις
ophis
snake
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the given data, the word "ὄφις" (ophis) is a Greek term translating to the English word "snake." It appears 14 times in the Bible. Given its definition, it's clear that "ophis" is a term used to describe serpents in general. The frequency of its occurrence indicates some significance, although the exact nature and context of its use requires deeper exploration of the surrounding passages. The range of usage is limited to the physical entity of a snake. Without further context or data, it's difficult to draw conclusions about its significance. However, as a physical entity, "ophis" could be used to represent a symbol of evil or danger based on biblical context.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?
Matthew 10:16“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 23:33You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Mark 16:18they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will in no way hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Luke 10:19Behold, I give you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will in any way hurt you.
Luke 11:11“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
John 3:14As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
1 Corinthians 10:9Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.
2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Revelation 9:19For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm.
Revelation 12:9The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Revelation 12:14Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Revelation 12:15The serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that he might cause her to be carried away by the stream.
Revelation 20:2He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years,