Ophis ὄφις

Ophis (Greek ὄφις, Strong's G3789) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “snake”. It occurs 14 times in 14 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Ophis, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 7:10
  Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
• 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.Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
• Matthew 23:33
  Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

Mark

• 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.they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

Luke

• 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.Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
• 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?What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

John

• John 3:14
  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 10:9
  Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

2 Corinthians

• 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.I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

Revelation

• 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.For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.
• 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.And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
• 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.But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
• 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.Then from the mouth of the serpent spewed water like a river to overtake the woman and sweep her away in the torrent.
• 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,He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).