The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ὄφις

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaὄφις
Citation formὄφις, εως, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa serpent
Strong’sG3789
Transliterationóphis
Definitiona snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
KJV glosses:--serpent.
Derivationprobably from (through the idea of sharpness of vision)
SBLGNT occurrences14

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ὄφεις
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Mark 16:18
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-) — Matthew 10:16
noun, vocative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----VPM-) — Matthew 23:33
ὄφεσιν
noun, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Revelation 9:19
ὄφεων
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — Luke 10:19
noun, genitive, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----GPM-) — 1 Corinthians 10:9
ὄφεως
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Revelation 12:14
ὄφιν
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 7:10
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Luke 11:11
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — John 3:14
ὄφις
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 2 Corinthians 11:3
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Revelation 12:15
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Revelation 12:9
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Revelation 20:2

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: οφις.