ὄφις

Noun

ophis · snake

Search morphology

Strong's ID: 3789

Lexical summary

14

NT occurrences

8

Observed forms

About this Greek word

A serpent, Mt. 7:10; 10:16; an artificial serpent, Jn. 3:14; used of the devil or Satan, Rev. 12:9, 14, 15; 20:2; met. a man of serpentine character, Mt. 23:33

Observed NT forms

These forms and parsing labels come from the attested NT corpus. A missing form is not presented as an unattested grammatical claim.

Noun declension

Noun declension, grouped by number and case
NumberCaseMasculineReferences
SingularNominative
2 Corinthians 11:3
Genitive
Revelation 12:14
Dative——
Accusative
Matthew 7:10
Vocative——
PluralNominative
Matthew 10:16
Genitive
Luke 10:19
Dative
Revelation 9:19
Accusative
Mark 16:18
Vocative
Matthew 23:33

NT distribution

NT Book

ὄφις

Book distribution counts: Revelation: 5 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; Luke: 2 occurrences; John: 1 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences; 1 Corinthians: 1 occurrences; 2 Corinthians: 1 occurrences

Author

ὄφις
  • John6
  • Matthew3
  • Luke2
  • Paul2
  • Mark1

Author distribution counts: John: 6 occurrences; Matthew: 3 occurrences; Luke: 2 occurrences; Paul: 2 occurrences; Mark: 1 occurrences