3789 - ophis

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ὄφις
Transliteration: ophis
Definition (short): serpent
Definition (full): a snake

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. word
Definition: a snake
NASB Translation: serpent (6), serpents (6), snake (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Probably from optanomai (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan -- serpent.

see GREEK optanomai

References

Strong's 3789: 14 Occurrences
KJV: Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
NASB: "Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?
KJV: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
NASB: "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.
KJV: Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
NASB: "You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?
KJV: 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.
NASB: they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."
KJV: 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.
NASB: "Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you.