serpents
Part of Speech:
Noun Masculine
Strongs Glossary:
probably from ὀπτάνομαι (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:--serpent.
generation
Pronounciation:
ghen'-nay-mah
Part of Speech:
Noun Neuter
Strongs Glossary:
from γεννάω; offspring; by analogy, produce (literally or figuratively):--fruit, generation.
vipers
Pronounciation:
ekh'-id-nah
Part of Speech:
Noun Feminine
Strongs Glossary:
of uncertain origin; an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively):--viper.
how
Strongs Glossary:
adverb from the base of ποῦ; an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!:--how, after (by) what manner (means), that. (Occasionally unexpressed in English).
ye
Strongs Glossary:
apparently a primary verb; to run away (literally or figuratively); by implication, to shun; by analogy, to vanish:--escape, flee (away).
escape
Part of Speech:
Preposition
Strongs Glossary:
a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
damnation
Part of Speech:
Noun Feminine
Strongs Glossary:
decision (subjectively or objectively, for or against); by extension, a tribunal; by implication, justice (especially, divine law):--accusation, condemnation, damnation, judgment.
hell
Pronounciation:
gheh'-en-nah
Part of Speech:
Noun Feminine
Strongs Glossary:
of Hebrew origin (גַּיְא and הִנֹּם); valley of (the son of) Hinnom; ge-henna (or Ge-Hinnom), a valley of Jerusalem, used (figuratively) as a name for the place (or state) of everlasting punishment:--hell.
Aionian Glossary:
Valley of Hinnom, Jerusalem's trash dump, a place of ruin, destruction, and judgment in this life or the next, though not eternal to Jesus' audience.