snake

Greek Noun Male

ὄφις, -εως, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for נָחָשׁ;] a serpent, snake: Mat.7:10 Mrk.16:18, Luk.10:19 11:11, Jhn.3:14, 1Co.10:9, Rev.9:19; as typical of wisdom and cunning, Mat.10:16 23:23, 2Co.11:3 (cf. Gen.31:1-55); of Satan (cf. Gen.3:1, Wis.2:23-24, 4Ma.18:8), Rev.12:9, 14 12:11 20:2. (AS)

snake

Greek Noun Male

ὄφις, ὁ, genitive ὄφεως, poetry also ὄφεος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Doric dialect and Ionic dialect ὄφιος [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—serpent, αἰόλος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ ψυχρὸς ὄ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; equivalent to δράκων in [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) like{δράκων}, a serpent-like bracelet, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄφεις is Attic dialect for ψέλλια accusative to [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II.2) τρικάρηνος ὄ. ὁ χάλκεος dedicated at Delphi (= [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+] IV) a creeping plant, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) a kind of fish, see at {ὀφίδιον} [Refs] VI) guinea-worm (elsewhere δρακόντιον), [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VII) ={ὀφίασις} I, [Refs 1st c.AD+]. [The first syllable is sometimes made long in the older Poets, αἰόλον ὄφιν [Refs 8th c.BC+] —The ultima of the _nominative_ and _accusative_ ὄφις, ὄφιν is commonly long, as in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; short only in later Poets, as [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan; serpent; probably from g3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision)