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SR GNT Mat 10:16
ὄφεις (ofeis) ‘therefore shrewd as serpents and innocent as’
Strongs=37890 Lemma=ofis
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=plural
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The word form ‘ὄφεις’ (N-NMP) is always and only glossed as ‘serpents’.
The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ofis’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a serpent’, ‘to serpents’, ‘serpent’, ‘serpents’.
MAT 23:33 ὄφεις (ofeis) N-VMP ‘serpents brood of vipers how’ SR GNT Mat 23:33 word 1
LUKE 10:19 ὄφεων (ofeōn) N-GMP ‘authority to_be treading on serpents and scorpions and’ SR GNT Luke 10:19 word 11
1COR 10:9 ὄφεων (ofeōn) N-GMP ‘tested him and by serpents were_being destroyed’ SR GNT 1Cor 10:9 word 17
REV 9:19 ὄφεσιν (ofesin) N-DMP ‘tails of them are similar to serpents having heads and’ SR GNT Rev 9:19 word 32
Key: N=noun DMP=dative,masculine,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural VMP=vocative,masculine,plural