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Koine Greek wordlink #16473

SR GNT Mat 23:33 Ὄφεις (Ofeis) ‘serpents brood of vipers how’ Strongs=37890 Lemma=ofis
Word role=noun case=vocative gender=masculine number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form Ὄφεις (N-VMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Ὄφεις’ (N-VMP) 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’.

Greek words (5) other than Ὄφεις (N-VMP) with a gloss related to ‘serpents’

MARK 16:18 ὄφεις (ofeis) N-AMP ‘serpents they will_be taking_up and_if deadly’ SR GNT Mark 16:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18  (MRK_16:18)

OET-RV: 18 and they’ll be able to pick up snakes. If they drink anything poisonous, it won’t hurt them, and they will place their hands on people and make them better.” (MRK 16:18)

MAT 10:16 ὄφεις (ofeis) N-NMP ‘therefore shrewd as serpents and innocent as’ SR GNT Mat 10:16 word 18

OET-LV: 16 Behold, I am _sending_ you _all _out as sheep in the_midst of _wolves, therefore be _becoming shrewd as the serpents and innocent as the doves. (MAT_10:16)

OET-RV: 16 “Look out, because I’m sending you out like sheep among the wolves, so you’ll all need to be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves. (MAT 10:16)

LUKE 10:19 ὄφεων (ofeōn) N-GMP ‘authority to_be treading on serpents and scorpions and’ SR GNT Luke 10:19 word 11

OET-LV: 19 Behold, I _have _given to _you _all the authority which to _be _treading on serpents and scorpions, and on all the power of _the enemy, and nothing may_ not _injure you _all by _no _means. (LUK_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 Listen, I’ve given you all the authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and to overcome the enemy’s power, and nothing at all will be able to injure you. (LUK 10:19)

1 COR 10:9 ὄφεων (ofeōn) N-GMP ‘tested him and by serpents were_being destroyed’ SR GNT 1 Cor 10:9 word 17

OET-LV: 9 Not we _may _be _testing the master, as some of _them tested him, and by the serpents were _being _destroyed. (CO1_10:9)

OET-RV: 9 And nor should we challenge the master like some of our Jewish ancestors did, and then they were killed by the snakes. (CO1 10:9)

REV 9:19 ὄφεσιν (ofesin) N-DMP ‘tails of them are similar to serpents having heads and’ SR GNT Rev 9:19 word 32

OET-LV: 19 For/Because the power of _the horses in the mouth of _them is and in the tails of _them, because/for the tails of _them are similar to _serpents, having heads, and with them they _are _injuring. (REV_9:19)

OET-RV: 19 because the horses’ power is in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that injure people. (REV 9:19)

Key: N=noun AMP=accusative,masculine,plural DMP=dative,masculine,plural GMP=genitive,masculine,plural NMP=nominative,masculine,plural VMP=vocative,masculine,plural