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Koine Greek wordlink #161152

SR GNT Rev 12:9 ὄφις (ofis) ‘dragon great the serpent ancient who being called’ Strongs=37890 Lemma=ofis
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ὄφις (N-NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὄφις’ (N-NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘serpent’.

2 Cor 11:3 ‘somehow as the serpent deceived Heua/(Ḩavvāh) in’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:3 word 7

OET-LV: 3 But I _am _fearing, lest somehow as the serpent deceived Heua/(Ḩavvāh) in the craftiness of _him, it _may _be _corrupted the thinking of _you _all from the sincerity and the purity which in the chosen _one /messiah. (CO2_11:3)

OET-RV: 3 But I’m afraid that just as the crafty serpent somehow deceived Heva (Eve), your thinking might get corrupted from its sincerity and purity in the messiah. (CO2 11:3)

Rev 12:15 ‘and throw the serpent out_of the mouth’ SR GNT Rev 12:15 word 5

OET-LV: 15 And throw the serpent out _of the mouth of _him after the woman, water as a_river, in _order _that her a_flood may _make. (REV_12:15)

OET-RV: 15 Then the snake poured water out of his mouth like a river towards the woman so that the current would sweep her away, (REV 12:15)

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 ὄφις (N-NMS) with a gloss related to ‘serpent’

YHN 3:14 ὄφιν (ofin) N-AMS ‘Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) exalted the serpent in the wilderness’ SR GNT Yhn 3:14 word 6

OET-LV: 14 And as Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) exalted the serpent in the wilderness, thus it _is _fitting the son of_ the _man to _be _exalted, (JHN_3:14)

OET-RV: 14 “Just like Mosheh lifted up that bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, it’s also necessary for humanity’s child to be lifted up, (JHN 3:14)

MAT 7:10 ὄφιν (ofin) N-AMS ‘a fish will_be requesting not a serpent will_be handing_out to him’ SR GNT Mat 7:10 word 8

OET-LV: 10 Or also will _be _requesting a_fish, not will _be _handing _out a_serpent to _him? (MAT_7:10)

OET-RV: 10 Or if the child asked for some fish, who would give them a snake? (MAT 7:10)

LUKE 11:11 ὄφιν (ofin) N-AMS ‘and instead_of a fish a serpent to him will_be handing_out’ SR GNT Luke 11:11 word 30

OET-LV: 11 and who of of _you _all the son will _be _requesting the father, a_fish, and instead _of a_fish, will _be _handing _out a_serpent? to _him (LUK_11:11)

OET-RV: 11 How many of you fathers, if your child asked you for some fish, you’d give them a snake instead? (LUK 11:11)

REV 12:14 ὄφεως (ofeōs) N-GMS ‘from the face of the serpent’ SR GNT Rev 12:14 word 39

OET-LV: 14 And were _given to _the two woman wings of _the eagle the great, in _order _that she _may _be _flying into the wilderness into the place of _her, where she _is _being _nourished there a_time, and times, and a_half of_a_time, from the_face of _the serpent. (REV_12:14)

OET-RV: 14 But two large, eagle wings were given to the woman so that she could fly away to the wilderness, to her place where she’ll be nourished away from the snake for three and a half years. (REV 12:14)

REV 20:2 ὄφιν (ofin) N-AMS ‘the dragon the serpent ancient who is’ SR GNT Rev 20:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 And he _apprehended the dragon, the serpent the ancient, who is the_false _accuser and the Satan/(Sāţān), and he _bound him for_a_thousand years, (REV_20:2)

OET-RV: 2 and he seized the dinosaur, that ancient snake, who is the devil and Satan, and chained him up for a thousand years. (REV 20:2)

Key: N=noun AMS=accusative,masculine,singular GMS=genitive,masculine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular