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Koine Greek wordlink #160904

SR GNT Rev 9:19 ὄφεσιν (ofesin) ‘tails of them are similar to serpents having heads and’ Strongs=37890 Lemma=ofis
Word role=noun case=dative gender=masculine number=plural

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Only use of identical word form ὄφεσιν (N-DMP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὄφεσιν’ (N-DMP) is always and only glossed as ‘to serpents’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ofis’ have 4 different glosses: ‘a serpent’, ‘to serpents’, ‘serpent’, ‘serpents’.

Greek words (4) other than ὄφεσιν (N-DMP) with a gloss related to ‘serpents’

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

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

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