2001 Translation

OPHIN, ophin

Sounds Like: O-FIN

Translations: snake, serpent, a snake, a serpent

From the root: ΟΦΙΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a snake or serpent. It is often used literally to describe the animal, but can also be used metaphorically, particularly in religious texts, to represent evil or deception. It is a masculine noun.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3789 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 12:5, 12:6, 12:7

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:50
• Book 2 — 13:287

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Seven — 8:31

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 70:5, 79:4, 91:4, 94:1, 94:3, 100:6, 102:3, 103:5, 112:1

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 9:7

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 4:17, 7:15
• Numbers — 21:7, 21:8, 21:9
• 2 Kings — 18:4
• Isaiah — 27:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 7:10
• Luke — 11:11
• John — 3:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΦΙΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ὈΦΕΙΣ — serpents, snakes
• ὈΦΕΣΙ — (to) serpents, (to) snakes
• ὈΦΕΣΙΝ — to snakes, to serpents
• ὈΦΕΩΝ — of serpents, of snakes
• ὈΦΕΩΣ — of a serpent, of a snake
• ΟΦΕΙΣ — serpents, snakes
• ΟΦΕΣΙΝ — to serpents, to snakes
• ΟΦΕΩΝ — (of) snakes, (of) serpents
• ΟΦΕΩΣ — of a serpent, of a snake, of a dragon
• ΟΦΙ — serpent, snake, a serpent, a snake, (to) a serpent, (to) a snake, (for) a serpent, (for) a snake
• ΟΦΙΝ — snake, serpent, a snake, a serpent
• ΟΦΙΣ — snake, serpent, a snake, a serpent

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