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ὄφις

Lemmaὄφις
Citation formὄφις, εως, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa serpent
Strong’sG3789
Transliterationóphis
Definitiona snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
KJV glosses:--serpent.
Derivationprobably from (through the idea of sharpness of vision)
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