What does ὄφις · σκορπίος mean in the Bible?
ὄφις · σκορπίος is a Greek phrase meaning "snakes and scorpions".
Greek · G3789, G4651
ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων
Snake · a "scorpion" (from its sting)
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ὄφις G3789 snake
Pronunciation óphis
Symbol of Satan and demonic deception; also represents cunning wisdom requiring Christian discernment.
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σκορπίος G4651 a "scorpion" (from its sting)
Pronunciation skorpíos
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What does ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων (opheōn kai skorpiōn) mean in the Bible?
ὄφις · σκορπίος is a Greek phrase meaning "snakes and scorpions".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3789, G4651?
G3789, G4651 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. snakes and scorpions
Source Gloss
snakes and scorpions
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 14 Case pattern Nominative (5) Number pattern Singular (8)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 11:3 · Rev 12:9 · Rev 12:15 · Rev 20:2 4×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:16 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 10:19 · 1 Cor 10:9 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 12:14 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:19 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 7:10 · Luke 11:11 · John 3:14 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Mark 16:18 1×
Vocative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:33 1×
Word Origins
ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain