What does נָחָשׁ · ὄφις mean in the Bible?
נָחָשׁ · ὄφις is a Hebrew phrase meaning "serpent, snake".
Hebrew · H5175, G3789
Nachash
A snake (from its hiss) · snake
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נָחָשׁ H5175 a snake (from its hiss)
Pronunciation nāḥāš
Serpent; symbol of deception and evil in theological narratives, especially Genesis 3 temptation account
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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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What does nachash (nachash) mean in the Bible?
נָחָשׁ · ὄφις is a Hebrew phrase meaning "serpent, snake".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5175, G3789?
H5175, G3789 is connected to 31 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. serpent, snake
Strong's H5175, G3789
Lexical occurrences 31 verses Source Gloss
serpent, snake
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
nachash 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