Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a serpent, Mt. 7:10; 10:16; an artificial serpent, Jn. 3:14; used of the devil or Satan, Rev. 12:9, 14, 15; 20:2; met. a man of serpentine character, Mt. 23:33
Translated in KJV as
serpent
Etymology
probably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision);
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