Serpent-
In continuation with this study from
Genesis 3 the next word I want to bring to light is the word serpent.
Serpent is a word that must be understood from its point of origin to
correctly interpret this passage of the bible. The word serpent comes
from the word “Nachash” #5175, 5172 which means to “hiss,
whisper, a bold magic spell, prognosticate.” Also it is worth
mentioning in Greek the word serpent comes from the word “Ophis”
meaning “a snake, an artful malicious person, especially
Satan-serpent.”
Quite literally the word serpent means
magician or enchanter. This enchanter is none other than Satan
himself in a bodily form that took on a physical appearance to seduce
or to spellbound Eve into committing mortal sin.
Interesting enough another animal term that
describes Satan is the word “dragon” that is used in Revelation 20:2 and in Revelation 12:3,4. The word “dragon” is used to show
the ferocity and frightening character of Satan just as the word
serpent means to show deceitfulness, charm, and fascination.
Everyone knows that an actual snake
does not have the ability to speak to anyone nor to enchant Eve into
committing this sin.
The word serpent in this particular
text is a person with low character that is capable of doing
anything, or a low scoundrel. This word serpent no more means an
actual serpent than when Moses called Dan a serpent in Genesis
49:17 "Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that
biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward."
Other examples of
people being called animals in the bible can be found in; 2Tim. 4:17
when Nero is called a lion, Luke 13:32 when Herod is called a fox,
and in Gen. 49:9 when Judah is called a lions whelp.
Praise the Lord
for his word!
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