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noun · feminine

aspias

Greekἀσπίς (aspis)

Strong’sG785

an asp

stem aspi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

asps

What it means

ἀσπίς, -ίδος, ἡ,

[in LXX for פֶּתֶן, etc.;]

an asp: Ro 3:13.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G785 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidas-pece'

a buckler (or round shield); used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp"

Fromof uncertain derivation;

King Jamesasp.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject nominativeaspiasaspiais
object accusativeaspianaspiain
direct address vocativeaspiaraspiair
of, belonging to genitiveaspiauaspiaiuἀσπίδων
to, for dativeaspiaaspiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
aspistem+agender+snruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

aspia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

aspiaiu“asps”of, belonging togenitive plural

Romans 3:13“asps”tafos anoigirētos tos larunxos autoiu, tai glōssai autoiu doliale, ios aspiaiu hupo teim cheileim autoiu,“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”