noun · feminine
echidnas
Greekἔχιδνα (echidna)
Strong’sG2191
a serpent, snake, viper
stem echidn-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** ἔχιδνα, -ης, ἡ,
[in OT (Aq.), Is 59:5*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2191 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidekh'-id-nah
an adder or other poisonous snake (literally or figuratively)
Fromof uncertain origin;
King Jamesviper.
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 case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | echidnas1×ἔχιδνα | echidnais |
| object accusative | echidnan | echidnain |
| direct address vocative | echidnar | echidnair |
| of, belonging to genitive | echidnau | echidnaiu4×ἐχιδνῶν |
| to, for dative | echidna | echidnai |
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
echidna 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
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
echidnas“viper”subjectnominative singular1×
Acts 28:3“viper”sustrefaratou de tou Paulou fruganeiu tinem plēthem kai epititharatou epi tan puran, echidnas apo tau thermau exercharatas kathaptata tau cheirau autou.Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
echidnaiu“vipers”of, belonging togenitive plural4×
Matthew 3:7“vipers”Horaratos de polloin toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu ercherōtoin epi tem baptismem autou legata autoi; Gennēmeim echidnaiu, tinos hupodeiknuata vi feugara apo tau mellarōtau orgau?But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 12:34“vipers”gennēmeim echidnaiu, pōs dunevō agatheim lalarō ponērois arōtois? ek gar teu perisseumeu tau kardiau tem stomem lalatō.You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Matthew 23:33“vipers”ofioir gennēmeim echidnaiu, pōs feugaveia apo tau krisiau tau geennau?You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
Luke 3:7“vipers”Legate oun toi ekporeuerōtoi ochloi baptizira hupo autou; Gennēmeim echidnaiu, tinos hupodeiknuata vi feugara apo tau mellarōtau orgau?Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?