Strong’s definition
a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan
KJV gloss list in the source
serpent
Derivation recorded by Strong
probably from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι) (through the idea of sharpness of vision);
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