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To: Verginius Rufus
In the Septuagint translation of Genesis the word used of the serpent is ophis. In Rev. 12 both drakon and ophis are used; I think wherever the KJV has "dragon" the Greek has drakon and where the KJV has "serpent" the Greek has ophis.

Yes;
I'm not sure you can stretch the WORD to suggest
that there was a Dragon in the garden however.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
36 posted on 11/23/2011 1:39:55 PM PST by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
There must have been a dragon in Eden, because Adam gave all living creatures their names. I had a classmate in high school who proved that the Garden of Eden was in Africa, because otherwise Adam wouldn't have been able to name the lion.

The Greek word drakon can mean "dragon" but at other times it is a serpent. It seems to be used interchangeably with ophis sometimes.

37 posted on 11/23/2011 2:16:39 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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