Serpent

[Daniel Newhouse]

Is the serpent male or female?

 

[Chinchilla]

There are male and female snakes o__O

If you ask about Lucifer which became Satan then he is male , moreove all angels are male .

I do not know if demons are male only .

 

[RaymondG]

The serpent is neither male nor female....

 

[dysert]

The serpent is neither male nor female....

Agreed. Assuming we're talking about the serpent that deceived Eve, that was a spirit being, and they have no gender.

 

[Chinchilla]

Agreed. Assuming we're talking about the serpent that deceived Eve, that was a spirit being, and they have no gender.

Angels are spirit beings and have gender . They are called Sons of God .

 

[RaymondG]

Angels are spirit beings and have gender . They are called Sons of God .

Arent both male and female called "Sons of God"? Therefore this title cannot be used to specify gender?

 

[Chinchilla]

Arent both male and female called "Sons of God"? Therefore this title cannot be used to specify gender?

Not really , can't imagine female raping other females and taking them as wifes in Genesis 6 and Jude 1:6

 

[RaymondG]

Not really , can't imagine female raping other females and taking them as wifes in Genesis 6 and Jude 1:6

This is bad news for all the women in the world....as there is no way they can be the Sons of God. Sad for men too....as they probably cannot become the brides of Christ.

 

[Chinchilla]

This is bad news for all the women in the world....as there is no way they can be the Sons of God. Sad for men too....as they probably cannot become the brides of Christ.

Actually born again people are body of Christ which indicate both male and female , there is no marriage in heaven and we won't have sex with each other there so man/women is not important aspect of who you will be there.

 

[RaymondG]

Actually born again people are body of Christ which indicate both male and female , there is no marriage in heaven and we won't have sex with each other there so man/women is not important aspect of who you will be there.

What gender of people are being spoken of here?
"
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
"

 

[Chinchilla]

What gender of people are being spoken of here?
"
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
"

Well Paul is speaking to brothers ,women were not allowed to speak in church so we can't base it on this I believe .
In Revelation tho there is "manchild" when you go to greek it's a word for both male and female being .

Sons of God is in OT usually about angels , while in NT Jesus even once called his brothers Jews "ye are Gods " .

There is not much mention of woman by Paul preaching and when they are they are being rebuked for doing prophecy and told to focus on childbearing , sad but true they were not allowed to talk so we can't really base "sons of God" to both male and female because Paul was mostly talking with males using things to describe them .
He always open his letters with "brothers" aswell not mentioning sisters , such was the culture back in these days , women have more rights than then .


If you took away angels from Genesis 6:1 it would look like God look at man and consider them Gods but look at woman compared to man and consider them not daugters of God but of men which sounds like he looks down on them but that's not the cause . He is speaking of Angels and earthly women .

 

[RaymondG]

Well Paul is speaking to brothers ,women were not allowed to speak in church so we can't base it on this I believe .
In Revelation tho there is "manchild" when you go to greek it's a word for both male and female being .

Sons of God is in OT usually about angels , while in NT Jesus even once called his brothers Jews "ye are Gods " .

There is not much mention of woman by Paul preaching and when they are they are being rebuked for doing prophecy and told to focus on childbearing , sad but true they were not allowed to talk so we can't really base "sons of God" to both male and female because Paul was mostly talking with males using things to describe them .
He always open his letters with "brothers" aswell not mentioning sisters , such was the culture back in these days , women have more rights than then .


If you took away angels from Genesis 6:1 it would look like God look at man and consider them Gods but look at woman compared to man and consider them not daugters of God but of men which sounds like he looks down on them but that's not the cause . He is speaking of Angels and earthly women .

You have all the answers....and I find no fault in any of them. Thanks for sharing what you know.

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Is the serpent male or female?

According to a Lexicon, the gender is Masculine, supposedly making it a male serpent.

Strong's Hebrew: 5175. נָחָשׁ (nachash) -- a serpent

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. נָחָשׁ noun masculine Genesis 3:1 serpent (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic

serpent, viper (Lane406anything hunted) is compare by LagM, i, 230; BN 50, 188 BaEs 48, but improbable; Arabic

Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

Hebrew OT:

5175 nachash naw-khawsh' from 5172; a snake (from its hiss):--serpent.
5172 nachash naw-khash' a primitive root; properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate:--X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.

Strong's Number H5175 matches the Hebrew נָחָשׁ (nachash), which occurs 31 times in 28 verses
Strong's Number H5172 matches the Hebrew נָחַשׁ (nachash), which occurs 11 times in 9 verses

Greek NT

3789. ophis of'-is probably from 3700 (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake, figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially Satan:--serpent.
Strong's Number G3789 matches the Greek ὄφις (ophis), which occurs 14 times in 14 verses

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[dysert]

According to a Lexicon, the gender is Masculine, supposedly making it a male serpent.

I don't think it's valid to make that claim. It's been a long time since I studied this, but I believe the word for "pencil" in French is feminine. That doesn't mean that pencils are women! Gender in languages just helps to determine what words go with other words - it doesn't indicate male/femaleness.

 

[dysert]

To Chincilla, let's not forget this important passage:

Gal 3:26-28 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. (27) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (28) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

I think it's a stretch to say that spirit beings are male because they're referred to as "sons of God". I doubt that spirit beings have X-Y chromosomes; I doubt that they have sexual anatomy. It would make for a good word study, though.

 

[4meta]

In Galatians 3:26-28, NASB & NKJV version says "sons of God...Interesting. The KJV say "children of God"

So if a woman is considered a son of God, can there be an assumption that there were also women taking themselves upon the daughters of men as wives in the old testament? Just a little brain teaser

KJV
Genesis 6: 1-2
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

NASB
1 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

 

[4meta]

In Galatians 3:26-28, NASB & NKJV version says "sons of God...Interesting. The KJV say "children of God"

So if a woman is considered a son of God, can it be stated that there were also women taking themselves upon the daughters of men as wives in the old testament? Just a little brain teaser

KJV
Genesis 6: 1-2
1 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

NASB
1 Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
2 that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

This can make a person go "hhmmm?" if not understanding who are the sons of God.

 

[dysert]

This can make a person go "hhmmm?" if not understanding who are the sons of God.

There have been plenty of threads devoted to that topic!

 

[Daniel Newhouse]

I mean this half-seriously, in the 'V' series, are they implying the serpent is the leader of the visitors?