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Lexicon :: Strong's G2062 - herpeton

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ἑρπετόν
Transliteration
herpeton (Key)
Pronunciation
her-pet-on'
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Neuter of a derivative of herpo (to creep)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἑρπετόν herpetón, her-pet-on'; neuter of a derivative of ἕρπω hérpō (to creep); a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare H7431)) a small animal:—creeping thing, serpent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2062 in the following manner: creeping thing (3x), serpent (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2062 in the following manner: creeping thing (3x), serpent (1x).

  1. a creeping animal, reptile

    1. used chiefly of snakes

  2. an animal of any sort

    1. four-legged animals and birds

    2. marine animals

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἑρπετόν herpetón, her-pet-on'; neuter of a derivative of ἕρπω hérpō (to creep); a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare H7431)) a small animal:—creeping thing, serpent.
STRONGS G2062:
ἑρπετόν, -οῦ, τό, (from ἕρπω to creep, crawl, [Latin serpo; hence, serpent, and from same root, reptile; Vanicek, p. 1030f]), a creeping thing, reptile; by secular writings used chiefly of serpents; in Homer, Odyssey 4, 418; Xenophon, mem. 1, 4, 11 an animal of any sort; in biblical Greek opposed to quadrupeds and birds, Acts 10:12; Acts 11:6; Romans 1:23; and to marine animals also, James 3:7; on this last passage cf. Genesis 9:3. (Sept. for רֶמֶשׂ and שֶׁרֶץ.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
9:3
Acts
10:12; 11:6
Romans
1:23
James
3:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2062 matches the Greek ἑρπετόν (herpeton),
which occurs 40 times in 40 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth reptiles [fn]having life, and winged creatures flying above the earth in the firmament of heaven, and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God made great [fn]whales, and [fn]every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living [fn]creature according to its kind, quadrupeds and reptiles and wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - And God made the wild beasts of the earth according to their kind, and cattle according to their kind, and all the reptiles of the earth according to their kind, and God saw that they were good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man according to our image and likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the flying creatures of heaven, and over the cattle and all the earth, and over all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And to all the wild beasts of the earth, and to all the flying creatures of heaven, and to every reptile creeping on the earth, which has in itself the [fn]breath of life, even every green plant for food; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am [fn]grieved that I have made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by [fn]pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - Of all winged birds after their kind, and of all cattle after their kind, and of all reptiles creeping upon the earth after their kind, pairs of all shall come in to thee, male and female to be fed with thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - And of clean flying creatures and of unclean flying creatures, and of clean cattle and of unclean cattle, and of all things that creep upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - And all the wild beasts after their kind, and all cattle after their kind, and every reptile moving itself on the earth after its kind, and every flying bird after its kind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And there died all flesh that moved upon the earth, of flying creatures and cattle, and of wild beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, and every man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - And God blotted out every offspring which was upon the face of the earth, both man and beast, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth, and Noe was left alone, and those with him in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the birds, and all the reptiles that creep, as many as were with him in the ark, and God brought a wind upon the earth, and the water stayed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - And all the wild beasts as many as are with thee, and all flesh both of birds and beasts, and every reptile moving upon the earth, bring forth with thee: and increase ye and multiply upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19 - And all the wild beasts and all the cattle and every bird, and every reptile creeping upon the earth after their kind, came forth out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - And every reptile which is living shall be to you for meat, I have given all things to you as the [fn]green herbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - And all winged creatures that creep, which go upon four feet, are abominations to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - But these ye shall eat of the creeping winged animals, which go upon four feet, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - Every creeping thing from among the birds, which has four feet, is an abomination to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - And these are unclean to you of reptiles upon the earth, the weasel, and the mouse, and the lizard,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are unclean to you of all the reptiles which are on the earth; every one who touches their carcases shall be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41 - And every reptile that creeps on the earth, this shall be an abomination to you; it shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - And every animal that creeps on its belly, and every one that goes on four feet continually, which abounds with feet among all the reptiles creeping upon the earth—ye shall not eat it, for it is an abomination to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - And ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and ye shall not be polluted with them, and ye shall not be unclean by them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - For I am the Lord your God; and ye shall be sanctified, and ye shall be holy, because I the Lord your God am holy; and ye shall not defile your souls with any of the reptiles creeping upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - And ye shall make a distinction between the clean and the unclean cattle, and between clean and unclean birds; and ye shall not defile your souls with cattle, or with birds, or with any creeping things of the earth, which I have separated for you by reason of uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or whosoever shall touch any unclean reptile, which will defile him, or who shall touch a man, whereby he shall defile him according to all his uncleanness:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:18 - the likeness of any reptile which creeps on the earth, the likeness of any fish of those which are in the waters under the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - All winged animals that creep are unclean to you; ye shall not eat of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - (LXX 5:13) And he spoke of trees, from the cedar in Libanus even to the hyssop which comes out through the wall: he spoke also of cattle, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - (LXX 103:25) So is this great and wide sea: there are things creeping innumerable, small animals and great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - wild beasts, and all cattle; reptiles, and winged birds:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - I will send as it were reptiles on the land: is not the mount of the daughter of Sion a desolate rock?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - and the fish of the sea shall quake at the presence of the Lord, and the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the field, and all the reptiles that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth; and the mountains shall be rent, and the valleys shall fall, and every wall on the land shall fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - (LXX 2:14) And I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - (LXX 2:20) And I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause thee to dwell safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - And wilt thou make men as the fishes of the sea, and as the reptiles which have no guide?
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