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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19 - Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41 - And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:18 - The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them?
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