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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 -

Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth [fn]across the face of the [fn]expanse of the heavens.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures after [fn]their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after [fn]their kind”; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - God made the beasts of the earth after [fn]their kind, and the cattle after [fn]their kind, and every creeping thing of the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.

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Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, so that they will have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [fn]sky and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the [fn]sky and over every living thing that creeps on 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 bird of the [fn]sky and to every thing that creeps on the earth [fn]which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And Yahweh said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the [fn]sky; for I regret 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, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - “Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after [fn]their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind—every [fn]fowl, every winged creature.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all flesh that [fn]moved on the earth breathed its last, that is birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, as well as all mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - Thus He blotted out [fn]every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the [fn]sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah remained, and those that were with him in the ark.

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Then God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - “Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may swarm on the earth, and that they may be fruitful and multiply on the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19 - Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out [fn]by their families from the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - “Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; as with the green plant, I give all to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 -

‘All the swarming things that fly and that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - ‘Yet these you may eat among all the swarming things that fly and that walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - ‘But all other swarming things that fly and that are four-footed are detestable to you.

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‘Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole and the mouse and the [fn]great lizard in its kinds,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - ‘These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:41

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‘Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable; it shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - ‘Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - ‘Do not render [fn]yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - ‘For I am Yahweh your God. Therefore, set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that move on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - ‘You are therefore to separate between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make [fn]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything [fn]that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:18 - the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - “And all the [fn]teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - And he spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 -

This is the sea, great and [fn]broad,

There the creeping things are without number,

Creatures both small and great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 -

Beasts and all cattle;

Creeping things and winged bird;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 -

Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land,

From [fn]Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - “And the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will quake at My presence; the mountains also will be pulled down, the steep pathways will fall, and every wall will fall to the earth.

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“And I will make desolate her vines and fig trees,

Of which she said, ‘These are my wages

Which my lovers have given me.’

And I will make them a forest,

And the beasts of the field will devour them.

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“And in that day I will cut a covenant for them

With the beasts of the field,

The birds of the sky,

And the creeping things of the ground.

And I will break the bow, the sword, and war from the land,

And I will make them lie down in security.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

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Therefore the land mourns,

And everyone who inhabits it languishes

Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,

And also the fish of the sea [fn]disappear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 -

And You have made men like the fish of the sea,

Like creeping things without a ruler over them.

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