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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 - God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 - God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:28 - God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground - everything that has the breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food." It was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - So the LORD said, "I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth - everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:19 - You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - So the LORD destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19 - Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - "'Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs to hop with on the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - "'Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41 - Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42 - You must not eat anything that crawls on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - for I am the LORD your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - Therefore you must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you must not make yourselves detestable by means of an animal or bird or anything that creeps on the ground - creatures I have distinguished for you as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person's impurity -

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:18 - anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you - they may not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the hill of Daughter Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - I will destroy her vines and fig trees, about which she said, "These are my wages for prostitution that my lovers gave to me!" I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees into an uncultivated thicket, so that wild animals will devour them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - "At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior's bow and sword - that is, every weapon of warfare - from the land, and I will allow them to live securely."

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler.
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