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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 swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the firmament of the heavens."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - So God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its 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 living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And 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 man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps 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 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 air and over every living thing that moves 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 bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of 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 - So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the ground, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry 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 sort 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 according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in 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 of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of 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 according to its kind, and all the cattle according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its 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, birds, cattle, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth, and every man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh--birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth--that they may breed abundantly on 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 - And every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves upon the earth, went forth by families out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - "All winged insects that go upon all fours are an abomination to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet, with which to leap on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - But all other winged insects which have four feet are an abomination to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - "And these are unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm upon the earth: the weasel, the mouse, the great lizard according to its kind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31 - These are unclean to you among all that swarm; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41 - "Every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth is an abomination; 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, or whatever has many feet, all the swarming things that swarm upon the earth, you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:43 - You shall not make yourselves abominable with any swarming thing that swarms; and you shall not defile yourselves with them, lest you become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:44 - For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; you shall not make yourselves abominable by beast or by bird or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - and whoever touches a creeping thing by which he may be made unclean or a man from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be--

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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 under the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - And all winged insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33 - He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 - Yonder is the sea, great and wide, which teems with things innumerable, living things 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 flying birds!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1 - They have sent lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - the fish of the sea, and the birds of the air, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the ground, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - And I will lay waste her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, 'These are my hire, which my lovers have given me.' I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall devour them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:18 - And I will make for you a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land; and I will make you lie down in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:3 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:14 - For thou makest men like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.
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