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Lexicon :: Strong's G2062 - herpeton

Aa
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 BoxGen 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:20 - And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, and creeping things, and beasts of the earth after their kind: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - And God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creepeth upon the ground after its kind: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 birds of the heavens, 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 BoxGen 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 birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - And Jehovah said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground; both man, and beast, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 BoxGen 6:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creepeth upon the ground,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - And every living thing was destroyed that was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heavens; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both birds, and cattle, and 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 BoxGen 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:19 - every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatsoever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:20 - All winged creeping things that go upon all fours are an abomination unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:21 - Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all fours, which have legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:23 - But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:29 - And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:31

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:41

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:42

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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 BoxLev 11:44

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 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 BoxDeu 4:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:19 - And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:33

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:25 -
Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
Wherein are things creeping innumerable,
Both small and great beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 -
Beasts and all cattle;
Creeping things and flying birds;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:1

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:20 - so that the fishes of the sea, and the birds of the heavens, 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 BoxHos 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:12 - And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she hath said, These are my hire 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 BoxHos 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 birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 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 the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 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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