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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2062 - ἑρπετόν

Transliteration

herpetón

Phonetics

her-pet-on'

Origin

neuter of a derivative of herpo (to creep)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a creeping animal, reptile
1. used chiefly of snakes
an animal of any sort
1. four-legged animals and birds
2. marine animals

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2416 ‑ חַי (khah'ee); 3733 ‑ כַּר (kar); 7429 ‑ רָמַס (raw‑mas'); 8318 ‑ שֶׁרֶץ (sheh'‑rets);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

BSB (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

CSB (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

ESV (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

KJV (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

Acts 4

Romans 2

James 1

N95 (7)

Acts 4

Romans 2

James 1

NAS (7)

Acts 4

Romans 2

James 1

NLT (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

WEB (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

YLT (4)

Acts 2

Romans 1

James 1

ASV (4)

creeping things 3

of creeping things 1

BSB (4)

reptiles 4

CSB (4)

reptile 1

reptiles 2

the reptiles 1

ESV (4)

creeping things 1

reptile 1

reptiles 2

KJV (4)

serpents 1

things 3

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (7)

crawling 3

creatures 3

reptiles 1

N95 (7)

crawling 3

creatures 3

reptiles 1

NAS (7)

crawling 3

creatures 3

reptiles 1

NLT (4)

reptiles 4

WEB (4)

creeping thing 1

creeping things 2

reptiles 1

YLT (4)

creeping things 1

of creeping things 1

of reptiles 1

the creeping things 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

ANT

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

BEZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

BGB

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

BMT

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

BYZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

ELZ

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

NA26

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

SBL

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

SCV

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

STV

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

TIS

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

TRG

N-APN 1

N-GPN 2

N-NPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἑρπετόν,

Aeol. perh. ὄρπετον (q.v.), τό, (ἕρπω)

I beast or animal which goes on all fours, Od. 4.418; πᾶν ἑ. πληγῇ νέμεται Heraclit. 11; ἑρπετὰ ὅσσα τρέφει μέλαινα γαῖα Alcm. 60.3; ὄφις καὶ σαύρας καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ἑρπετῶν Hdt. 4.183; τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις ἑρπετοῖς πόδας ἔδωκεν.., ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ καὶ χεῖρας X. Mem. 1.4.11; ἑρπετά, opp. πετεινά, Hdt. 1.140, cf. Theoc. 15.118, A.R. 4.1240: generally, ἑ. οὐδὲ γυνή Call. Jov. 13; πυκινώτατον ἑ., of a hound, Pi. Fr. 106; of insects, Semon. 13, Nic. Fr. 74.46.

1. creeping thing, reptile, esp. snake, E. Andr. 269, Theoc. 24.57; περὶ κιναδέων τε καὶ ἑ. Democr. 259; ἑρπετά τε καὶ δάκετα [πάντα] Ar. Av. 1069; of the monster Typhoeus, with a snake's body, Pi. P. 1.25.

2. as Adj., creeping, κακὸν ἑ. πρᾶγμα POxy. 1060.7 (vi A. D.); τὰ ἑ. θηρία Philum. Ven. 10.1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἑρπετόν, ἑρπετοῦ, τό (from ἕρπω to creep, crawl, (Latinserpo; 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. (the Sept. for רֶמֶשׂ and שֶׁרֶץ.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἑρπετόν , -οῦ , τό

(< ἕρπω , to crawl),

[in LXX chiefly for H7431, H8318;]

a creeping thing, reptile: Acts 10:12; Acts 11:6, Romans 1:23, James 3:7.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In the vi/A.D. Gnostic amulet, P Oxy VII. 1060.7, we have the petition—ἀπάλλαξον τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ ἑρπετοῦ <καὶ > πράγματος ταχὺ ταχύ, ";free this house with all speed from every evil reptile and thing."; See also Kaibel 1033.17 (iii/B.C.)—

ἑρπέθ᾽ ἅμ᾽ αὐτῶι

. . . . . . τὰ ] θεοὶ στυγέουσι βροτοί τε.

List of Word Forms

έρπει ερπετα ερπετά ἑρπετὰ ερπετοίς ερπετόν ερπετού ερπετώ ερπετων ερπετών ἑρπετῶν έρποντα έρποντι ερπόντων ερπούσης έρπουσιν ερύθημα ηρυθροδανωμένα erpeta erpeton erpetōn herpeta herpetà herpeton herpetôn herpetōn herpetō̂n