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Strong's #2062 - ἑρπετόν
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- a creeping animal, reptile
- used chiefly of snakes
- an animal of any sort
- four-legged animals and birds
- marine animals
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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.
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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.
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.)
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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
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