2062. herpeton
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herpeton: a creeping thing
Original Word: ἑρπετόν, οῦ, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: herpeton
Phonetic Spelling: (her-pet-on')
Short Definition: a creeping creature, reptile
Definition: a creeping creature, reptile, especially a serpent.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from herpó (to crawl)
Definition
a creeping thing
NASB Translation
crawling creatures (3), reptiles (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 2062: ἑρπετόν

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.)



Strong's
creeping thing, serpent.

Neuter of a derivative of herpo (to creep); a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare remes)) a small animal -- creeping thing, serpent.

see HEBREW remes

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