Strong's Greek: 2062. ἑρπετόν (herpeton) -- a creeping thing

Strong's Concordance

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.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

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 Exhaustive Concordance

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

Forms and Transliterations

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

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