Quick Definition
a creeping creature, reptile
Strong's Definition
a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare H07431)) a small animal
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of (to creep);
KJV Usage: creeping thing, serpent
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Act_10:12; Act_11:6; Rom_1:23; and to marine animals also, Jas_3:7; on this last passage cf. Gen_9:3. (the Sept. for ψΖξΖω� and ωΖΡψΖυ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἑρπετόν herpeton 4x
a creeping animal, a reptile, Act_10:12 ; Act_11:6 ; Rom_1:23 ; Jas_3:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἑρπετόν , -οῦ , τό
( < ἕρπω , to crawl),
[in LXX chiefly for H7431 , H8318 ;]
a creeping thing, reptile: Act_10:12 ; Act_11:6 , Rom_1:23 , Jas_3:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἑρπετόν [page 255]
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 .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἑρπετόν [Etym: ἕρπω] "a walking animal, quadruped", Od. ; ἑρπετά, opp. to πετεινά, Hdt. "a creeping thing, reptile", Eur. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἑρπετόν, -οῦ, τό
(ἕρπω, to crawl), [in LXX chiefly for רֶמֶשׂ, שֶׁרֶץ ;]
a creeping thing, reptile: Act.10:12 11:6, Rom.1:23, Jas.3:7.†
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