H7431 רֶמֶשׂ (remes) reh'-mes

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

creeping

Strong's Definition

a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal

Derivation: from H7430 (רָמַשׂ);

KJV Usage: that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.

TWOT Reference: 2177a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) creeping things, moving things, creeping organism

1a) creeping things

1b) gliding things (of sea animals)

1c) moving things (of all animals)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רֶ֫מֶשׂ (re.me.s) — creeping. 1) creeping things, moving things, creeping organism 1a) creeping things 1b) gliding things (of sea animals) 1c) moving things (of all animals)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֶמֶשׂ (H7431)

noun m · רמשׂ

Small Animals

creeping things, small animals = a general term for small animals with short or no legs

GEN 1:24 · GEN 1:25 · GEN 1:26 · GEN 6:7 · GEN 6:20 · GEN 7:14 · GEN 7:23 · GEN 8:17 · GEN 8:19 · 1KI 5:13 · PSA 148:10 · EZK 8:10 · EZK 38:20 · HOS 2:20 · HAB 1:14

Animals

animals = a general term for animals

GEN 9:3 · PSA 104:25

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֶ֫מֶשׂ n.m. coll. creeping things, moving things base

Bible Occurrences (17)

1:24 1:25 1:26 6:7 6:20 7:14 7:23 8:17 8:19 9:3

4:33

104:25 148:10

8:10 38:20

2:18

1:14

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so.

Genesis 1:25

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon [it].

Genesis 6:7

So the LORD said, I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth — every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air — for I am grieved that I have made them.

Genesis 6:20

Two of every kind of bird and animal [and] crawling creature... will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:14

they... and every kind of wild animal, livestock -, crawling creature......... -, bird, and winged creature -.

Genesis 7:23

And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed - — man and... livestock..., crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.

Genesis 8:17

Bring out... all the living creatures...... that are with you birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground— so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon [it].