noun · neuter
herpetem
Strong’sG2062
a creeping creature, reptile
stem herpet-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἑρπετόν, -οῦ, τό
(< ἕρπω, to crawl), [in LXX chiefly for רֶמֶשׂ, שֶׁרֶץ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2062 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidher-pet-on'
a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare )) a small animal
Fromneuter of a derivative of ἕρπω (to creep);
King Jamescreeping thing, serpent.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Aeolic dialect perhaps ὄρπετον (which see), τό, (ἕρπω) beast or animal which goes on all fours, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἑρπετά, opposed to πετεινά, Refs 5th c.BC+; πυκινώτατον ἑ., of a hound, Refs 5th c.BC+; of insects, Refs 7th c.BC+
II creeping thing, reptile, especially snake, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the monster Typhoeus, with a snake's body, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 as adjective, creeping, κακὸν ἑ. πρᾶγμα Refs 6th c.AD+; τὰ ἑ. θηρία Refs 3rd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | herpetem | herpeteim1×ἑρπετὰ |
| of, belonging to genitive | herpeteu | herpeteiu2×ἑρπετῶν |
| to, for dative | herpete | herpetei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
herpete is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
herpeteim“reptiles”subject or objectdirect plural1×
Acts 10:12… he huparchate panteim teim tetrapodeim kai herpeteim tau gēau kai peteineim tou ouranou.… all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as …
herpeteiu“reptile”of, belonging togenitive plural2×
Romans 1:23… anthrōpou kai peteineiu kai tetrapodeiu kai herpeteiu.… man and birds and animals and reptiles.
James 3:7“reptile”… gar fusias thēreiu tē kai peteineiu herpeteiu tē kai enalieiu damazotō kai damazotē …… birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
herpeteim1×
Acts 11:6… gēau kai teim thēreim kai teim herpeteim kai teim peteineim tou ouranou;… animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.