ἑρπετόν (
herpetón｜
her-pet-on'｜
noun｜
reptile)
[Grk]
ἑρπετόν LN: 4.51 GK: G2260 Hebrew: חַי,
כַּר,
רָמַס,
שֶׁרֶץ
Derivation: neuter of a derivative of
ἕρπω (to creep);
Strong's: a reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare
רֶמֶשׂ)) a small animal
KJV: --creeping thing, serpent.
See: רֶמֶשׂ ἑρπετόν,
Aeol. perh. ὄρπετον (q.v.), τό, (ἕρπω)
I beast or animal which goes on all fours, Od. 4.418; πᾶν ἑ. πληγῇ νέμεται Heraclit. 11; ἑρπετὰ ὅσσα τρέφει μέλαινα γαῖα Alcm. 60.3; ὄφις καὶ σαύρας καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τῶν ἑρπετῶν Hdt. 4.183; τοῖς μὲν ἄλλοις ἑρπετοῖς πόδας ἔδωκεν.., ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ καὶ χεῖρας X. Mem. 1.4.11; ἑρπετά, opp. πετεινά, Hdt. 1.140, cf. Theoc. 15.118, A.R. 4.1240: generally, ἑ. οὐδὲ γυνή Call. Jov. 13; πυκινώτατον ἑ., of a hound, Pi. Fr. 106; of insects, Semon. 13, Nic. Fr. 74.46.
II
1. creeping thing, reptile, esp. snake, E. Andr. 269, Theoc. 24.57; περὶ κιναδέων τε καὶ ἑ. Democr. 259; ἑρπετά τε καὶ δάκετα [πάντα] Ar. Av. 1069; of the monster Typhoeus, with a snake’s body, Pi. P. 1.25.
2. as Adj., creeping, κακὸν ἑ. πρᾶγμα POxy. 1060.7 (vi A. D.); τὰ ἑ. θηρία Philum. Ven. 10.1.
ἑρπετόν herpeton 4x
a creeping animal, a reptile, [Act 10:12]; [Act 11:6]; [Rom 1:23]; [Jas 3:7]
G2062 — 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, [Jam 3:7]; on this last passage cf. [Gen 9:3]. (the Sept. for רֶמֶשׂ and שֶׁרֶץ.)
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]. †
ἑρπετόν原文音譯：˜rpetÒn 赫而胚團
詞類次數：名詞（4）
原文字根：爬蟲
字義溯源：爬蟲，蛇，昆蟲；源自（G2062（ἑρπετόν）X*=爬行）。參讀G1404（δράκων）同義字
出現次數：總共（4）；徒（2）；羅（1）；雅（1）
譯字彙編：
1）昆蟲（2）[徒10:12]；[徒11:6]；
2）爬蟲（1）[雅3:7]；
3）昆蟲的（1）[羅1:23]