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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἑρπετόν

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaἑρπετόν
Citation formἑρπετόν, οῦ, τό
Part of speechnoun
Glossa creeping creature, reptile
Strong’sG2062
Transliterationherpetón
Definitiona reptile, i.e. (by Hebraism (compare )) a small animal
KJV glosses:--creeping thing, serpent.
Derivationneuter of a derivative of (to creep)
SBLGNT occurrences4

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἑρπετὰ
noun, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Acts 11:6
noun, nominative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----NPN-) — Acts 10:12
ἑρπετῶν
noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — Romans 1:23
noun, genitive, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----GPN-) — James 3:7

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ερπετον.