Original Word: ἑρπετόν, οῦ, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: herpeton
Phonetic Spelling: (her-pet-on')
Short Definition: a creeping creature, reptile
Definition: a creeping creature, reptile, especially a serpent.STRONGS NT 2062: ἑρπετόν

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, Acts 10:12; Acts 11:6; Romans 1:23; and to marine animals also, James 3:7; on this last passage cf. Genesis 9:3. (the Sept. for רֶמֶשׂ and שֶׁרֶץ.)

Strong's Greek 2062
4 Occurrences

ἑρπετὰ — 2 Occ.
ἑρπετῶν — 2 Occ.

Acts 10:12 N-NNP
GRK: τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς
NAS: [kinds of] four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth
KJV: and creeping things, and
INT: quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth

Acts 11:6 N-ANP
GRK: καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ καὶ τὰ
NAS: and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds
KJV: and creeping things, and
INT: and the creeping things and the

Romans 1:23 N-GNP
GRK: τετραπόδων καὶ ἑρπετῶν
NAS: and four-footed animals and crawling creatures.
KJV: and creeping things.
INT: quadrapeds and creeping things

James 3:7 N-GNP
GRK: καὶ πετεινῶν ἑρπετῶν τε καὶ
NAS: and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea,
KJV: and of serpents, and
INT: and of birds of creeping things both and

4 Occurrences