רָמַשׂ
râmas · raw-mas'
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
- properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps
- by analogy, to swarm
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: creep, move.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy
The head, the highest of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָמַשׂ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that creepeth4 · 24%
- that moveth3 · 18%
- and to every thing that creepeth1 · 6%
- and of every thing that creepeth1 · 6%
- that moved1 · 6%
- creepeth1 · 6%
- upon all that moveth1 · 6%
- or by any manner of living thing that creepeth1 · 6%
- of any thing that creepeth1 · 6%
- and every thing that moveth1 · 6%
- do creep1 · 6%
- that creep1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.