H7431

רֶמֶשׂ

remes · reh'-mes

a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal

Lexicon

Derivation: from H7430 (רָמַשׂ);

a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.

Letters

Resh

Mem

Shin

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 רֶמֶשׂ 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.

and creeping thing1 · 6%
and every thing that creepeth1 · 6%
and over every creeping thing1 · 6%
and the creeping thing1 · 6%
of every creeping thing1 · 6%
and every creeping thing1 · 6%
and the creeping things1 · 6%
and of every creeping thing1 · 6%
every creeping thing1 · 6%
every moving thing1 · 6%
and of creeping things1 · 6%
wherein are things creeping1 · 6%
creeping things1 · 6%
of creeping things1 · 6%
and all creeping things1 · 6%
and with the creeping things1 · 6%
as the creeping things1 · 6%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙2הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ2רֶ֥מֶשׂ2הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ2הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙2וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ1רֶ֭מֶשׂ1רֶ֤מֶשׂ1וְרֶ֖מֶשׂ1כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ1רֶ֝֗מֶשׂ1רֶ֖מֶשׂ1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.