creep

things

²⁹ These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

⁴² Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination.

²⁰ So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.

Strong's Number:

H8318

Hebrew:

שֶׁרֶץ

Transliteration:

sherets

Pronunciation:

sheh'-rets

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from H8317; a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals:--creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).

IPD Definition:

teeming or swarming things, creepers, swarmers
1. of insects, animals, small reptiles, quadrupeds