What does רֶמֶשׂ mean in the Bible?
רֶמֶשׂ is a Hebrew word meaning "a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal".
Hebrew · H7431
רֶמֶשׂ
A reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
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רֶמֶשׂ H7431
What does רֶמֶשׂ mean in the Bible?
רֶמֶשׂ is a Hebrew word meaning "a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7431?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include crawling creature (3), crawling creatures (2), creature (2), - (1), [and] moves (1).
Where does רֶמֶשׂ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (10), Ezekiel (2), Psalms (2), 1 Kings (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It crawling creature 3× Genesis 6:7, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:14
crawling creatures 2× Genesis 7:23, Psalms 148:10
creature 2× Genesis 1:26, Ezekiel 38:20
- 1× Genesis 8:17
[and] moves 1× Genesis 9:3
and the creatures that crawl 1× Hosea 2:18
creeping thing 1× Genesis 8:19
land crawlers 1× Genesis 1:24
like creeping things 1× Habakkuk 1:14
of crawling creature 1× Ezekiel 8:10
reptiles 1× 1 Kings 4:33
teeming with creatures 1× Psalms 104:25
that crawls 1× Genesis 1:25
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:24 וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ to land crawlers Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 1:25 רֶ֥מֶשׂ to that crawls Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 1:26 הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ to creature Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 6:7 רֶ֖מֶשׂ to crawling creature Noun - masculine singular Genesis 6:20 רֶ֥מֶשׂ to crawling creature Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 7:14 הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ to crawling creature Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 7:23 רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ to crawling creatures Noun - masculine singular Genesis 8:17 הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ to - Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 8:19 הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ to creeping thing Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 9:3 רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ to [and] moves Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:24
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 6
Genesis 10 1 Kings 1 Psalms 2 Ezekiel 2 Hosea 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
הָרֶ֖מֶשׂ 2x hā·re·meś Genesis 1:26, 1 Kings 4:33
הָרֶ֛מֶשׂ 2x hā·re·meś Genesis 7:14, Genesis 8:17
הָרֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ 2x hā·re·meś Genesis 8:19, Ezekiel 38:20
רֶ֥מֶשׂ 2x re·meś Genesis 1:25, Genesis 6:20
רֶ֙מֶשׂ֙ 2x re·meś Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:3
וְרֶ֖מֶשׂ 1x wə·re·meś Hosea 2:18
וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ 1x wā·re·meś Genesis 1:24
כְּרֶ֖מֶשׂ 1x kə·re·meś Habakkuk 1:14
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine singular 6x Genesis 1:26, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 8:17, Genesis 8:19
Noun - masculine singular 6x Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:3, Psalms 104:25
Noun - masculine singular construct 2x Genesis 1:25, Genesis 6:20
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular 1x Genesis 1:24
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 1x Hosea 2:18
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular 1x Habakkuk 1:14
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
Source Gloss
a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal BDB: creeping things Usage: that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
רֶמֶשׂ is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G2062 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain