רָמַשׂ
ra.ma.s
“to creep”
Definition
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm
a primitive root;
- to creep, move lightly, move about, walk on all fours 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to creep, teem (of all creeping things) 1a2) to creep (of animals) 1a3) to move lightly, glide about (of water animals) 1a4) to move about (of all land animals generally)
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
רָמַשׂ appears 16 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
or of any creature that crawls on the ground or fish that is in the waters below.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”
The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
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