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רָמַשׂ H7430
H7430 is the Hebrew word רָמַשׂ, transliterated râmas and said raw-mas'. The King James Version most often renders it creepeth.
What it means
properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: creep, move.
Verses using רָמַשׂ
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:21 · KJV
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:26 · KJV
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:28 · KJV
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 1:30 · KJV
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
Genesis 7:8 · KJV
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
Genesis 7:14 · KJV
They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Genesis 7:21 · KJV
And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:
Genesis 8:17 · KJV
Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.
Genesis 8:19 · KJV
Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.
Genesis 9:2 · KJV
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Leviticus 11:44 · KJV
For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Leviticus 11:46 · KJV
This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth:
Leviticus 20:25 · KJV
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
Deuteronomy 4:18 · KJV
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
Ezekiel 38:20 · KJV
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7430 mean?
H7430 is the Hebrew word רָמַשׂ (râmas), meaning properly, to glide swiftly, i.e. to crawl or move with short steps; by analogy to swarm.
How is H7430 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it creepeth (5 times), moveth (4 times), every thing that creepeth (2 times), moved (1 time), living thing that creepeth (1 time), among others.
How many times does H7430 appear in the Bible?
רָמַשׂ (râmas) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7430 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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