H7431 — רֶמֶשׂ (remes)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H7431
Original: רֶמֶשׂ
Transliteration: remes
Pronunciation: reh
Part of Speech: Collective masculine noun
Root: Related to H7430 רָמַשׂ (ramas), "to creep/move"
Occurrences: 17 unique verses (17 tokens) across 6 books
First Occurrence: Gen 1:24 — "Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

-mes; from ; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal:—that creepeth, creeping (moving) thing.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
creeping thing	5	29.4%
creeping things	3	17.6%
the creeping things	2	11.8%
moving thing	1	5.9%
thing that creepeth	1	5.9%
other singular/plural phrases	5	29.4%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Habakkuk	1	1.8
Genesis	10	0.7
Hosea	1	0.5
Ezekiel	2	0.2
1 Kings	1	0.1
Psalms	2	0.1

Genesis supplies most uses, especially creation/flood contexts. Later uses classify small moving creatures in wisdom/natural history, idolatrous imagery, covenant restoration, and prophetic comparison.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Land Creatures Within Creation Taxonomy¶

Gen 1:24 — "living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing"
Gen 1:25 — every creeping thing is made "after his kind"
Gen 1:26 — humanity receives dominion over fish, fowl, cattle, earth, and "every creeping thing"

2. Creatures Preserved or Judged in the Flood Narrative¶

Gen 6:20 — creeping things enter the ark "after his kind"
Gen 7:14 — creeping things are listed among living creatures entering the ark
Gen 7:23 — creeping things are included in what was destroyed from the ground
Gen 8:17, 19 — creeping things come forth after the flood

3. General Moving Creature in Food-Gift Language¶

Gen 9:3 — "Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you"

4. Creatures in Natural-History or Prophetic Lists¶

1 Kgs 4:33 — Solomon speaks of beasts, fowl, creeping things, and fishes
Hos 2:18 — covenant language includes beasts, fowls, and creeping things of the ground
Hab 1:14 — people are compared to fishes and creeping things without a ruler

5. Imagery of Corruption or Cosmic Shaking¶

Ezek 8:10 — "every form of creeping things" appears among abominable idol imagery
Ezek 38:20 — creeping things are included in universal trembling before YHWH

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
חַי (chay)	H2416	10x	"living" creature/moving thing
עוֹף (owph)	H5775	10x	fowl + creeping thing in creature lists
אֶרֶץ (erets)	H776	9x	creatures moving on the earth
אֲדָמָה (adamah)	H127	6x	ground/face of ground in flood and creature lists
אָדָם (adam)	H120	5x	humanity listed with animals in dominion/judgment contexts
רָמַשׂ (ramas)	H7430	5x	cognate verb "creep/move"

Word Family / Cognates¶

H7430 רָמַשׂ (ramas) — verb: to creep, glide, move.

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
שֶׁרֶץ (sherets)	H8318	"creeping thing(s)"	sherets emphasizes swarming/wriggling masses and dominates Leviticus 11 purity law; remes is broader creation/flood moving-creature language.
ἑρπετόν (herpeton)	G2062	"creeping things"	Greek reptile/creeping-animal term; main LXX bridge for both remes and sherets.

Semantic Domain¶

001002006003 — Small Animals (relationship tool). Other listed domain members include H603/H604 anakah, H660 epheh, H2546 chomet, H3581 koach, H3911 letaah.
001002006 — Animals (broader domain).

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI Score	Notes
ἑρπετόν (herpeton) G2062	16	9.06	Primary Greek creeping-animal equivalent; below trace threshold.
πετεινόν (peteinon) G4071	11	7.57	Creature-list contexts with fowl.
θηρίον (therion) G2342	8	6.70	Animal/beast overlap in lists.
κτῆνος (ktenos) G2934	10	6.00	Domestic/animal-list overlap.