BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G2938
ktisma — creature
κτίσμα, -τος, τό (κτίζω), [in LXX: Wis.9:2 13:5 14:11, Sir.36:20 (17), Sir.38:34, 3Ma.5:11 * ;] 1. (cl.) a colony. 2. a created thing, creature: 1Ti.4:4, Jas.1:18, Rev.5:13 8:9.† (AS)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2123
ziz — creature
moving creatures, moving things
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5315
ne.phesh — soul
1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) uncertain 1h) activity of the will 1h1) uncertain 1i) activity of the character 1i1) uncertain
650 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4561
sarx — flesh
σάρξ, σαρκός, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for בָּשָׂר ;] flesh; 1. as in cl. generally, (a) prop., of the soft substance of the animal body: 1Co.15:39, 2Co.12:7, Gal.6:13, al.; σ. καὶ αἷμα, 1Co.5:50; σ. καὶ ὀστέα, Luk.24:39; pl., of the flesh of many or parts of the flesh of one (cl.), Rev.17:16 19:18; φαγεῖν, Re, ll. with (cf. κατεσθίειν, 4Ki.9:36, al., and βιβρώσκειν, frequently in l.); metaphorically, Jas.5:3; mystically, φ. (τρώγειν) τὴν σ. τοῦ υἱοῦ τ. ἀνθρώπου, Jhn.6:52-56; (b) Of the whole substance of the body, = σῶμα: Act.2:26 (LXX), 31, 2Co.12:7, Gal.4:14, Eph.5:29; μία σ., Mrk.10:8; εἰς σ. μίαν (Gen.2:24), Mat.19:5, Mrk.10:8, 1Co.6:16, Eph.5:31; hence, of the material as opposite to the immaterial part of man (cf. Lft., Notes, 88): opposite to πνεῦμα, 1Co.5:5, 2Co.7:1, Col.2:5, 1Pe.3:18, 4:6; to ψύχη, Act.2:31, Rec.; of the present life, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Rom.7:5, Gal.2:20, Php.1:22, 24 1Pe.4:2; of Christ's life on earth, αἱ ἡμέραι τ. σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ, Heb.5:7; of things pertaining to the body, ἐν (τῇ) σ., Gal.6:12, 13 Php.3:3, 4. 2. As in Heb. idiom, (a) of a living creature: πᾶσα σ. (Heb. כָּל־בָּשָׂר; cf. Bl., §47, 9), Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, 1Pe.1:24; esp. of man and his mortality (Psa.55 (56):5, Sir.28:5, al.), Jhn.1:14; πᾶσα σ. (see supr.), Luk.3:6, Jhn.17:2, Act.2:17, ἐν σ., 1Jo.4:2, 1Ti.3:16; (b) of natural origin and relationship (Gen.2:24, Isa.58:7, al.): τέκνα τῆς σ., Rom.9:8; κατὰ σάρκα, ib. 3, 5, 1Co.10:18, Gal.4:23, 29; ἡ σ. μου, Rom.11:14 (cf. Jdg.9:2, 2Ki.5:1, al.). 3. Of the physical nature as subject to sensation and desire (Plut.), (a) without any ethical disparagement: Rom.7:18 13:14; opposite to πνεῦμα, Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38; τ. θέλημα τῆς σ., Jhn.1:13; ἡ ἐπιθυμία τῆς σ., 1Jn.2:16; pl., 2Pe.2:18; παθεῖν σαρκί, 1Pe.4:1; (b) in ethical sense, esp. in Pauline Epp., of the flesh as the seat and vehicle of sinful desires: opposite to νοῦς, Rom.7:25; to πνεῦμα, Rom.8:4-9, 12, 13, Gal.5:16, 17 19 6:8 (cf. DB, ii, 14f.; iv, 165f.; Cremer, 844ff.). (AS)
126 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5775
oph — bird
1) flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds 1a) fowl, birds 1b) winged insects Aramaic equivalent: oph (עוֹף "bird" H5776)
64 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G2226
zōon — living thing
ζῷον (Rec. ζῶον, see LS, see word), -ου, τό (ζωός, alive), [in LXX for חַי (chiefly) and cognate forms; frequently in Wis ;] a living creature, an animal: Rev.4:6-9 5:6 ff. Rev.6:1 ff. Rev.7:11 14:3 15:7 19:4; ζῴων τ. αἷμα, Heb.13:11; ἄλογα ζ., 2Pe.2:12, Ju 10.† SYN.: θηρίον, in which the brutal, bestial element is emphasized, and which is never used of sacrificial animals. On the other hand, ζ. is the more comprehensive, as expressing the vital element common to the whole anima] creation (see Tr., Syn., LXXxi; Cremer, 274). (AS)
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1472
ge.viy.yah — body
1) a body (of living creatures) 2) a corpse, carcass, dead body
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7075
qin.yan — acquisition
1) thing acquired, acquisition, possession, purchased property, wealth 1a) thing acquired (by purchase) 1b) creatures (more general)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4430
ptōma — corpse
πτῶμα -τος, τό (πίπτω), [in LXX: Jdg.14:8 (מַפֶּלֶת), Job.16:15 (14) (פֶּרֶץ), Isa.51:19 (שֹׁד), Jdth.8:19, Wis.4:18, al. ;] 1. a fall, metaphorically, a misfortune, calamity (Trag., Plat., Polyb., al.; LXX). 2. That which has fallen; (a) of buildings, a ruin (Polyb.); (b) of living creatures, in cl. (poët. only) usually with genitive, νεκρῶν, etc., but also absol., as in late writers and NT, a fallen body, a carcase, corpse: Mat.14:12 24:28, Mrk.15:45; π. αὐτοῦ, Mrk.6:29; αὐτῶν, Rev.11:8-9 (cf. Rutherford, NPhr., 472 f.).† (AS)
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4420
pterux — wing
πτέρυξ, -υγος, ἡ (πέτομαι), [in LXX chiefly for כָּנָף ;] a wing: of birds, Mat.23:37, Luk.13:34, Rev.12:14; of creatures seen in a vision, Rev.4:8 9:9.† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3882
liv.ya.tan — Leviathan
a sea monster, dragon 1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile 1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown, 1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5446
phusikos — natural
φυσικός, -ή, -όν (ψύσις), natural (a) produced by nature, innate (Xen., Arist., al.); (b) according to nature (Arist., Diod., al.): opposite to παρὰ φύσιν, Rom.1:26-27; (with) governed by mere natural instinct (of. Plut., Mor., 706 A): ζῷα γεγεννημένα φ. (RV, born mere animals; Mayor, born creatures of instinct; ICC, animals born of mere nature), 2Pe.2:12,† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1724
enalios — marine
ἐν-άλιος, -ον (also -α, -ον; ἅλς, the sea), of the sea: τὰ ἐ., marine creatures, Jas.3:7.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2104
zu.zim — Zuzim
People descended from Zuz(?), only mentioned at Gen.14.5 § Zuzim = "roving creatures" an ancient people of uncertain origin, perhaps, inhabitants of ancient Ammon east of the Jordan
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2728
cha.re.gol — locust
a kind of locust, a leaping creature
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3917
li.lit — night-creature
1) "Lilith", name of a female goddess known as a night demon who haunts the desolate places of Edom 1a) might be a nocturnal animal that inhabits desolate places
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H930
be.he.mot — Behemoth
Behemoth This name means perhaps an extinct dinosaur 1a) a Diplodocus or Brachiosaurus, exact meaning unknown 1b) hippopotamus 1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8681
pelas — a one near
1. near, hard by, close , with genitive, (Odyssey by Homer) 3. absolute, χριμφθεὶς πέλας (Odyssey by Homer); π. στείχειν, παρεῖναι, στῆναι [variant datesTragica Adespota 4. οἱ πέλας (i.e. ὄντες); one's neighbours , (Thucydides), etc.: hence one's fellow-creatures, all men , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8975
pteron — a feather
1. mostly in plural feathers , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.; in singular a feather , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. = πτέρυξ, a bird's wing , in plural wings , (Homer); Παλλάδος ὑπὸ πτεροῖς ὄντας, metaphorically from chickens under the hen's wings, (Aeschulus Tragicus): —; τῷ πτερὰ γίγνετο he got as it were wings , i. e. spirit, courage, (Iliad by Homer) 3. the wings of a bat (see. πτίλον II), (Herdotus Historicus) 4. any winged creature , as the Sphinx, (Euripides); a beetle, (Aristophanes Comicus) 5. like οἰωνός, Lat. avis, an augury, omen, (Pindar) 6. anything like wings : as 7. a ship's wings , i. e. oars (compare πτερόω); ἐρετμά, τά τε πτερὰ νηυσὶ πέλονται (Odyssey by Homer); νηὸς πτερά (Hesiod):—; hence birds are said πτεροῖς ἐρέσσειν, (Euripides) 8. ἀέθλων πτερά, i. e. the wings of victory, which lift the Poet to heaven, (Pindar) 9. a feathered arrow , (Euripides) 10. τοῦ πώγωνος τὰ πτερά the points of the beard, (Lucian) 11. in Architecture, of the rows of columns along the sides of Greek temples, see. ἄπτερος. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9687
phuton — a plant
1. that which has grown, a plant, tree , (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. generally a creature , of men, (Euripides) 3. like ἔρνος, of men, a descendant, child , (Euripides) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Denotes the whole creation in Rom. 8:39; Col. 1:15; Rev. 5:13; the whole human race in Mark 16:15; Rom. 8:19-22. The living creatures in Ezek. 10:15, 17, are imaginary beings, symbols of the Divine attributes and operations.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
