ΕΡΠΕΙΝ, ερπειν
ERPEIN, erpein
Sounds Like: ER-pyn
Translations: to creep, to crawl, to slither, to move slowly, to go, to advance
From the root: ΕΡΠΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes a slow, low-to-the-ground movement, like that of a reptile or an animal on all fours. It can also refer to a slow, gradual progression or advance. It is often used to describe the movement of snakes or other creatures that slither.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2062 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 7:61
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΠΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΕΙΡΠΕ — crept, crawled, spread, extended, advanced
- ΕΡΠ — creep, crawl, move slowly, go, come
- ΕΡΠΕ — creep, crawl, move slowly, go, come
- ΕΡΠΕΙ — creeps, crawls, glides, moves slowly, spreads
- ΕΡΠΕΤ — creeping thing, a creeping thing, reptile, a reptile, serpent, a serpent
- ΕΡΠΗΣΤΙΚΟΝ — creeping, crawling, a creeping thing, a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΗΣΤΙΚΟΣ — creeping, spreading, herpetic, pertaining to herpes
- ΕΡΠΟΝ — creeping, crawling, moving slowly, a creeping thing, a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΟΝΤΑ — creeping, crawling, things that creep, things that crawl
- ΕΡΠΟΝΤΙ — to the one creeping, to the one crawling, to the one moving, to the one going, (to) creeping, (to) crawling, (to) moving, (to) going
- ΕΡΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of creeping things, of crawling things, of reptiles
- ΕΡΠΟΥΣΑ — creeping, crawling, a creeping thing, a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΟΥΣΗΣ — of creeping, of crawling, of moving slowly, of a creeping thing, of a crawling thing
- ΕΡΠΟΥΣΙΝ — they creep, they crawl, they slither, they move on the ground
- ΕΡΠΩ — to creep, to crawl, to move slowly, to go, to advance
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