Genesis 1:20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
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Creature
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Revelation 5:13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
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8 occurrences in 8 verses.
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κτίσις
ktísis · ktis'-is
11 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences
original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--building, creation, creature, ordinance.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Mark 16:15Strong's last: Hebrews 4:13
Open full G2937 profile →נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh · neh'-fesh
9 times translated as this KJV form738 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Strong's KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, × dead(-ly), desire, × (dis-) contented, × fish, ghost, greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, × jeopardy of) life (× in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, slay, soul, tablet, they, thing, (× she) will, × would have it.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:21Strong's last: Leviticus 11:46
Open full H5315 profile →חַי
chay · khah'-ee
6 times translated as this KJV form498 total Strong's occurrences
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 1:20Strong's last: Ezekiel 10:20
Open full H2416 profile →κτίσμα
ktísma · ktis'-mah
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
an original formation (concretely), i.e. product (created thing)
Strong's KJV usage: :--creature.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 4:4Strong's last: Revelation 5:13
Open full G2938 profile →שֶׁרֶץ
sherets · sheh'-rets
1 times translated as this KJV form15 total Strong's occurrences
a swarm, i.e. active mass of minute animals
Strong's KJV usage: creep(-ing thing), move(-ing creature).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 1:20Strong's last: Genesis 1:20
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H8318
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
H5315
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.
H5315
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
H5315
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
H5315
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
H5315
And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
H5315
And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
H5315
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
English meaning and historical usage.
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creature
CREATURE, noun
1. That which is created; every being besides the Creator, or every thing not self-existent. The sun, moon and stars; the earth, animals, plants, light, darkness, air, water, etc., are the creatures of God.
2. In a restricted sense, an animal of any kind; a living being; a beast. In a more restricted sense, man. Thus we say, he was in trouble and no creature was present to aid him.
3. A human being, in contempt; as an idle creature; a poor creature; what a creature!
4. With words of endearment, it denotes a human being beloved; as a pretty creature; a sweet creature
5. That which is produced, formed or imagined; as a creature of the imagination.
6. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; one who is made to be what he is.
Great princes thus, when favorites they raise, to justify their grace, their creatures praise.
7. A dependent; a person who is subject to the will or influence of another.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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