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
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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.
H5315
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:
H5315
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:
H2416
Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
H2416
When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.
H2416
And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.
H2416
And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
H2416
When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
H2416
This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
G2937
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
G2937
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
G2937
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
G2937
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
G2937
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
G2937
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
G2937
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
G2937
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
G2937
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
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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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