Animals of Genesis Compared to Other Biblical Uses |
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| English Name |
Verses |
Hebrew Name |
Literal Meaning |
Other Uses |
| Moving creature | 20 | Sherets | Swarming creature | 0 |
| Fowl |
20, 21, 22, 26 |
Oph |
Fowl |
61 |
| Winged |
21 |
Kanaph |
Winged |
78 |
| Whale |
21 |
Tannin |
Sea monster (Job 7:12; Ezek. 32:2 |
3 |
| Creature that moveth |
21, 24 |
Nephesh |
Breathing creature |
8 |
| Cattle |
24, 25, 36 |
Behemah |
Cattle, Beast |
51 |
| Creeping thing |
24, 25, 26 |
Remes |
Creeping creature (Gen. 9:3) |
16 |
| Beast |
24, 25, 30 |
Chaiyah, Cheva |
A living creature |
114 |
| Fish |
26, 28 |
Dagah |
Fish |
33 |
| Behemoth |
Job 40:15 |
Behemoth |
Enlarged form behemah |
0 |
| Leviathan |
Job 41:1 |
Livyathan |
Great water animal (Psalm 104:26) |
3 |