Reptile
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) One of the Reptilia, or one of the Amphibia.
(2): ( a.) Hence: Groveling; low; vulgar; as, a reptile race or crew; reptile vices.
(3): ( a.) Creeping; moving on the belly, or by means of small and short legs.
(4): ( n.) An animal that crawls, or moves on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like.
(5): ( n.) A groveling or very mean person.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a word not used in the A.V., which designates this class of animals by the term "creeping thing" (q.v.), but covers thereby a much wider range of creatures. The following are the true reptilia mentioned in Scripture. They almost exclusively consist of various unknown species of serpents and lizards. Of course both these classes were unclean to the Hebrews.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
rep´til , - til : Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) in Micah 7:17 has reptilis for zōḥălē , "crawling things," the American Standard Revised Version "worms of the earth," the King James Version margin "creeping things." See Leviathan; Lizard; Serpent; Tortoise .
