G2062–ἑρπετόν–herpeton

In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles and birds,

ἑρπετὰ herpeta “creeping things”

Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

ἑρπετὰ herpeta “creeping things”

and, instead of worshipping the imperishable God, they worshipped images resembling perishable man or resembling birds or beasts or reptiles.

ἑρπετῶν. herpetōn “creeping things.”

For brute nature under all its forms--beasts and birds, reptiles and fishes--can be subjected and kept in subjection by human nature.

ἑρπετῶν herpetōn “of creeping things”