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INSECTS

Technically, creatures whose bodies are divided into three segments and which have three pairs of legs. Entomologists estimate that tens of thousands of different species inhabit Israel. Two Hebrew terms appear to refer to insects in a generic sense. Heb. remeś is translated “creeping things” in the RSV. Heb. šereṣ, from a root meaning “to swarm,” “teem,” probably refers to winged insects, which are included among unclean creatures (Deut. 14:19; Lev. 11:20-23); the term can also refer to creatures that swarm in the seas (e.g., Gen. 1:20; Lev. 11:10). At least 31 more Hebrew and five Greek terms also refer to insects or other invertebrates.

Randall W. Younker






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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