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  • verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of creep

Etymologies

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creep + -eth

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Examples

  • Genesis 1: 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009

  • And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat.

    Freshwater: The Board's rebuttal case - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man; all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • • "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

    Chip Berlet: What is Dominionism? Palin, The Christian Right And Theocracy 2008

  • The trouble starts right in the first chapter of the Bible: "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

    Harry Fuller: Lose Texas and Other Business Plans for 2008 2008

  • "Who do you think called them animals in the field and them ... slimy things that creepeth?"

    GENESIS 2008

  • "Who do you think called them animals in the field and them ... slimy things that creepeth?"

    GENESIS 2008

  • The book of Genesis clearly states that God gave us “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

    USA: Cornering the Market on Morality 2007

  • "And God said, '[Let humans] have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'"

    Pro-Global Warming Christians Cannot Be Pro "Family Values" 2007

  • “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”

    Used Razor Blades 2007

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