Living Creature
Living Creature
living kretur: (1) ( , nephesh hayyah, or , nephesh hahayyah (nephesh, breath or living things; hayyah, living; compare Arabic nefs, breath, haiy, living)): In the account of the creation this term is used of aquatic animals (Gen 1:21), of mammals (Gen 1:24) and of any animals whatsoever (Gen 2:19).
(2) (, hayyoth, plural of , hayyah): The name of the living creatures of Ezek 1:5-25, which had wings and the faces of a man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle; compare Ezek 10:1-22. (3) (, zoon, living thing, animal): The four living creatures (the King James Version beasts) of Rev 4:6, etc., the first like a lion, the second like a calf, the third having a face as of a man, and the fourth like an eagle, having each six wings. See CREATURE, LIVING.