King James Bible Dictionary

CREEP, verb intransitive [Gr., the sense is to catch, to grapple; Latin , to scrape or scratch.]

1. To move with the belly on the ground, or the surface of any other body, as a worm or serpent without legs, or as many insects with feet and very short legs; to crawl.

2. To move along the ground, or on the surface of any other body, in growth, as a vine; to grow along.

3. To move slowly, feebly or timorously; as an old or infirm man, who creeps about his chamber.

4. To move slowly and insensibly, as time.

To morrow, and to morrow, and to morrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day.

5. To move secretly; to move so as to escape detection, or prevent suspicion.

Of this sort are they who creep into houses, and lead away captive silly women. 2 Timothy 3:6.

6. To steal in; to move forward unheard and unseen; to come or enter unexpectedly or unobserved; as, some error has crept into the copy of a history.

7. To move or behave with servility; to fawn.

CREEPER, noun

1. One who creeps; that which creeps; a reptile; also, a creeping plant, which moves along the surface of the earth or attaches itself to some other body, as ivy.

2. An iron used to slide along the grate in kitchens.

3. A kind of pattern or clog worn by women.

4. creeper or creepers, an instrument of iron with hooks or claws, for drawing up things from the bottom of a well, river or harbor.

5. A genus of birds, the Certhia, or ox-eye, of many species. These birds run along the body or branch of a tree, and when they observe a person near, they run to the side opposite, so as to keep out of sight.

CREEPHOLE, noun A hole into which an animal may creep to escape notice or danger; also, a subterfuge; an excuse.

CREEPING, participle present tense Moving on the belly, or close to the surface of the earth or other body; moving slowly, secretly, or silently; moving insensibly; stealing along.

A general term for animals
Genesis 1:26; Leviticus 11:20-23; Leviticus 11:29-31; Leviticus 11:42; Psalms 104:20; Psalms 104:25; Romans 1:23

Unclean
Leviticus 5:2; Leviticus 11:20; Leviticus 11:29-44; Deuteronomy 14:19

Clean
Leviticus 11:21-22

Uses of, in idolatrous worship
Ezekiel 8:10

CREEPINGLY, adverb By creeping; slowly; in the manner of a reptile.

CREEPLE. [Not used.] [See Cripple.]