Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3882
לִוְיָתָן
liv.ya.tan · “Leviathan”
Used 6 times across 3 books
Definition
a sea monster, dragon
1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown,
1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
Where it appears
Job2
Psalms2
Isaiah2
In the text
Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.Job 40:25Psalms 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.Psalms 104:26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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