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Dragon
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
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Answers, in the English Bible, the Hebrew word signifying a sea-monster, huge serpent, etc. Thus in Deuteronomy 32:33 Jeremiah 51:34 Revelation 12:1-17 , it evidently implies a huge serpent; in Isaiah 27:1 51:9 Ezekiel 29:3 , it may mean the crocodile, or any large sea-monster; while in Job 30:29 Lamentations 4:3 Micah 1:8 , it seems to refer to some wild animal of the desert, most probably the jackal. The animal known to modern naturalists under the name of dragon, is a harmless species of lizard, found in Asia and Africa.
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These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
These files are public domain and are a derivative of the topics are from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary published in 1859.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Dragon'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/d/dragon.html. 1859.
Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Dragon'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/d/dragon.html. 1859.
