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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: δράκων

(Strong's #1404 — Noun Masculine — drakon — drak'-own )

denoted "a mythical monster, a dragon;" also a large serpent, so called because of its keen power of sight (from a root derk, signifying "to see"). Twelve times in the Apocalypse it is used of the Devil, 12:3,4,7,9,13,16,17; 13:2,4,11; 16:13; 20:2.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dragon'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​d/dragon.html. 1940.
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