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Sea-Monster
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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sē´mon - stẽr : Genesis 1:21 ( תּנּינם , tannı̄nı̄m ), "sea monsters," the King James Version "whales," Septuagint (τὰ κήτη , tá kḗtē ), "sea-monsters," "huge fish," or "whales." Job 7:12 ( תּנּין , tannı̄n ), "sea-monster" the King James Version "whale," the Septuagint δράκων , drákōn , "dragon." Psalm 74:13 ( תּנּינים , tannı̄nı̄m ), the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin. "sea-monsters," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragons," the King James Version margin "whales" Septuagint δράκοντες , drákontes , "dragons" Psalm 148:7 ( תּנּינים , tannı̄nı̄m ), "sea-monsters" the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragons," the English Revised Version margin "sea-monsters" or "water-spouts," Septuagint drakontes , "dragons." Lamentations 4:3 ( תּנּין , tannı̄n ) "jackals," the King James Version "sea monsters" the King James Version margin "sea calves," Septuagint drakontes . Matthew 12:40 (referring to Jonah) ( κῆτος , kḗtos ), English Versions of the Bible "whale," the Revised Version margin "sea-monster." In the Apocrypha, the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version "whale (kētos ) into "sea-monster" in Sirach 43:25 but not in Song of Three Children verse 57. See DRAGON; JACKAL; WHALE .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Sea-Monster'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/s/sea-monster.html. 1915.
