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Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3882 - לִוְיָתָן

Transliteration

livyâthân

Phonetics

liv-yaw-thawn'

Origin

from (03867)

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TWOT

1089b

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon

1a) large aquatic animal

1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1404 ‑ δράκων (drak'‑own); 2785 ‑ κῆτος (kay'‑tos); 3173 ‑ μέγας (meg'‑as);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

KJV (6)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

NAS (6)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

HCS (6)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

BSB (6)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

ESV (6)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

WEB (6)

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Verse Results

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

לִוְיָתָן (with the adj. termination ־ָן, like נְחֻשְׁתָּן brazen, from נְחשֶׁת, עֲקַלָּתוֹן from עֲקַלָּה), prop. an (animal), wreathed, twisted in folds.

(1) a serpent of a larger kind, Job 3:8 (as to this place see the root עוּר Pilel); Isaiah 27:1 (where it is the symbol of the hostile kingdom of Babylon).

(2) specially, a crocodile, Job 40:25, seq.

(3) any very large aquatic creature, Psalms 104:26 used for a fierce enemy, Psalms 74:14 comp. תַּנִּין Isaiah 51:9; Ezekiel 29:3, 32:2, Ezekiel 32:3. Bochart, Hieroz. P. ii. lib. v. cap. 16-18.

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List of Word Forms

לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן לִוְיָתָ֑ן לִוְיָתָ֔ן לִוְיָתָ֣ן לִוְיָתָֽן׃ לִוְיָתָן֙ לויתן לויתן׃ livyaTan liw·yā·ṯān liwyāṯān

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