Thematic Bible: The Dragon
Thematic Bible
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of the devil
And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,
And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
Awake! awake! put on strength, O arm of the Lord, awake! as in the old days, in the generations long past. Was it not by you that Rahab was cut in two, and the dragon Wounded?
the Dragon » Found in » Deserted cities
And I will make Jerusalem a mass of broken stones, the living-place of jackals; and I will make the towns of Judah a waste, with no man living there.
And wolves will be answering one another in their towers, and jackals in their houses of pleasure: her time is near, and her days of power will quickly be ended.
the Dragon » Found in » Dry places
And thorns will come up in her fair houses, and waste plants in her strong towers: and foxes will make their holes there, and it will be a meeting-place for ostriches.
The beasts of the field will give me honour, the jackals and the ostriches: because I send out waters in the waste land, and rivers in the dry country, to give drink to the people whom I have taken for myself:
the Dragon » A species of, in rivers
The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.
In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
the Dragon » Illustrative » (poison of,) of wine
the Dragon » Described as » Poisonous
the Dragon » Described as » Powerful
And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.
the Dragon » Often of a red color
And there was seen another sign in heaven; a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns.
the Dragon » Its swallowing of its prey alluded to
Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a meal of me, violently crushing me, he has made me a vessel with nothing in it, he has taken me in his mouth like a dragon, he has made his stomach full with my delicate flesh, crushing me with his teeth.
the Dragon » Its snuffing up the air alluded to
And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of enemies of the church
You will put your foot on the lion and the snake; the young lion and the great snake will be crushed under your feet.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of wicked men
Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
the Dragon » Found in » The wilderness
And Esau was hated, and I sent destruction on his mountains, and gave his heritage to the beasts of the waste land.
the Dragon » Described as » Of solitary habits
the Dragon » Its mournful voice alluded to
For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.
the Dragon » Its wailing alluded to
For this I will be full of sorrow and give cries of grief; I will go uncovered and unclothed: I will give cries of grief like the jackals and will be in sorrow like the ostriches.