◄ H3882 ►
לויתן
Transliteration
livyathan;
Pronunciation
liv-yaw-thawn'
Parts of Speech
n m
Root Word (Etymology)
from 3867
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: 1089b
KJV Translation Count — 6x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: leviathan (5), mourning (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. leviathan, sea monster, dragon
a. large aquatic animal
b. perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown
Some think this to be a crocodile but from the description in Job 41:1-34 this is patently absurd. It appears to ba a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bomardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon.
Strong's Definitions
livyathan, liv-yaw-thawn'; from 3867; a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab.: — leviathan, mourning.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Canst thou draw out H3882 with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
Thou brakest the heads of H3882 in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
There go the ships: there is that H3882, whom thou hast made to play therein.
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish H3882 the piercing serpent, even H3882 that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.