Thematic Bible: The Dragon
Thematic Bible
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of the devil
And he seized the dragon, the old serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, who leads the whole world astray, and bound him a thousand years.
And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be loosed out of his prison.
And the beast that I saw was similar to a leopard. And its feet were like a bear, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
Speak, and say, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lays in the midst of his rivers, that has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.
In that day LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of LORD. Awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
the Dragon » Found in » Deserted cities
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
And wolves shall cry in their castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. And her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
the Dragon » Found in » Dry places
And thorns shall come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in the fortresses of it. And it shall be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
the Dragon » A species of, in rivers
Thou divided the sea by thy strength. Thou break the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
In that day LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent, and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
the Dragon » Illustrative » (poison of,) of wine
the Dragon » Described as » Poisonous
the Dragon » Described as » Powerful
And his tail drags the third part of the stars of the sky, and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was going to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
the Dragon » Often of a red color
And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great fiery dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems upon his heads.
the Dragon » Its swallowing of its prey alluded to
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
the Dragon » Its snuffing up the air alluded to
And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail because there is no herbage.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of enemies of the church
Thou shall tread upon the lion and adder. The young lion and the serpent thou shall trample under foot.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of wicked men
that thou have greatly broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
the Dragon » Found in » The wilderness
but Esau I regarded inferior, and made his mountains a desolation, and [gave] his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
the Dragon » Described as » Of solitary habits
the Dragon » Its mournful voice alluded to
For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.
the Dragon » Its wailing alluded to
For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.