Thematic Bible: The Dragon
Thematic Bible
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of the devil
And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
And the beast which I saw was like unto 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 throne, and great authority.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of cruel and persecuting kings
speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, that hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Is it not thou that didst cut Rahab in pieces, that didst pierce 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 thereof; 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 didst divide the sea by thy strength: Thou brakest the heads of the sea-monsters in the waters.
In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay 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 draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered he may devour her child.
the Dragon » Often of a red color
And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.
the Dragon » Its swallowing of its prey alluded to
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath, like a monster, swallowed me up, he hath filled his maw with my delicacies; he hath cast me out.
the Dragon » Its snuffing up the air alluded to
And the wild asses 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 shalt tread upon the lion and adder: The young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under foot.
the Dragon » Illustrative » Of wicked men
That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
the Dragon » Found in » The wilderness
but Esau I hated, 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 will I 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 will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches.