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Lexicon :: Strong's H8577 - tannîn

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תַּנִּין
Transliteration
tannîn
Pronunciation
tan-neen'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Intensive from the same as תַּן (H8565)
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TWOT Reference: 2528b

Strong’s Definitions

תַּנִּין tannîyn, tan-neen'; or תַּנִּים tannîym; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal:—dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's H8577 in the following manner: dragon (21x), serpent (3x), whale (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's H8577 in the following manner: dragon (21x), serpent (3x), whale (3x).

  1. dragon, serpent, sea monster

    1. dragon or dinosaur

    2. sea or river monster

    3. serpent, venomous snake

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּנִּין tannîyn, tan-neen'; or תַּנִּים tannîym; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal:—dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.
STRONGS H8577: Abbreviations
† תַּנִּין (erroneous תַּנִּים) noun masculineEzekiel 29:3 serpent, dragon, sea-monster (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Arabic bdb107207, loan-word from Aramaic תַּנִּינָא, bdb107208 Frä123; Ethiopic bdb107209); — absolute ת׳ Exodus 7:9 +, יִ֯ם Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2 (by confusion with plural of [תַּן]); plural תַּנִּינַם Genesis 1:21, etc.; —
1. serpent, Deuteronomy 32:33 (venomous), Psalm 91:13 (|| פֶּתֶן), Exodus 7:9, 10, 12 (P).
2. dragon, as devourer (simile) Jeremiah 51:34; עֵין הַתּ׳ Nehemiah 2:13, near Jerusalem.
3. sea- (or river-) monster, Genesis 1:21 (P); figurative Job 7:12; Psalm 74:13 (i.e. Egyptains), Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 51:9 (|| רַהַב, mythological personification of chaos); in summons to praise י׳ Psalm 148:7 (|| תְּהֹמוֺת). — See CheEncy. Bib. DRAGON GunkSeh-pfung 69 ff. BartonJAOS xv. 1 (1891). 23 f.; personified of water-spout RSSemitic i. 161; 2nd ed. 176; compare Greek fish-name θύννος LewyFremdw. 15.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:21; 1:21

Exodus

7:9; 7:9; 7:10; 7:12

Deuteronomy

32:33

Nehemiah

2:13

Job

7:12

Psalms

74:13; 91:13; 148:7

Isaiah

27:1; 51:9

Jeremiah

51:34

Ezekiel

29:3; 29:3; 32:2

H8577

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8577 matches the Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannîn),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - “When Pharaoh says to you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a snake.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron threw his staff down in front of Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a snake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - Each one threw down his staff and it became a snake. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - By night I went out through the Valley Gate toward the Jackal[fn] Well and the Dung Gate, examining the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 - Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that you put me under guard?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 - I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - It was you who split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise the LORD from the earth, you great sea creatures and all ocean depths,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - Hyenas will inhabit her strongholds, jackals her luxurious palaces. Her time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns will overrun her citadels, nettles and brambles her strongholds. She will become a haunt for jackals, a home for owls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - The burning sand will become a pool, the thirsty ground bubbling springs. In the haunts where jackals once lay, grass and reeds and papyrus will grow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The wild animals honor me, the jackals and the owls, because I provide water in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland, to give drink to my people, my chosen,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, awake, arm of the LORD, clothe yourself with strength! Awake, as in days gone by, as in generations of old. Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Listen! The report is coming— a great commotion from the land of the north! It will make the towns of Judah desolate, a haunt of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - “Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, a desolate place forever. No one will live there; no people will dwell in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has thrown us into confusion, he has made us an empty jar. Like a serpent he has swallowed us and filled his stomach with our delicacies, and then has spewed us out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - Babylon will be a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, an object of horror and scorn, a place where no one lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, you great monster lying among your streams. You say, “The Nile belongs to me; I made it for myself.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Because of this I will weep and wail; I will go about barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and moan like an owl.
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