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Lexicon :: Strong's G1404 - drakōn

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δράκων
Transliteration
drakōn (Key)
Pronunciation
drak'-own
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from an alternate form of derkomai (to look)
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TDNT Reference: 2:281,186

Strong’s Definitions

δράκων drákōn, drak'-own; probably from an alternate form of δέρκομαι dérkomai (to look); a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate):—dragon.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G1404 in the following manner: dragon (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G1404 in the following manner: dragon (13x).
  1. a dragon, a great serpent, a name for Satan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
δράκων drákōn, drak'-own; probably from an alternate form of δέρκομαι dérkomai (to look); a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate):—dragon.
STRONGS G1404:
δράκων, -οντος, , (apparently from δέρκομαι, 2 aorist ἔδρακον; hence, δράκων, properly, equivalent to ὀξὺ βλέπων [Etym. Magn. 286, 7; cf. Curtius, § 13]); Sept. chiefly for תָּנִּין; a dragon, a great serpent, a fabulous animal (so as early as Homer, Iliad 2, 308f, etc.). From it, after Genesis 3:1ff, is derived the figurative description of the devil in Revelation 12:3-17; Revelation 13:2, 4, 11; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 20:2. [Cf. Baudissin, Studien zur semitisch. Religionsgesch. vol. i. (iv. 4), p. 281ff.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
3:1
Revelation
12:3-17; 13:2; 13:4; 13:11; 16:13; 20:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1404 matches the Greek δράκων (drakōn),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:3 - And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:4 - His tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:7 - Now war arose in heaven, Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon. And the dragon and his angels fought back,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:9 - And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:13 - And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:16 - But the earth came to the help of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had poured from his mouth.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:17 - Then the dragon became furious with the woman and went off to make war on the rest of her offspring, on those who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And he stood[fn] on the sand of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:2 - And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:4 - And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:11 - Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb and it spoke like a dragon.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:13 - And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 20:2 - And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,
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