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Lexicon :: Strong's H3882 - livyāṯān

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לִוְיָתָן
Transliteration
livyāṯān
Pronunciation
liv-yaw-thawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1089b

Strong’s Definitions

לִוְיָתָן livyâthân, liv-yaw-thawn'; from H3867; 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 Babylon:—leviathan, mourning.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3882 in the following manner: leviathan (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3882 in the following manner: leviathan (6x).

  1. leviathan, sea monster, dragon

    1. large aquatic animal

    2. 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 be 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 [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לִוְיָתָן livyâthân, liv-yaw-thawn'; from H3867; 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 Babylon:—leviathan, mourning.
STRONGS H3882: Abbreviations
† לִוְיָתָן noun masculineJob 40:25 serpent, dragon, leviathan, in poetry and rare (on formation from לוה with feminine ת + ןָ֯ see Thes and compare Ges§ 85, 54 Köii, p. 99 BaNB § 207c; LagBN 205 thinks foreign loan-word); — sea-monster = crocodile Job 40:25 [Job 41:1]; whale Psalm 104:25 (see Che); dragon producing eclipses (mythological) Job 3:8; figurative of Egypt as all-engulfing Psalm 74:14 (|| תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13); compare Isaiah 27:1 (twice in verse) (|| נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ, נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֺן), see Che Di and especially (on ל׳ in general) BartonTiamat, JAOS xv (1891), 22 ff. GunkSchöpf. u. Chaos 46.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

3:8; 41:1

Psalms

74:13; 74:14; 104:25

Isaiah

27:1

H3882

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3882 matches the Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (livyāṯān),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let those who are experts at cursing—
whose cursing could rouse Leviathan[fn]—
curse that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - [fn]“Can you catch Leviathan[fn] with a hook
or put a noose around its jaw?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - You crushed the heads of Leviathan[fn]
and let the desert animals eat him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - See the ships sailing along,
and Leviathan,[fn] which you made to play in the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan,[fn] the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea.
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