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Lexicon :: Strong's H8565 - tan

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תַּן
Transliteration
tan
Pronunciation
tan
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root probably meaning to elongate
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TWOT Reference: 2528a

Strong’s Definitions

תַּן tan, tan; from an unused root probably meaning to elongate; a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal):—dragon, whale. Compare H8577.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H8565 in the following manner: whale (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H8565 in the following manner: whale (1x).

  1. dragon, maybe the extinct dinosaur the plesiosaurus, whale

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תַּן tan, tan; from an unused root probably meaning to elongate; a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal):—dragon, whale. Compare H8577.
STRONGS H8565: Abbreviations
† [תַּן] noun [masculine and] feminineLamentations 4:3 jackal (so most; TrNHB 109 ff., 263 f. Shipley-CookEncy. Bib. JACKAL; but wolf PostHast. DB DRAGON, compare CheIsaiah 13:22 and (rare) Arabic bdb107206); — plural תַּנִּים Micah 1:8 +, תַּנִּין Lamentations 4:3 (Ges§ 87 e), לְתַנּוֺת [H8568 Malachi 1:3] (si vera lectio; Greek Version of the LXX Thes and others interpret = dwellings, Sta Now conjecture נְאוֺת, Marti נָתַתִּי לְ); — jackal, howling mournfully in waste places, Micah 1:8; Job 30:29 (both || בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה), Isaiah 13:22 (|| אִיִּים), in desert also Isaiah 43:20 (|| בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה); deserted sites called מְעוֺן ת׳ Jeremiah 9:10; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 49:33; Jeremiah 51:37, נְוֵה ת׳ Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 35:7, מְקוֺם ת׳ Psalms; מִדְבָּר ת׳ [H8568 Malachi 1:3] (si vera lectio, but see above); ת׳ as snuffing up wind Jeremiah 14:6, giving suck Lamentations 4:3.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

30:29

Isaiah

13:22; 13:22; 34:13; 35:7; 43:20

Jeremiah

9:10; 10:22; 14:6; 49:33; 51:37

Lamentations

4:3; 4:3; 4:3

Micah

1:8; 1:8

H8565

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Strong's Number H8565 matches the Hebrew תַּן (tan),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:2 - "Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: "You consider yourself a lion among the nations, but you are like a dragon in the seas; you burst forth in your rivers, trouble the waters with your feet, and foul their rivers.
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