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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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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 BoxGen 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:21 - And God made great [fn]whales, and [fn]every living reptile, which the waters brought forth according to their kinds, and every creature that flies with wings according to its kind, and God saw that they were good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - Now if Pharao should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shalt thou say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharao, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - And Moses and Aaron went in before Pharao, and before his servants, and they did so, as the Lord commanded them; and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharao, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - And they cast down each [fn]his rod, and they became serpents, but the rod of Aaron swallowed up their rods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - Their wine is the rage of serpents, and the incurable rage of asps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - And I went forth by the gate of the valley by night, and to the mouth of the well of fig trees, and to the dung-gate: and I mourned over the wall of Jerusalem which they were destroying, and her gates were devoured with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 - Am I a sea, or a serpent, that thou hast set a watch over me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 - I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - (LXX 43:20) For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - (LXX 73:13) Thou didst establish the sea, in thy might, thou didst break to pieces the heads of the [fn]dragons in the water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - (LXX 90:13) Thou shalt tread on the asp and basilisk: and thou shalt trample on the lion and dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye serpents, and all deeps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - and satyrs shall dwell there; and hedgehogs shall make their nests in their houses. [fn]It will come soon, and will not tarry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day God shall bring his holy and great and strong sword upon the dragon, even the serpent that flees, upon the dragon, the crooked serpent: he shall destroy the dragon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - And thorns shall spring up in their cities, and in her strong holds: and they shall be habitations of [fn]monsters, and a court for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - And the dry land shall become pools, and a fountain of water shall be poured into the thirsty land; there shall there be a joy of birds, ready habitations and marshes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - The beasts of the field shall bless me, the owls and young ostriches; for I have given water in the wilderness, and rivers in the dry land, to give drink to my chosen race,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, awake, O Jerusalem, and put on the strength of thine arm; awake as [fn]in the early time, as the ancient generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:11 - (LXX 9:10) And I will remove the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and make it a dwelling-place of dragons; and I will utterly waste the cities of Juda, so that they shall not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Behold, there comes a sound of a noise, and a great earthquake from the land of the north, to make the cities of Juda a desolation, and a resting-place for ostriches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:6 - The wild asses stood by the forests, and snuffed up the wind; their eyes failed, because there was no grass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:33 - (LXX 30:28) And the palace shall be a resting-place for ostriches, and desolate for ever: no man shall abide there, and no son of man shall dwell there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - (LXX 28:34) He has devoured me, he has torn me asunder, airy darkness has come upon me; Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon has swallowed me up, as a dragon has he filled his belly with my delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:37 - (LXX 28:37) And Babylon shall be a desolation, and shall not be inhabited.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - and say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against Pharao, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his rivers, that says, The rivers are mine, and I made them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Therefore shall she lament and wail, she shall go barefooted, and being naked she shall make lamentation as that of serpents, and mourning as of the daughters of sirens.
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