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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)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2528b

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

dragon, serpent, sea monster
1. dragon or dinosaur
2. sea or river monster
3. serpent, venomous snake

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8577: Abbreviations

† תַּנִּין (erroneous תַּנִּים) noun masculine^{Ezekiel 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 Che^{Ency. Bib. DRAGON} Gunk^{Seh-pfung 69 ff.} Barton^{JAOS xv. 1 (1891). 23 f.}; personified of water-spout RS^{Semitic i. 161; 2nd ed. 176}; compare Greek fish-name θύννος Lewy^{Fremdw. 15}.

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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

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Strong's Number H8577 matches the Hebrew תַּנִּין (tannîn),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:11

Jer 9:11 -

“I will make^H5414 Jerusalem^H3389 a heap^H1530 of ruins,

A haunt^H4583 of jackals^H8565;

And I will make^H5414 the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063 a desolation^H8077 without^H1097 inhabitant^H3427.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Jer 10:22 -

The sound^H6963 of a report^H8052! Behold^H2009, it is coming^H935—

A great^H1419 roar^H7494 from the land^H776 of the north^H6828—

To make^H7760 the cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063

A desolation^H8077, a haunt^H4583 of jackals^H8565.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:6

Jer 14:6 -

“The wild^H6501 donkeys^H6501 stand^H5975 on the bare^H8205 heights^H8205;

They pant^H7602 for air^H7307 like jackals^H8565,

Their eyes^H5869 fail^H3615

Because^H3588 there^H369 is^H369 no^H369 vegetation^H6212.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:33

Jer 49:33 -

“Hazor^H2674 will become^H1961 a haunt^H4583 of jackals^H8565,

A desolation^H8077 forever^H5704^H5769;

No^H3808 one^H376 will live^H3427 there^H8033,

Nor^H3808 will [fn]anyone^H1121 of mankind^H120 reside^H1481 in it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:34

Jer 51:34 -

“Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 has devoured^H398 me, he has crushed^H2000 me,

He has set^H3322 me down^H3322 like an empty^H7386 vessel^H3627;

He has swallowed^H1104 me like a monster^H8577,

He has filled^H4390 his stomach^H3770 with my delicacies^H5730;

He has washed^H1740 me away^H1740.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:37

Jer 51:37 -

“Babylon^H894 will become^H1961 a heap^H1530 of ruins, a haunt^H4583 of jackals^H8565,

An object^H8047 of^H8047 horror^H8047 and hissing^H8322, without^H369 inhabitants^H3427.

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