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לִוְיָתָן

Transliteration livyathan		Pronunciation liv·yä·thän' (Key)
Part of Speech masculine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From לָוָה (H3867)
TWOT Reference 1089b

1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon

a) large aquatic animal

b) 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.

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Strong's Number H3882 matches the Hebrew לויתן (livyathan), which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Job 3:8 - Isa 27:1)
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Job 3:8	Let them curse ⁵³⁴⁴ it that curse ⁷⁷⁹ the day ³¹¹⁷, who are ready ⁶²⁶⁴ to raise up ⁵⁷⁸² their mourning ³⁸⁸².
Job 41:1	Canst thou draw out ⁴⁹⁰⁰ leviathan ³⁸⁸² with an hook ²⁴⁴³? or his tongue ³⁹⁵⁶ with a cord ²²⁵⁶ [which] thou lettest down ⁸²⁵⁷ ?
Psa 74:14	Thou brakest ⁷⁵³³ the heads ⁷²¹⁸ of leviathan ³⁸⁸² in pieces, [and] gavest ⁵⁴¹⁴ him [to be] meat ³⁹⁷⁸ to the people ⁵⁹⁷¹ inhabiting the wilderness ⁶⁷²⁸.
Psa 104:26	There go ¹⁹⁸⁰ the ships ⁵⁹¹: [there is] that leviathan ³⁸⁸², [whom] thou hast made ³³³⁵ to play ⁷⁸³² therein.
Isa 27:1	In that day ³¹¹⁷ the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ with his sore ⁷¹⁸⁶ and great ¹⁴¹⁹ and strong ²³⁸⁹ sword ²⁷¹⁹ shall punish ⁶⁴⁸⁵ leviathan ³⁸⁸² the piercing ¹²⁸¹ serpent ⁵¹⁷⁵, even leviathan ³⁸⁸² that crooked ⁶¹²⁹ serpent ⁵¹⁷⁵; and he shall slay ²⁰²⁶ the dragon ⁸⁵⁷⁷ that [is] in the sea ³²²⁰.

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