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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 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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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 - God H430 created H1254 the great H1419 sea H8577 monsters H8577 and every H3605 living H2416 creature H5315 that moves, H7430 with which H834 the waters H4325 swarmed H8317 after their kind, H4327 and every H3605 winged H3671 bird H5775 after its kind; H4327 and God H430 saw H7200 that it was good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:9 - “When H3588 Pharaoh H6547 speaks H1696 to you, saying, H559 ‘[fn]Work H5414 a miracle,’ H4159 then you shall say H559 to Aaron, H175 ‘Take H3947 your staff H4294 and throw H7993 it down H7993 before H6440 Pharaoh, H6547 that it may become H1961 a serpent.’” H8577

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:10 - So Moses H4872 and Aaron H175 came H935 to Pharaoh, H6547 and thus H3651 they did H6213 just H834 as the LORD H3068 had commanded; H6680 and Aaron H175 threw H7993 his staff H4294 down H7993 before H6440 Pharaoh H6547 and [fn]his servants, H5650 and it became H1961 a serpent. H8577

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:12 - For each H376 one H376 threw H7993 down H7993 his staff H4294 and they turned H1961 into serpents. H8577 But Aaron’s H175 staff H4294 swallowed H1104 up their staffs. H4294

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:33 - “Their wine H3196 is the venom H2534 of [fn]serpents, H8577
And the [fn]deadly H393 poison H7219 of cobras. H6620

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:13 - So I went H3318 out at night H3915 by the Valley H1516 Gate H8179 in the direction H6440 of the Dragon’s H5886 Well H5886 and on to the [fn]Refuse H830 Gate, H8179 inspecting H7663 the walls H2346 of Jerusalem H3389 which H834 were broken H6555 down H6555 and its gates H8179 which were consumed H398 by fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 - “Am I the sea, H3220 or H518 the sea H8577 monster, H8577
That You set H7760 a guard H4929 over H5921 me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:29 - “I have become H1961 a brother H251 to jackals H8565
And a companion H7453 of ostriches. H1323 H3284

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:19 - Yet H3588 You have crushed H1794 us in a place H4725 of jackals H8565
And covered H3680 us with the shadow H6757 of death. H6757

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:13 - [fn]You divided H6565 the sea H3220 by Your strength; H5797
[fn]You broke H7665 the heads H7218 of the sea H8577 monsters H8577 [fn]in the waters. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:13 - You will tread H1869 upon the lion H7826 and cobra, H6620
The young H3715 lion H3715 and the [fn]serpent H8577 you will trample H7429 down. H7429

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:7 - Praise H1984 the LORD H3068 from the earth, H776
Sea H8577 monsters H8577 and all H3605 deeps; H8415

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - [fn]Hyenas H338 will howl H6030 in their fortified H490 towers
And jackals H8565 in their luxurious H6027 palaces. H1964
Her fateful time H6256 also [fn]will soon H7138 come H935
And her days H3117 will not be prolonged. H4900

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In that day H3117 the LORD H3068 will punish H6485 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the fleeing H1281 serpent, H5175
With His fierce H7186 and great H1419 and mighty H2389 sword, H2719
Even H5921 [fn]Leviathan H3882 the twisted H6129 serpent; H5175
And He will kill H2026 the dragon H8577 who H834 lives in the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:13 - Thorns H5518 will come H5927 up in its fortified H4013 towers, H759
Nettles H7057 and thistles H2336 in its fortified H4013 cities; H4013
It will also be a haunt H5116 of jackals H8565
And an abode H2681 of ostriches. H3284

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:7 - The [fn]scorched H8273 land H8273 will become H1961 a pool H98
And the thirsty H6774 ground H6774 springs H4002 of water; H4325
In the haunt H5116 of jackals, H8565 its resting H7258 place, H7258
Grass H2682 becomes reeds H7070 and rushes. H1573

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:20 - “The beasts H2416 of the field H7704 will glorify H3513 Me,
The jackals H8565 and the ostriches, H3284
Because H3588 I have given H5414 waters H4325 in the wilderness H4057
And rivers H5104 in the desert, H3452
To give H8248 drink H8248 to My chosen H972 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, H5782 awake, H5782 put H3847 on strength, H5797 O arm H2220 of the LORD; H3068
Awake H5782 as in the days H3117 of old, H6924 the generations H1755 of long H5769 ago. H5769
Was it not You who cut H2672 Rahab H7293 in pieces, H2672
Who pierced H2490 the dragon? H8577

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 BoxJer 10:22 - The sound H6963 of a report! H8052 Behold, H2009 it comes H935—
A great H1419 commotion H7494 out of 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 BoxJer 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
For there H369 is no H369 vegetation. H6212

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 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 a son H1121 of man H120 reside H1481 in it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:34 - “Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 has devoured H398 me and 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 BoxJer 51:37 - “Babylon H894 will become H1961 a heap H1530 of ruins, a haunt H4583 of jackals, H8565
An object H8047 of horror H8047 and hissing, H8322 without H369 inhabitants. H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:3 - “Speak H1696 and say, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068
“Behold, H2009 I am against H5921 you, Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714
The great H1419 [fn]monster H8577 that lies H7257 in the midst H8432 of his [fn]rivers, H2975
That has said, H559 ‘My Nile H2975 is mine, and I myself H589 have made H6213 it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Because H5921 of this H2088 I must lament H5594 and wail, H3213
I must go H1980 barefoot H7758 and naked; H6174
I must make H6213 a lament H4553 like the jackals H8565
And a mourning H60 like the ostriches. H3284
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