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Lexicon :: Strong's H3882 - livyāṯān

Aa
לִוְיָתָן
Transliteration
livyāṯān
Pronunciation
liv-yaw-thawn'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1089b

Strong’s Definitions

לִוְיָתָן livyâthân, liv-yaw-thawn'; from H3867; a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylon:—leviathan, mourning.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H3882 in the following manner: leviathan (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H3882 in the following manner: leviathan (6x).

  1. leviathan, sea monster, dragon

    1. large aquatic animal

    2. 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.
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לִוְיָתָן livyâthân, liv-yaw-thawn'; from H3867; a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylon:—leviathan, mourning.
STRONGS H3882: Abbreviations
† לִוְיָתָן noun masculineJob 40:25 serpent, dragon, leviathan, in poetry and rare (on formation from לוה with feminine ת + ןָ֯ see Thes and compare Ges§ 85, 54 Köii, p. 99 BaNB § 207c; LagBN 205 thinks foreign loan-word); — sea-monster = crocodile Job 40:25 [Job 41:1]; whale Psalm 104:25 (see Che); dragon producing eclipses (mythological) Job 3:8; figurative of Egypt as all-engulfing Psalm 74:14 (|| תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13); compare Isaiah 27:1 (twice in verse) (|| נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ, נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֺן), see Che Di and especially (on ל׳ in general) BartonTiamat, JAOS xv (1891), 22 ff. GunkSchöpf. u. Chaos 46.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

3:8; 41:1

Psalms

74:13; 74:14; 104:25

Isaiah

27:1

H3882

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3882 matches the Hebrew לִוְיָתָן (livyāṯān),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let them curse it H5344 that curse H779 the day, H3117 who are ready H6264 to raise up H5782 their mourning. H3882

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:1 - Canst thou draw out H4900 leviathan H3882 with an hook? H2443 or H2256➔ his tongue H3956 with a cord ➔H2256 which thou lettest down? H8257

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - Thou H859 brakest H7533➔ the heads H7218 of leviathan H3882 in pieces, ➔H7533 and gavest him H5414 to be meat H3978 to the people H5971 inhabiting the wilderness. H6728

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26 - There H8033 go H1980 the ships: H591 there is that H2088 leviathan, H3882 whom thou hast made H3335 to play H7832 therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:1 - In H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 the LORD H3068 with his H2719➔ sore H7186 and great H1419 and strong H2389 sword ➔H2719 shall punish H6485 leviathan H3882 the H5175➔ piercing H1281 serpent, ➔H5175 even H5921 leviathan H3882 that H5175➔ crooked H6129 serpent; ➔H5175 and he shall slay H2026 the dragon H8577 that H834 is in the sea. H3220
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