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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

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“May those curse H6895 it who curse H779 the day H3117,

Who are [fn]prepared H6264 to disturb H5782 Leviathan H3882.

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“[fn]Can you drag H4900 out H4900 [fn]Leviathan H3882 with a fishhook H2443,

And press H8257 down H8257 his tongue H3956 with a rope H2256?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14

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[fn]You crushed H7533 the heads H7218 of [fn]Leviathan H3882;

You gave H5414 him as food H3978 for the [fn]creatures H5971 of the wilderness H6728.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:26

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The ships H591 move H1980 along there H8033,

And [fn]Leviathan H3882, which H2088 You have formed H3336 to have H7832 fun H7832 in it.

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On 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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