Strong H8577H8577Nתַּנִּין
serpent: monster
One of the 4 senses of Strong H8577
- Transliteration
- tannîyn tannîym
- Pronunciation
- {tan-neen'} tan-neem'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
1) dragon, serpent, sea monster
1a) dragon or dinosaur
1b) sea or river monster
1c) serpent, venomous snake
1a) dragon or dinosaur
1b) sea or river monster
1c) serpent, venomous snake
General definition
(The second form used in ); intensive from the same as H8565; a marine or land {monster} that {is} sea serpent or jackal: - {dragon} {sea-monster} {serpent} whale.
In the Bible
Strong H8577N appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dragon6
- whale2
First verses
- Genesis 1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
- Job 7:12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
- Psalms 74:13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
- Psalms 148:7Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 51:9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
- Jeremiah 51:34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
- Ezekiel 29:3Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.