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

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

  1. Genesis 1:21
    And 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.
  2. Job 7:12
    Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
  3. Psalms 74:13
    Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
  4. Psalms 148:7
    Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
  5. Isaiah 27:1
    In 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.
  6. Isaiah 51:9
    Awake, 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?
  7. Jeremiah 51:34
    Nebuchadrezzar 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.
  8. Ezekiel 29:3
    Speak, 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.
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