Livyatan לִוְיָתָן
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| לִוְיָתָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | livyatan |
| Strong's number | H3882 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | title |
| Gloss | Leviathan |
| Occurrences | 6 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (2) |
Livyatan (Hebrew לִוְיָתָן, Strong's H3882) is a title in the Old Testament, glossed “Leviathan”. It occurs 6 times.
Definition
a sea monster, dragon
1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown,
1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown,
1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | leviathan (5), mourning (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | leviathan (6) |
Verses
Every verse with Livyatan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.May it be cursed by those who curse the day— those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
- Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Psalms
- Psalm 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.
- Psalm 104:26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.
Isaiah
- 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.In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).