H3882: לִוְיָתָן
livyâthân · pronounced liv-yaw-thawn' · “Leviathan”
Definition
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
KJV translates it as: leviathan, mourning.
Word origin: from H3867 (לָוָה);
Extended definition
1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown,
1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3882 is translated
- leviathan ×6
Bible verses with H3882 (livyâthân)
Livyâthân appears in 5 verses.
- Job 3:8
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
- Job 41:1
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- Psalms 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- Psalms 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- 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.