H8565: תַּן
tan · pronounced tan · “dragon”
Definition
a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal)
KJV translates it as: dragon, whale. Compare H8577 (תַּנִּין).
Word origin: from an unused root probably meaning to elongate;
Extended definition
dragon, maybe the extinct dinosaur the plesiosaurus, whale
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8565 is translated
- sea monster ×1
Bible verses with H8565 (tan)
Tan appears in 1 verse.
- Ezekiel 32:2
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.