3882. Livyathan
Strong's Concordance
Livyathan: "serpent," a sea monster or dragon
Original Word: לִוְיָתָן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: Livyathan
Phonetic Spelling: (liv-yaw-thawn')
Short Definition: Leviathan
Brown-Driver-Briggs
לִוְיָתָן noun masculineJob 40:25 serpent, dragon, leviathan, in poetry and rare (on formation from לוה with feminine ת+ ןָ֯ see Thes and compare Ges§ 85, 54 Köii, p. 99 BaNB § 207c; LagBN 205 thinks foreign loan-word); — sea-monster = crocodile Job 40:25; whale Psalm 104:25 (see Che); dragon producing eclipses (mythological) Job 3:8; figurative of Egypt as all-engulfing Psalm 74:14 ("" תַּנִּינִים Psalm 74:13); compare Isaiah 27:1 (twice in verse) ("" נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ, נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֺן), see Che Di and especially (on ׳ל in General) BartonTiamat, JAOS xv (1891), 22 ff. GunkSchöpf. u. Chaos 46.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
leviathan, mourning

From lavah; 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 Bab. -- leviathan, mourning.

see HEBREW lavah

Forms and Transliterations
לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן לִוְיָתָ֑ן לִוְיָתָ֔ן לִוְיָתָ֣ן לִוְיָתָֽן׃ לִוְיָתָן֙ לויתן לויתן׃ livyaTan liw·yā·ṯān liwyāṯān
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6 Occurrences


liw·yā·ṯān — 6 Occ.

Job 3:8
HEB: הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃
NAS: Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.
KJV: to raise up their mourning.
INT: are prepared to rouse Leviathan

Job 41:1
HEB: תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּחַכָּ֑ה וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל
NAS: Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
KJV: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?
INT: draw Leviathan angle A cord

Psalm 74:14
HEB: רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י לִוְיָתָ֑ן תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל
NAS: the heads of Leviathan; You gave
KJV: the heads of leviathan in pieces, [and] gavest
INT: crushed the heads of Leviathan gave food

Psalm 104:26
HEB: אֳנִיּ֣וֹת יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן זֶֽה־ יָצַ֥רְתָּ
NAS: move along, [And] Leviathan, which
KJV: the ships: [there is] that leviathan, [whom] thou hast made
INT: the ships move along Leviathan which made

Isaiah 27:1
HEB: וְהַֽחֲזָקָ֗ה עַ֤ל לִוְיָתָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ בָּרִ֔חַ
NAS: will punish Leviathan the fleeing
KJV: shall punish leviathan the piercing
INT: and mighty Even Leviathan serpent the fleeing

Isaiah 27:1
HEB: בָּרִ֔חַ וְעַל֙ לִוְיָתָ֔ן נָחָ֖שׁ עֲקַלָּת֑וֹן
NAS: Even Leviathan the twisted
KJV: serpent, even leviathan that crooked
INT: the fleeing Even Leviathan serpent the twisted

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