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Livyathan <a href="../hebrew/3883.htm" title="3883">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Livyathan: Leviathan</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">לִוְיָתָן</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>livyathan<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>li-vee-yah-tahn<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(liv-yaw-thawn')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Leviathan<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a wreathed animal, a serpent, dragon, Babylon<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root לוה (lavah), meaning "to twist" or "to coil."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Greek equivalent in the Septuagint or New Testament, the concept of a sea monster or dragon can be related to Greek terms like δράκων (drakōn, Strong's G1404), used in Revelation to describe a dragon.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the Hebrew Bible, "Leviathan" refers to a large sea creature or monster, often depicted as a symbol of chaos and power. It is used metaphorically to describe God's might in creation and His ability to subdue all forces of chaos.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern mythology, creatures similar to Leviathan were often seen as primordial sea monsters representing chaos and disorder. The biblical Leviathan, however, is portrayed as a creature under God's control, emphasizing His sovereignty over creation. This reflects a common theme in the Hebrew Bible where God demonstrates His power over the natural world and its forces.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/hebrew/3880.htm">livyah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>"serpent," a sea monster or dragon<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Leviathan (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">לִוְיָתָן</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Job 40:25</sup> <font size="+1"><b>serpent, dragon, leviathan</b></font>, in poetry and rare (on formation from <font class="hebrew2">לוה</font> with feminine <font class="hebrew2">ת</font>+ <font class="hebrew2">ןָ֯</font> see Thes and compare Ges<sup>§ 85</sup>, 54 Kö<sup>ii, p. 99</sup> Ba<sup>NB § 207c</sup>; Lag<sup>BN 205</sup> thinks foreign loan-word); — <em>sea-monster</em> = crocodile <a href="/interlinear/job/40-25.htm">Job 40:25</a>; whale <a href="/interlinear/psalms/104-25.htm">Psalm 104:25</a> (see Che); <em>dragon</em> producing eclipses (mythological) <a href="/interlinear/job/3-8.htm">Job 3:8</a>; figurative of Egypt as all-engulfing <a href="/interlinear/psalms/74-14.htm">Psalm 74:14</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">תַּנִּינִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/74-13.htm">Psalm 74:13</a>); compare <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a> (twice in verse) ("" <font class="hebrew2">נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ</font>, <font class="hebrew2">נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֺן</font>), see Che Di and especially (on <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ל</font> in General) Barton<sup>Tiamat, JAOS xv (1891), 22 ff.</sup> Gunk<sup>Schöpf. u. Chaos 46</sup>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>leviathan, mourning <p>From <a href="/hebrew/3867.htm">lavah</a>; 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. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3867.htm">lavah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן לִוְיָתָ֑ן לִוְיָתָ֔ן לִוְיָתָ֣ן לִוְיָתָֽן׃ לִוְיָתָן֙ לויתן לויתן׃ livyaTan liw·yā·ṯān liwyāṯān<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 3:8</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר <b> לִוְיָתָֽן׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Who are prepared to rouse <span class="itali">Leviathan.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/job/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to raise up <span class="itali">their mourning.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/job/3-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> are prepared to rouse <span class="itali">Leviathan</span><p><b><a href="/text/job/41-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 41:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/41.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ <b> לִוְיָתָ֣ן </b> בְּחַכָּ֑ה וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/41.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Can you draw <span class="itali">out Leviathan</span> with a fishhook?<br><a href="/kjvs/job/41.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Canst thou draw out <span class="itali">leviathan</span> with an hook?<br><a href="/interlinear/job/41-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> draw <span class="itali">Leviathan</span> angle A cord<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/74-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 74:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/74.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רִ֭צַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁ֣י <b> לִוְיָתָ֑ן </b> תִּתְּנֶ֥נּוּ מַ֝אֲכָ֗ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/74.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> the heads <span class="itali">of Leviathan;</span> You gave<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/74.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the heads <span class="itali">of leviathan</span> in pieces, [and] gavest<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/74-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> crushed the heads <span class="itali">of Leviathan</span> gave food<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/104-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 104:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/104.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֳנִיּ֣וֹת יְהַלֵּכ֑וּן <b> לִ֝וְיָתָ֗ן </b> זֶֽה־ יָצַ֥רְתָּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/104.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> move <span class="itali">along, [And] Leviathan,</span> which<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/104.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the ships: <span class="itali">[there is] that leviathan,</span> [whom] thou hast made<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/104-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the ships move <span class="itali">along Leviathan</span> which made<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/27-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 27:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְהַֽחֲזָקָ֗ה עַ֤ל <b> לִוְיָתָן֙ </b> נָחָ֣שׁ בָּרִ֔חַ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will punish <span class="itali">Leviathan</span> the fleeing<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall punish <span class="itali">leviathan</span> the piercing<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and mighty Even <span class="itali">Leviathan</span> serpent the fleeing<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/27-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 27:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּרִ֔חַ וְעַל֙ <b> לִוְיָתָ֔ן </b> נָחָ֖שׁ עֲקַלָּת֑וֹן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/27.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Even <span class="itali">Leviathan</span> the twisted<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/27.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> serpent, <span class="itali">even leviathan</span> that crooked<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/27-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the fleeing Even <span class="itali">Leviathan</span> serpent the twisted<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3882.htm">6 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3882.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3882<br>6 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/livyatan_3882.htm">liw·yā·ṯān — 6 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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