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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 8565. תַּנִּים (tan) -- Jackal, dragon, or sea monster</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/8565.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/genesis/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/8565.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 8565</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/8564.htm" title="8564">◄</a> 8565. tan <a href="../hebrew/8566.htm" title="8566">►</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">tan: Jackal, dragon, or sea monster</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">תַּן</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>tan<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>tan<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(tan)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Jackal, dragon, or sea monster<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a monster, a sea-serpent, a jackal<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From an unused root meaning to elongate<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Greek equivalent often used in the Septuagint for "tan" is δράκων (drakōn), Strong's Greek 1404, which is translated as "dragon" or "serpent."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "tan" is often translated as "jackal" in modern English versions of the Bible. It is used to describe creatures that inhabit desolate and deserted places. In some contexts, it is also translated as "dragon" or "sea monster," reflecting the ancient Near Eastern imagery of chaos and wilderness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Near East, jackals were commonly associated with desolation and ruin. They were scavengers, often found in deserted areas, ruins, or places of death. The imagery of jackals was used metaphorically in the Bible to depict desolation and judgment. The term "tan" also connects with mythological creatures like dragons or sea monsters, which were symbols of chaos and opposition to divine order in ancient cultures.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an unused word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a jackal<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>jackals (14).<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">תַּן</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun [masculine and]</b></font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>feminine</b></font><sup>Lamentations 4:3</sup> <font size="+1"><b>jackal</b></font> (so most; Tr<sup>NHB 109 ff., 263 f.</sup> Shipley-Cook<sup>Ency. Bib. JACKAL</sup>; but <em>wolf</em> Post<sup>Hast. DB DRAGON</sup>, compare Che<sup>Isaiah 13:22 and</sup> (rare) Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb107206.gif">); — plural <font class="hebrew2">תַּנִּים</font> <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a> +, <font class="hebrew2">תַּנִּין</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/4-3.htm">Lamentations 4:3</a> (Ges<sup>§ 87e</sup>), <font class="hebrew2">לְתַנּוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/malachi/1-3.htm">Malachi 1:3</a> (si vera lectio; <font class="hebrew2">ᵐ5</font> Thes and others interpret = <em>dwellings</em>, Sta Now conjecture <font class="hebrew2">נְאוֺת</font>, Marti <font class="hebrew2">נָתַתִּי לְ</font>); — <em>jackal</em>, howling mournfully in waste places, <a href="/interlinear/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/30-29.htm">Job 30:29</a> (both "" <font class="hebrew2">בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה</font>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/13-22.htm">Isaiah 13:22</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">אִיִּים</font>), in desert also <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/43-20.htm">Isaiah 43:20</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה</font>); deserted sites called <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מְעוֺן ת</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/10-22.htm">Jeremiah 10:22</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/49-33.htm">Jeremiah 49:33</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/51-37.htm">Jeremiah 51:37</a>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">נְוֵה ת</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/34-13.htm">Isaiah 34:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/35-7.htm">Isaiah 35:7</a>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מְקוֺם ת</font> Psalms; <font class="hebrew2">מִדְבָּר</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ת</font> <a href="/interlinear/malachi/1-3.htm">Malachi 1:3</a> (si vera lectio, but see above); <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ת</font> as snuffing up wind <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Jeremiah 14:6</a>, giving suck <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/4-3.htm">Lamentations 4:3</a>. <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>dragon, whale <p>From an unused root probably meaning to elongate; a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. A sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal) -- dragon, whale. Compare <a href="/hebrew/8577.htm">tanniyn</a>. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/8577.htm">tanniyn</a> <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><a href="/hebrew/timorim_8561.htm">ti·mō·rîm — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehattimorim_8561.htm">wə·hat·ti·mō·rîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vetimorah_8561.htm">wə·ṯi·mō·rāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vetimorav_8561.htm">wə·ṯi·mō·rāw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vetimorim_8561.htm">wə·ṯi·mō·rîm — 7 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vetimorot_8561.htm">wə·ṯi·mō·rōṯ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tamrukeiha_8562.htm">tam·rū·qe·hā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tamrukeihen_8562.htm">tam·rū·qê·hen — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uvetamrukei_8562.htm">ū·ḇə·ṯam·rū·qê — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tamrurim_8563.htm">tam·rū·rîm — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/hitnu_8566.htm">hiṯ·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yitnu_8566.htm">yiṯ·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/letannot_8567.htm">lə·ṯan·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yetannu_8567.htm">yə·ṯan·nū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/letannot_8568.htm">lə·ṯan·nō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tannim_8568.htm">tan·nîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tenuati_8569.htm">tə·nū·’ā·ṯî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tenuot_8569.htm">tə·nū·’ō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mittenuvot_8570.htm">mit·tə·nū·ḇōṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tenuvah_8570.htm">tə·nū·ḇāh — 1 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 = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/8564.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="8564"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="8564" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/8566.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="8566"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="8566" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>