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The term is primarily used in apocalyptic literature to convey the power and malevolence of Satan and his opposition to God and His people.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, dragons were mythical creatures often associated with chaos and destruction. They were depicted as large serpents or monsters with formidable strength and cunning. In the biblical context, the dragon symbolizes ultimate evil and is often associated with Satan, drawing on imagery from both Jewish and broader ancient Near Eastern mythologies.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>1404</b> <i>drákōn</i> (from <i>derkomai</i>, "to see," the root of the English term, "dragon") – properly "<i>seeing one</i>," used of mythical dragons (<i>huge</i> serpents) seeing their prey from far away; (figuratively) <i>Satan</i> (Rev 12:7,9) exercising his <i>subtle </i>(<i>indirect</i>)<i> impact</i> on <i>heathen governments</i> (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "<i>behind the scenes</i>."</p><p class="discovery">[The ancient Greeks classified a "dragon" (<a href="/greek/1404.htm">1404</a> <i>/drákōn</i>) as a type of <i>serpent</i>. <a href="/greek/1404.htm">1404</a> <i>/drákōn</i> ("a dragon") was believed to have incredible insight, able to spot prey in any hiding place.]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from an alt. form of derkomai (to look)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a dragon (a mythical monster)<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dragon (13).<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">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1404: δράκων</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">δράκων</span></span>, <span class="greek2">δράκοντος</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (apparently from <span class="greek2">δέρκομαι</span>, 2 aorist <span class="greek2">ἔδρακον</span>; hence, <span class="greek2">δράκων</span>, properly, equivalent to <span class="greek2">ὀξύ</span> <span class="greek2">βλέπων</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Etym. Magn.</span> 286, 7; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, § 13)); the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> chiefly for <span class="hebrew">תָּנִּין</span>; <span class="accented">a dragon,</span> a great serpent, a fabulous animal (so as early as <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, Iliad 2, 308f, etc.). From it, after <a href="/interlinear/genesis/3-1.htm">Genesis 3:1</a>ff, is derived the figurative description of the devil in <a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-3.htm">Revelation 12:3-17</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-2.htm">Revelation 13:2, 4, 11</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-13.htm">Revelation 16:13</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2</a>. (Cf. Baudissin, Studien zur semitisch. Religionsgesch. vol. i. (iv. 4), p. 281ff.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dragon. <p>Probably from an alternate form of derkomai (to look); a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate) -- dragon. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>δράκα δράκας δρακί δρακοντα δράκοντα δράκοντες δρακοντι δράκοντι δρακοντος δράκοντος δρακόντων δρακός δρακων δρακών δράκων δράξ δραξί drakon drakōn drákon drákōn drakonta drákonta drakonti drákonti drakontos drákontos<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/revelation/12-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ἰδοὺ <b>δράκων</b> μέγας πυρρός</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a great red <span class="itali">dragon</span> having seven<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> a great red <span class="itali">dragon,</span> having seven<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and behold <span class="itali">a dragon</span> great red<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ὁ <b>δράκων</b> ἔστηκεν ἐνώπιον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> them to the earth. <span class="itali">And the dragon</span> stood<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the earth: and <span class="itali">the dragon</span> stood before<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> And the <span class="itali">dragon</span> stands before<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μετὰ τοῦ <b>δράκοντος</b> καὶ ὁ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> war <span class="itali">with the dragon.</span> The dragon<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> against <span class="itali">the dragon;</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> against the <span class="itali">dragon</span> and the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ ὁ <b>δράκων</b> ἐπολέμησεν καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with the dragon. <span class="itali">The dragon</span> and his angels<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the dragon; and <span class="itali">the dragon</span> fought and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the <span class="itali">dragon</span> warred and<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐβλήθη ὁ <b>δράκων</b> ὁ μέγας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And the great <span class="itali">dragon</span> was thrown<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the great <span class="itali">dragon</span> was cast out,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was cast [out] the <span class="itali">dragon</span> great<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἶδεν ὁ <b>δράκων</b> ὅτι ἐβλήθη</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And when <span class="itali">the dragon</span> saw<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And when <span class="itali">the dragon</span> saw that<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> saw the <span class="itali">dragon</span> that he was cast<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:16</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔβαλεν ὁ <b>δράκων</b> ἐκ τοῦ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> which <span class="itali">the dragon</span> poured<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the flood which <span class="itali">the dragon</span> cast out of<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> cast the <span class="itali">dragon</span> out of the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/12-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 12:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὠργίσθη ὁ <b>δράκων</b> ἐπὶ τῇ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> So <span class="itali">the dragon</span> was enraged<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And <span class="itali">the dragon</span> was wroth with<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/12-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> was angry the <span class="itali">dragon</span> with the<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/13-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 13:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτῷ ὁ <b>δράκων</b> τὴν δύναμιν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of a lion. <span class="itali">And the dragon</span> gave<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of a lion: and <span class="itali">the dragon</span> gave him<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to it the <span class="itali">dragon</span> the power<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/13-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 13:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Dative Masculine Singular">N-DMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">προσεκύνησαν τῷ <b>δράκοντι</b> ὅτι ἔδωκεν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> they worshiped <span class="itali">the dragon</span> because<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they worshipped <span class="itali">the dragon</span> which<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> they worshipped the <span class="itali">dragon</span> who gave<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/13-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 13:11</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐλάλει ὡς <b>δράκων</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/13.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a lamb and he spoke <span class="itali">as a dragon.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/13.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he spake as <span class="itali">a dragon.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/13-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> spoke as <span class="itali">a dragon</span><p><b><a href="/text/revelation/16-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 16:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular">N-GMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/16.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">στόματος τοῦ <b>δράκοντος</b> καὶ ἐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/16.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [coming] out of the mouth <span class="itali">of the dragon</span> and out of the mouth<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/16.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the mouth <span class="itali">of the dragon,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/16-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> mouth of the <span class="itali">dragon</span> and out of<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/20-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 20:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἐκράτησεν τὸν <b>δράκοντα</b> ὁ ὄφις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And he laid hold <span class="itali">of the dragon,</span> the serpent<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he laid hold on <span class="itali">the dragon,</span> that old<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/20-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> he laid hold of the <span class="itali">dragon</span> the serpent<p><b><a href="/greek/1404.htm">Strong's Greek 1404</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1404.htm">13 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/drako_n_1404.htm">δράκων — 9 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/drakonta_1404.htm">δράκοντα — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/drakonti_1404.htm">δράκοντι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/drakontos_1404.htm">δράκοντος — 2 Occ.</a><br><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="/greek/1403.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1403"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1403" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/1405.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1405"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1405" /></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>