Lexicon :: Strong's H8577 - tannîn

תַּנִּין

Transliteration

tannîn

Pronunciation

tan-neen'

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Intensive from the same as תַּן (H8565)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2528b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

תַּנִּין tannîyn, tan-neen'; or תַּנִּים tannîym; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal:—dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H8577 in the following manner: dragon (21x), serpent (3x), whale (3x), sea monster (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's H8577 in the following manner: dragon (21x), serpent (3x), whale (3x), sea monster (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

dragon, serpent, sea monster
1. dragon or dinosaur
2. sea or river monster
3. serpent, venomous snake

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H8577: Abbreviations

† תַּנִּין (erroneous תַּנִּים) noun masculine^{Ezekiel 29:3} serpent, dragon, sea-monster (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Arabic , loan-word from Aramaic תַּנִּינָא, Frä¹²³; Ethiopic ); — absolute ת׳ Exodus 7:9 +, יִ֯ם Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2 (by confusion with plural of [תַּן]); plural תַּנִּינַם Genesis 1:21, etc.; —

1. serpent, Deuteronomy 32:33 (venomous), Psalm 91:13 (|| פֶּתֶן), Exodus 7:9, 10, 12 (P).

2. dragon, as devourer (simile) Jeremiah 51:34; עֵין הַתּ׳ Nehemiah 2:13, near Jerusalem.

3. sea- (or river-) monster, Genesis 1:21 (P); figurative Job 7:12; Psalm 74:13 (i.e. Egyptains), Isaiah 27:1; Isaiah 51:9 (|| רַהַב, mythological personification of chaos); in summons to praise י׳ Psalm 148:7 (|| תְּהֹמוֺת). — See Che^{Ency. Bib. DRAGON} Gunk^{Seh-pfung 69 ff.} Barton^{JAOS xv. 1 (1891). 23 f.}; personified of water-spout RS^{Semitic i. 161; 2nd ed. 176}; compare Greek fish-name θύννος Lewy^{Fremdw. 15}.

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