Quick Definition
Leviathan
Biblical Persons & Places
Leviathan
A monster
A monster; called Leviathan (לִוְיָתָן)
Strong's Definition
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 Babylon
Derivation: from H3867 (לָוָה);
KJV Usage: leviathan, mourning.
TWOT Reference: 1089b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon
1a) large aquatic animal
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown
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Some think this to be a crocodile but from the description in Job 41:1-34 this is patently absurd. It appears to ba a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bomardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon.
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
a sea monster, dragon
1a) large aquatic animal such as crocodile
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown,
1c) a mythical or proverbial creature
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לִוְיָתָן
livyâthân
BDB Definition:
1) leviathan, sea monster, dragon
1a) large aquatic animal
1b) perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3867
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1089b
Total KJV Occurrences: 6