H3882 - לִוְיָתָן (livyâthân)

H3882 לִוְיָתָן (livyâthân) liv-yaw-thawn'

Hebrew

Strong's Definition

from 3867; 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.

KJV Usage: leviathan, mourning

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לִוְיָתָן (liv.ya.tan) — Leviathan.

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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

לִוְיָתָן (H3882)

noun m · לוה

Aquatic Animals | ≈ תַּנִּין

giant croccodile, giant sea monster = large mythical monster living in the sea and looking like a giant croccodile or similar reptile

JOB 3:8 · JOB 40:25 · PSA 74:14 · PSA 104:26 · ISA 27:1 · ISA 27:1

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

לִוְיָתָן n.m. serpent, dragon, leviathan, poet. and rare base