Strong's H8565: תַּן (tan) Meaning

Quick Definition

dragon

Strong's Definition

a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal)

Derivation: from an unused root probably meaning to elongate;

KJV Usage: dragon, whale. Compare H8577 (תַּנִּין).

TWOT Reference: 2528a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) dragon, maybe the extinct dinosaur the plesiosaurus, whale

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תַּן (tan) — dragon. dragon, maybe the extinct dinosaur the plesiosaurus, whale

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

תַּנִּין (H8577 · H8565) — תַּנִּים

noun m · עֵין הַתַּנִּין

Aquatic Animals

sea monster = sea monster, such as behemoth and leviathan

GEN 1:21 · JOB 7:12 · PSA 74:13 · PSA 148:7 · ISA 27:1 · ISA 51:9 · JER 51:34 · EZK 29:3 · EZK 32:2

Small Animals | ≈ פֶּתֶן

snake, serpent = long legless reptile without eyelids or external ears; it moves by wriggling or gliding; some species have a poisonous bite; ≈ symbol of lurking, unexpected danger

EXO 7:9 · EXO 7:10 · EXO 7:12 · DEU 32:33 · PSA 91:13

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

תַּנִּין (erron. תַּנִּים) n.m. serpent, dragon, sea-monster base

H8565 תַּן (tan) tan