לִוְיָתָן
liwyātān
serpent
Strong's H3882NounHebrewTWOT 1089b

לִוְיָתָן (liwyātān) is a Hebrew noun meaning serpent. It appears 6 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3882).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1089b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1089b)serpent, dragon, leviathan; wreathed, crocodile, Babylon; mourning
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

לִוְיָתָן noun, masculine: serpent, dragon, leviathan

serpent, dragon, leviathan, poetic and rare

Strong's H3882 לִוְיָתָן: 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
KJV:leviathan, mourning.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 1089: לוה lwh — turn, twist, wind, surround, encircle

See it in Scripture

Psalms 74:14Isaiah 27:1

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