תַּן
tannîn
jackal
Strong's H8577NounHebrewTWOT 2528b

תַּן (tannîn) is a Hebrew noun meaning jackal. It appears 26 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8577).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2528b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2528b)serpent, dragon, sea-monster; monster, sea-serpent, jackal; whale
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

תַּנִּין noun, masculine: serpent, dragon, sea-monster

Strong's H8577 תַּנִּין: a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
KJV:dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

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 2528: תנן tnn — Root of: תַּן serpent, dragon, sea-monster; תַּן serpent, dragon, sea-monster; תַּנָּה serpent, dragon, sea-monster; תַּנִּין serpent, dragon, sea-monster

See it in Scripture

Genesis 1:21Deuteronomy 32:33Nehemiah 2:13

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