Meaning of LEVIATHAN
| Pronunciation: | | li'vIuthun
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- [n] monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
- [n] the largest or most massive thing of its kind; "it was a leviathan among redwoods"; "they were assigned the leviathan of textbooks"
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LEVIATHAN is a 9 letter word that starts with L. |
| | See Also: | | freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity, mythical creature, mythical monster | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Le*vi"a*than\ (l[-e]*v[imac]"[.a]*than), n. [Heb.
livy[=a]th[=a]n.]
1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli.,
and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.
Note: It is not certainly known what animal is intended,
whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of
serpent.
2. The whale, or a great whale. --Milton.
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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | a transliterated Hebrew word (livyathan), meaning "twisted," "coiled." In Job 3:8, Revised Version, and marg. of Authorized Version, it denotes the dragon which, according to Eastern tradition, is an enemy of light; in 41:1 the crocodile is meant; in Ps. 104:26 it "denotes any large animal that moves by writhing or wriggling the body, the whale, the monsters of the deep." This word is also used figuratively for a cruel enemy, as some think "the Egyptian host, crushed by the divine power, and cast on the shores of the Red Sea" (Ps. 74:14). As used in Isa. 27:1, "leviathan the piercing [R.V. 'swift'] serpent, even leviathan that crooked [R.V. marg. 'winding'] serpent," the word may probably denote the two empires, the Assyrian and the Babylonian. |
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| | Related Terms: | | argosy, bark, boat, bottom, bucket, craft, cyclopean, dinosaur, elephant, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, hippo, hippopotamus, hooker, hulk, hull, immense, jumbo, keel, mammoth, mastodon, monster, packet, ship, tub, vessel, watercraft, whale |
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