Strong’s H3882 · Hebrew
לִוְיָתָן
livyâthân · liv-yaw-thawn'
Origin from לָוָה (H3867);
Meaning 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
In the King James Version leviathan, mourning.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
- Job 41:1Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- Psalms 74:14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- Psalms 104:26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.