Words

תַּנִּין H8577

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dragon

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

whale / sea monster

Note

Serpent (Exod 7:9–12), dragon of the sea (Isa 27:1; 51:9; Ps 74:13; Job 7:12; Ezek 29:3); here created (בָּרָא, the second use of the verb), not fought. "Serpent" is kept for נָחָשׁ (3:1)

Rulings

2, 3

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 1

• 1:21 And Elohim created the great dragons, and every living soul that creeps, which the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged flyer after its kind. And Elohim saw that it was good.