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A serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab. -- leviathan, mourning. see HEBREW lavah Forms and Transliterations
Leviathan, in Jewish mythology, a primordial sea serpent. Its source is in prebiblical Mesopotamian myth, especially that of the sea monster in the Ugaritic myth of Baal (see Yamm). In the Old Testament, Leviathan appears in Psalms 74:14 as a multiheaded sea serpent that is killed by God and given.
In the Bible and talmudic literature the leviathan (Heb. לִוְיָתָן, livyatan; Ugaritic ltn, presumably pronounced lōtanu, or possibly, lītanu) denotes various marine animals, some real, others legendary, and others again both real and legendary.
H3882 - לִוְיָתָן livyâthân, liv-yaw-thawn'; from ; 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:—leviathan, mourning.
The Leviathan (/ lɪˈvaɪ.əθən / liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the pseudepigraphical Book of Enoch.
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition לִוְיָתָן (with the adj. termination ־ָן , like נְחֻשְׁתָּן brazen, from נְחשֶׁת , עֲקַלָּתוֹן from עֲקַלָּה ), prop. an (animal), wreathed, twisted in folds.
In Jewish mythology, the name Leviathan can refer to a variety of monstrous creatures, including a primordial sea serpent, a dragon, a snake, a crocodile, or a whalelike animal.
The term Leviathan comes from the old Hebrew name לִוְיָתָן, Livyatan, or Liwyāṯān, which means "Twisted; coiled". When the Old Testament was translated into the Greek it meant the word "dragon."
NAS Exhaustive Concordance. Word Origin. from the same as livyah. Definition. "serpent," a sea monster or dragon. NASB Word Usage. Leviathan (6). NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries. Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
Levyatan in Hebrew means “whale” and in biblical Hebrew refers to a great sea-creature. According to the Midrash, God created the Levyatan on the fifth day of creation. God then killed the ...