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dragons

Meaning of “dragons”

Large serpentine creatures and creatures of waste or desert places.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences16 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:33

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Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:29 · retained source text

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owles.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches.

1611 marginal notePsal. 102.6.

Psalms 44:19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 44:19 · retained source text

Though thou hast sore broken vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.

Psalms 74:13
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
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1611 witness · Psalms 74:13 · retained source text

Thou didst diuide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

1611 marginal noteHebr breake.

1611 marginal noteOr, whales

1611 marginal noteExod. 14.21.

Isaiah 13:22
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:22 · retained source text

And the wilde beastes of the Ilands shal cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is neere to come, and her dayes shall not be prolonged.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Iim.

1611 marginal noteOr, palaces.

Isaiah 34:13
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 34:13 · retained source text

And thornes shall come vp in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shalbe an habitation of dragons, and a court for owles.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches. Hebr. daughters of the owle.

Isaiah 35:7
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 35:7 · retained source text

And the parched ground shall become a poole, and the thirstie land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shalbe grasse with reeds and rushes.

1611 marginal noteOr, a court for reedes &c.

Isaiah 43:20
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 43:20 · retained source text

The beast of the field shall honor mee, the dragons and the owles, because I giue waters in the wildernesse, and riuers in the desert, to giue drinke to my people, my chosen.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches. Hebr. daughters of the owle.

Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 9:11 · retained source text

And I will make Ierusalem heapes, and a denne of dragons, and I wil make the cities of Iudah desolate, without an inhabitant.

1611 marginal noteHeb. desolation.

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.10,22.

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In Scripture, large serpentine creatures and creatures of waste or desert places.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 631