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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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Jeremiah 10:22
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 10:22 · retained source text

Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the North countrey, to make the cities of Iudah desolate, and a denne of dragons.

1611 marginal noteChap.1.15. and 5.15. and 6.22.

1611 marginal noteChap.9.11.

Jeremiah 14:6
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 14:6 · retained source text

And the wilde asses did stand in the hie places, they snuffed vp the winde like dragons: their eyes did faile because there was no grasse.

Jeremiah 49:33
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:33 · retained source text

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for euer; there shall no man abide there, nor any sonne of man dwell in it.

Micah 1:8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
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1611 witness · Micah 1:8 · retained source text

Therfore I wil waile and houle, I will goe stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owles.

1611 marginal noteHeb. daughters of the owle.

Malachi 1:3
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Malachi 1:3 · retained source text

And I hated Esau, and layde his mountaines, and his heritage waste, for the dragons of the wildernesse.

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

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 631