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leviathan

Meaning of “leviathan”

A great and powerful sea creature, also described as a serpent or dragon.

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5 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Job 41:1

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Every verse containing “leviathan”

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Job 41:1
CANST thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 41:1 · retained source text

¶ Canst thou draw out Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde which thou lettest downe?

1611 marginal noteThat is, a whale or a whirlepoole.

1611 marginal noteHeb. which thou drownest.

Psalms 74:14
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 74:14 · retained source text

Thou brakest the heads of Leuiathan in pieces, and gauest him to bee meat to the people inhabiting the wildernesse.

Psalms 104:26
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 104:26 · retained source text

There goe the shippes; there is that Leuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

1611 marginal noteHeb. formed.

Isaiah 27:1
IN 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.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 27:1 · retained source text

¶ In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sworde shall punish Leuiathan the piercing serpent, euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent, and hee shall slay the dragon that is in the Sea.

1611 marginal noteOr, crossing like a barre.

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