drag ́un (תּנּין, tannīn, plural תּנּים, tannīm, תּנּות, tannōth; δράκων, drákōn):
Ṭannīn and the plural tannīnīm occur 14 times, and in English Versions of the Bible are variously rendered “dragon,” “whale,” “serpent” or “sea-monster”; but Lamentations 4:3, the King James Version “sea-monster,” the King James Version margin”sea calves,” the Revised Version “jackals.” Ṭannīm occurs 12 times, and is rendered “dragons,” the Revised Version “jackals,” except in Ezekiel 29:3, where the King James Version has “dragon” (the American Standard Revised Version “monster”), and in Ezekiel 32:2, where the King James Version has “whale” and the English Revised Version and the King James Version margin”dragon” (the American Standard Revised Version “monster”). Ṭannōth occurs once, in Malachi 1:3, where it is rendered “dragons,” the Revised Version “jackals.” Drakōn occurs 12 times in Revelation 12; 13; 16; and 20, where it is uniformly rendered “dragon.” (Compare Arabic tinnīn, the constellation, Draco.) Ṭannōth Septuagint δώματα, dṓmata, “dwellings”) is a feminine plural form as if from tannāh, but it suits the context to give it the same meaning as tannīm̌.
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Author: International Std. Bible Encyclopedia
Keywords: Dragon, Serpent, Sea monster, Monster
Source: James Orr (editor), The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 5 volume set.
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