drakōn · dragon

What it means

drakōn (δράκων) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “dragon”.

A huge serpent; in Revelation, a figure for the devil.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A serpent-like monster, a picture of the devil in Revelation.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Revelation 12:3

  And another sign appeared in heaven: and look, a great fiery-red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems.

• Revelation 12:4

  And his tail sweeps away a third of the stars of heaven, and it threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.

• Revelation 12:7

  And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels went out to fight against the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels,

• Revelation 12:9

  And the great dragon was thrown down, the ancient serpent, the one called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

• Revelation 12:13

  And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

• Revelation 12:16

  And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river that the dragon had thrown out of his mouth.

• Revelation 12:17

  And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, those who keep the commandments of God and hold the testimony of Jesus.

• Revelation 13:2

  And the beast that I saw was like a leopard, and its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth like a lion’s mouth. And the dragon gave it his power and his throne and great authority.

• Revelation 13:4

  And they worshiped the dragon, because he had given the authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

• Revelation 13:11

  And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, and it had two horns like a lamb’s, and it was speaking like a dragon.

• Revelation 16:13

  And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet three unclean spirits like frogs;

• Revelation 20:2

  And he seized the dragon, the ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years,

And 1 more times.