לִוְיָתָן
livyatan · Leviathan
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3882 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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livyatan (לִוְיָתָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Leviathan”.
The name of an enormous creature of the sea, like a serpent or a sea monster. It is described in Job 41 and named in Psalms 74:14; 104:26 and Isaiah 27:1.
How to say it
liv·ya·tan
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.
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Where it appears
- Job 3:8
Let those who curse the day curse it, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
- Job 41:1
Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook, or with a cord press down its tongue?
- Psalms 74:14
You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you gave him as food to the people of the desert dwellers.
- Psalms 104:26
There the ships go, and Leviathan, which you formed to play in it.
- Isaiah 27:1
On that day YHWH will punish, with his sword —the hard, the great, and the strong— Leviathan the fleeing serpent, and Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea.
And 1 more times.