Dragon in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) Heb. tannim, plural of tan. The name of some unknown
creature inhabiting desert places and ruins (Job
30:29; Ps.
44:19; Isa. 13:22; 34:13; 43:20; Jer. 10:22; Micah
1:8; Mal.
1:3); probably, as translated in the Revised
Version, the jackal
(q.v.).
(2.) Heb. tannin. Some great sea monster (Jer.
51:34). In Isa.
51:9 it may denote the crocodile. In Gen. 1:21 (Heb.
plural
tanninim) the Authorized Version renders "whales,"
and the
Revised Version "sea monsters." It is rendered
"serpent" in Ex.
7:9. It is used figuratively in Ps. 74:13; Ezek.
29:3.
In the New Testament the word "dragon" is found only
in Rev.
12:3, 4, 7, 9, 16, 17, etc., and is there used
metaphorically of
"Satan." (See WHALE -T0003805.)
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