Strong's Lexicon

H3882

H3882 — לִויָתָן

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewlivyathannoun mascOccurrences: 6TWOT: 1089b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3882
Word:	לִויָתָן
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H3867
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	livyathan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	liv-yaw-thawn'
Meaning:	1. a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea- monster) 2. (figuratively) the constellation of the dragon 3. also as a symbol of Babylon
KJV Renderings:	leviathan, mourning.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB4356

לִוְיָתָן noun masculine^{Job 40:25} serpent, dragon, leviathan, in poetry and rare (on formation from לוה with feminine ת+ ןָ֯ see Thes and compare Ges^{«GKC:85»§ 85}, 54 Kö^{ii, p.
99} Ba^{NB § 207c}; Lag^{BN 205} thinks foreign loan-word); — sea-monster = crocodile Job 40:25 whale Ps 104:25 (see Che); dragon producing eclipses (mythological) Job 3:8 figurative of Egypt as all-engulfing Ps 74:14 (|| תַּנִּינִים Ps 74:13); compare Isa 27:1 (twice in verse) (|| נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ, נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֺן), see Che Di and especially (on ׳ ל in general) Barton^{Tiamat, JAOS xv (1891), 22 ff.} Gunk^{Schöpf. u. Chaos 46}.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

לויתן (liv-y)

Isaiah 27:1

KJV: 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.piercing: or, crossing like a bar

EHCC: leviathan the piercing serpent, even leria-