Strong's Lexicon

H8565

H8565 — תַּן

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

Hebrewtannoun mascOccurrences: not listedTWOT: 2528a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8565
Word:תַּן
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from an unused root probably meaning to elongate
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:Not listed
Transliteration:tan
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:tan
Meaning:1. a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal) 2. also a jackal (or other hideous land animal)
KJV Renderings:dragon, whale.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB9210

[תַּן] noun [masculine and] feminine Lam 4:3 jackal (so most; TrNHB 109 ff., 263 f. Shipley-CookEncy. Bib. JACKAL; but wolf PostHast. DB DRAGON, compare Che Isa 13:22 and (rare) Arabic [untranscribed source text 5860]); — plural תַּנִּים Mic 1:8 +, תַּנִּין Lam 4:3 (Ges«GKC:87e»§ 87e), לְתַנּוֺת Mal 1:3 (si vera lectio; ᵐ5 Thes and others interpret = dwellings, Sta Now conjecture נְאוֺת, Marti נָתַתִּי לְ); — jackal, howling mournfully in waste places, Mic 1:8; Job 30:29 (both || בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה), Isa 13:22 (|| אִיִּים), in desert also Isa 43:20 (|| בְּנוֺת יַעֲנָה); deserted sites called ׳ מְעוֺן ת Jer 9:10; Jer 10:22; Jer 49:33; Jer 51:37, ׳ נְוֵה ת Isa 34:13; Isa 35:7, ׳ מְקוֺם ת Psalms; מִדְבָּר ׳ ת Mal 1:3 (si vera lectio, but see above); ׳ ת as snuffing up wind Jer 14:6, giving suck Lam 4:3.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מתן (mat-tahn’)

Numbers 18:11

KJV: And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.
EHCC: the heave offering of their wt,

Proverbs 18:16

KJV: A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.
EHCC: A man’s gift maketh room for him,
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