Strong's Lexicon

H8577

H8577 — תַּנִּין תַּנִּים

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

Hebrewtanniynnoun mascOccurrences: 28TWOT: 2528b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H8577
Word:	תַּנִּין תַּנִּים
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	intensive from the same as H8565
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	28
Transliteration:	tanniyn
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	tan-neen' (or tanniym (Ezek. 29) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
KJV Renderings:	dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

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תַּנִּין (erroneous תַּנִּים) noun masculine^{Ezek 29:3} serpent, dragon, sea-monster (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Arabic [untranscribed source text 5861], loan-word from Aramaic תַּנִּינָא, [untranscribed source text 5862] Frä¹²³; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5863]); — absolute ׳ ת Exod 7:9 +, יִ֯ם Ezek 29:3; Ezek 32:2 (by confusion with plural of [תַּן]); plural תַּנִּינַם Gen 1:21, etc.; —

1. serpent, Deut 32:33 (venomous), Ps 91:13 (|| פֶּתֶן), Exod 7:9; Exod 7:10; Exod 7:12 ( P ).

2. dragon, as devourer (simile) Jer 51:34 ׳ עֵין הַתּ Neh 2:13, near Jerusalem

3. sea- (or river-) monster, Gen 1:21 ( P ); figurative Job 7:12; Ps 74:13 (i.e. Egyptains), Isa 27:1; Isa 51:9 (|| רַהַב, mythological personification of chaos); in summons to praise ׳ י Ps 148:7 (|| תְּהֹמוֺת). — See Che^{Ency. Bib. DRAGON} Gunk^{Seh-pfung 69 ff.} Barton^{JAOS xv. 1 (1891). 23
f.}; personified of water-spout RS^{Semitic i. 161; 2nd ed. 176} ; compare Greek fish-name θύννος Lewy^{Fremdw. 15}.

Other Resources

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