Lexical Definition

‎תַּנִּין‎ tannîyn (tan-neen') jackal ^H:N-M
or תַּנִּים tannîym (tan-neem'); (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as ‎תַּן‎

dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

• a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal

1) dragon, serpent, sea monster
1a) dragon or dinosaur
1b) sea or river monster
1c) serpent, venomous snake

See Greek: δράκων · δράκων · κάκωσις · κῆτος

Extended Information

• Also means: tan.nin (‎ת‎ַּ‎נ‎ִּ‎ין‎ ": monster" תַּנִּין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תַּנִּין‎ (erroneous ‎תַּנִּים‎) noun masculine^{Ezek 29:3} serpent, dragon, sea-monster (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Arabic , loan-word from Aramaic ‎תַּנִּינָא‎, Frä¹²³; Ethiopic ); — 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}.

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