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תַּנִּין H8577

H8577 is the Hebrew word תַּנִּין, transliterated tannîyn and said tan-neen'. The King James Version most often renders it dragons.

Word: תַּנִּיןTransliteration: tannîynSaid: tan-neen'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 24 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

or תַּנִּים; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565 (תַּן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 24 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

dragons 12×dragon 4×whales 1×became serpents 1×or a whale 1×like dragons 1×like a dragon 1×even the sea monsters 1×art as a whale 1×like the dragons 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.

Verses using תַּנִּין

All 24 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 1:21 · KJV

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Exodus 7:12 · KJV

For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.

Deuteronomy 32:33 · KJV

Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Nehemiah 2:13 · KJV

And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

Job 7:12 · KJV

Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

Job 30:29 · KJV

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

Psalm 44:19 · KJV

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Psalm 74:13 · KJV

Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.

Psalm 91:13 · KJV

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.

Psalm 148:7 · KJV

Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:

Isaiah 13:22 · KJV

And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

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.

Isaiah 34:13 · KJV

And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.

Isaiah 35:7 · KJV

And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

Isaiah 43:20 · KJV

The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.

Jeremiah 9:11 · KJV

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Jeremiah 14:6 · KJV

And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

Jeremiah 49:33 · KJV

And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.

Jeremiah 51:34 · KJV

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.

Jeremiah 51:37 · KJV

And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.

Lamentations 4:3 · KJV

Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 29:3 · KJV

Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.

Ezekiel 32:2 · KJV

Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Micah 1:8 · KJV

Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

Common questions

What does Strong's H8577 mean?

H8577 is the Hebrew word תַּנִּין (tannîyn), meaning a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal.

How is H8577 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it dragons (12 times), dragon (4 times), whales (1 time), became serpents (1 time), or a whale (1 time), among others.

How many times does H8577 appear in the Bible?

תַּנִּין (tannîyn) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H8577 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or תַּנִּים; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565 (תַּן).

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