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le·vi·a·than
/lɪˈvaɪəθən/
海中怪獸,巨物
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Le·vi·a·than
n.
1.
An
aquatic
animal
,
described
in
the
book
of
Job
,
ch
.
xli
.,
and
mentioned
in
other
passages
of
Scripture
.
Note:
☞
It
is
not
certainly
known
what
animal
is
intended
,
whether
the
crocodile
,
the
whale
,
or
some
sort
of
serpent
.
2.
The
whale
,
or
a
great
whale
.
◄
►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
leviathan
n
1:
the
largest
or
most
massive
thing
of
its
kind
; "
it
was
a
leviathan
among
redwoods
"; "
they
were
assigned
the
leviathan
of
textbooks
"
2:
monstrous
sea
creature
symbolizing
evil
in
the
Old
Testament
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Leviathan
a
transliterated
Hebrew
word
(
livyathan
),
meaning
"
twisted
,"
"
coiled
."
In
Job
3:8,
Revised
Version
,
and
marg
.
of
Authorized
Version
,
it
denotes
the
dragon
which
,
according
to
Eastern
tradition
,
is
an
enemy
of
light
;
in
41:1
the
crocodile
is
meant
;
in
Ps
. 104:26
it
"
denotes
any
large
animal
that
moves
by
writhing
or
wriggling
the
body
,
the
whale
,
the
monsters
of
the
deep
."
This
word
is
also
used
figuratively
for
a
cruel
enemy
,
as
some
think
"
the
Egyptian
host
,
crushed
by
the
divine
power
,
and
cast
on
the
shores
of
the
Red
Sea
" (
Ps
. 74:14).
As
used
in
Isa
.
27:1, "
leviathan
the
piercing
[R.V. '
swift
']
serpent
,
even
leviathan
that
crooked
[R.V.
marg
. '
winding
']
serpent
,"
the
word
may
probably
denote
the
two
empires
,
the
Assyrian
and
the
Babylonian
.
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