תַּנִּין
tannîyn · tan-neen'
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
Lexicon
Derivation: or תַּנִּים; (Ezekiel 29:3), intensive from the same as H8565 (תַּן);
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The mark, the covenant sign of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּנִּין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of dragons6 · 21%
- the dragon3 · 11%
- for dragons2 · 7%
- whales1 · 4%
- and it shall become a serpent1 · 4%
- and it became a serpent1 · 4%
- and they became serpents1 · 4%
- or a whale1 · 4%
- to dragons1 · 4%
- of the dragons1 · 4%
- and the dragon1 · 4%
- ye dragons1 · 4%
- and dragons1 · 4%
- me, the dragons1 · 4%
- like dragons1 · 4%
- like a dragon1 · 4%
- even the sea monsters1 · 4%
- dragon1 · 4%
- and thou art as a whale1 · 4%
- like the dragons1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.