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Strong's Hebrew

8577. tannin -- serpent, dragon, sea monster
... Word Origin from the same as tan Definition serpent, dragon, sea monster NASB Word
Usage dragon (2), monster (3), sea monster (1), sea monsters (3), serpent (3 ...
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Library

Monsters of Wickedness, we are Accused of Observing a Holy Rite in ...
... Chapter VII. Monsters of wickedness, we are accused of observing a holy
rite in which we kill� Monsters of wickedness, we are ...
/.../tertullian/apology/chapter vii monsters of wickedness.htm

Description of the Different Heretical Monsters which Spring from ...
... Book I. Chapter II. Description of the different heretical monsters which
spring from one another. For these shoots of an unnatural ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter ii description of the.htm

The Triumph of Humility.
... But this order, which is another mystery, has always opposed to them really great
and powerful men who have dealt these monsters a mortal wound. ...
/.../abandonment to divine providence/section xii the triumph of humility.htm

Whether a Human Action is Right or Sinful, in So Far as it is Good ...
... For "monsters are the sins of nature" (Phys. ii, 8). But monsters are not
actions, but things engendered outside the order of nature. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether a human action is 3.htm

That it is not Contrary to Nature That, in an Object Whose Nature ...
... these natures of His own creation into whatever He pleases, and thus spread abroad
a multitude of those marvels which are called monsters, portents, prodigies ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 8 that it is not.htm

The Reality of the Resurrection
... By the same token, the resurrection is not to be denied in the cases of monsters
which are born and live, even if they quickly die, nor should we believe that ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxiii the reality of.htm

Of the Fifth Day.
... blessing from God. But the monsters of the deep and the birds of prey are
a similitude of covetous men and transgressors. For as ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter xvi of the fifth day.htm

"If we Say that we have no Sin, we Deceive Ourselves, and the ...
... There is so much light as to discern these night-monsters, their own corruptions,
and Satan's temptations,"to fight continually against them. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xvi if we say.htm

Against vigilantius.
... century. 1. The world has given birth to many monsters; in [4944] Isaiah
we read of centaurs and sirens, screech-owls and pelicans. ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/against vigilantius.htm

Heresy Compared to -1 the Stormy Ocean, -2 the Rocks of the Sirens ...
... Now, the poets of the Greeks allege that Ulysses sailed through (this channel),
adroitly using (to his own purpose) the terribleness of these strange monsters. ...
/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter i heresy compared to -1.htm

Thesaurus

Monsters (5 Occurrences)
...Monsters (5 Occurrences). ... Exodus 7:12 and they cast down each his rod, and they become
monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods; (YLT). ...
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Sea-monsters (4 Occurrences)
Sea-monsters. Sea-'monster, Sea-monsters. Sea-monster's . Multi-Version
Concordance Sea-monsters (4 Occurrences). Genesis ...
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Seamonster
... se'-mon-ster: Genesis 1:21 (tanninim), "sea monsters," the King James Version "whales,"
Septuagint (ta kete), "sea-monsters," "huge fish," or "whales." Job 7 ...
/s/seamonster.htm - 8k

Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)
... se'-mon-ster: Genesis 1:21 (tanninim), "sea monsters," the King James Version "whales,"
Septuagint (ta kete), "sea-monsters," "huge fish," or "whales." Job 7 ...
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Waterspout
... waterspouts," the English Revised Version margin "cataracts." (2) (tannin) (Psalm
148:7), the American Standard Revised Version "sea-monsters," the King James ...
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Monster (10 Occurrences)
... Psalms 74:13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea
monsters in the waters. (Root in WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS NIV). ...
/m/monster.htm - 10k

Whale (2 Occurrences)
... marg. of RV, "sea-monsters"); Isaiah 27:1; and "serpent" in Exodus 7:9
(RV marg., "any large reptile, " and so in ver. 10, 12). ...
/w/whale.htm - 13k

Monstrous (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (a.) Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness;
hateful; horrible; dreadful. 5. (a.) Abounding in monsters. ...
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Dragon (20 Occurrences)
... In Genesis 1:21 (Hebrews plural tanninim) the Authorized Version renders "whales,"
and the Revised Version "sea monsters." It is rendered "serpent" in Exodus 7 ...
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Neesing
... The act is neither a "sneeze" nor a "snort," but the latter word is sufficiently
descriptive. There is no allusion to legendary "fire-spouting" monsters. ...
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Bible Concordance

Monsters (5 Occurrences)

Genesis 1:21 And God created the great sea-monsters, and every living creature that moveth, wherewith the waters swarmed, after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind: and God saw that it was good.
(See JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 7:12 and they cast down each his rod, and they become monsters, and the rod of Aaron swalloweth their rods;
(YLT)

Psalms 74:13 You divided the sea by your strength. You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS)

Psalms 148:7 Praise Jehovah from the earth, Ye sea-monsters, and all deeps.
(See JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Lamentations 4:3 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.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Monsters

Related Terms

Sea-monsters (4 Occurrences)

Seamonster

Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)

Waterspout

Monster (10 Occurrences)

Whale (2 Occurrences)

Monstrous (1 Occurrence)

Dragon (20 Occurrences)

Neesing