Generally, living beings within God's creation, especially the exotic animals seen in visions, which often have a deep symbolic significance.

Ezekiel 1:5-6

Creatures representing angelic beings who worship God

Revelation 4:6-8

See also

Ezekiel 1:7-25; 3:12-13; 10:15-22

The strange creatures of Ezekiel and Revelation seem to stand for the fulness and variety of God's creation.

Revelation 4:9-11; 5:6-14; 6:1-3,5-6; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4

The creatures are here identified as cherubim

Daniel 7:17; 8:20-21

Creatures representing kings or kingdoms

The "beasts" here are unnatural, and represent the hostility of human empires to the rule of God. The horns represent individual kings within an imperial dynasty.

Revelation 12:3-4,7-9; 13:1

Creatures representing Satan

Daniel 7:2-8,19-26; 8:3-12

The beast here represents Satan, with the horns representing royal authority at a time of Roman persecution of the church:

Revelation 11:7; 13:2-8,11-18; 17:3,7-13

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