# לִוְיָתָן (livyatan)

Israeli respelling: liv-ya-tan. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3882. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylon

King James renderings: leviathan, mourning.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/livyatan-h3882

## Occurrences

- [Job 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/8) — Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
- [Job 41:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/41/1) — Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
- [Psalms 74:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/74/14) — Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
- [Psalms 104:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/104/26) — There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
- [Isaiah 27:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/27/1) — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serp…