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Greek

1404. drakon -- a dragon (a mythical monster)
... 1404 (from , "to see," the root of the English term, "dragon") -- properly "," used
of mythical dragons ( serpents) seeing their prey from far away ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Revelation 20:2
And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
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Revelation 13:1-18
And I stood on the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads the name of blasphemy.
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Revelation 16:13
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
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Revelation 12:9
And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
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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 serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Strong's Hebrew

5886. En Tannim -- "spring of dragons," a place near Jer.
... 5885, 5886. En Tannim. 5887 . "spring of dragons," a place near Jer. ... Word Origin
from ayin and tannin Definition "spring of dragons," a place near Jer. ...
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Library

And Having Come to a Certain Cave, and Wishing to Rest in It...
... And, lo, suddenly there came forth from the cave many dragons; and when
the children saw them, they cried out in great terror. Then ...
/.../unknown/the gospel of pseudo-matthew/chapter 18 and having come.htm

Psalm CXLVIII.
... "Praise ye the Lord from heaven:" and he went through things in heaven: now hear
of things on earth. "Dragons and all abysses." "Abysses" are depths of water ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxlviii.htm

The Next Day, and the Next after That, were Passed by the Cardinal ...
... response to a query from the Cardinal as to whether he did not find his duties
fatiguing at his age, "But after all, I like the griffins and dragons and devils ...
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Psalm LXXIV.
... have set signs, their own signs, and they have not known" (ver.5). They had signs
to place there, their standards, their eagles, their own dragons, the Roman ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm lxxiv.htm

The Maniac
... You can make a story out of a hero among dragons; but not out of a dragon among
dragons. The fairy tale discusses what a sane man will do in a mad world. ...
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The Acts of Philip.
... wish to bewitch us, saying, Live in chastity and piety, after believing in God;
and how also they have come into the city; and how also the dragons have not ...
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Blessed are they that Mourn
... Thou breakest the heads of the dragons in the waters' (Psalm 74:14). The heads of
our sins, these dragons, are broken in the waters of true repentance. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/6 blessed are they that.htm

Wesley's Hymns Reconsidered
... The Revised Version (in the interest of zoological truth, no doubt) degrades the
dragons of this chapter into mere jackals: in the habitation of jackals where ...
/.../the hymns of wesley and watts five papers/wesleys hymns reconsidered.htm

Hearken and Look; Or, Encouragement for Believers
... every question or fact: they fix their eyes upon the "waste places," and they study
them till they know every ruin, and are familiar with the dragons and the ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 27 1881/hearken and look or encouragement.htm

The Seven Champions of Christendom
... These rove about Europe and beyond, slaying Enchanters, Dragons, and other nuisances,
accompanied by their Squires, who, although they put on weight and become ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/title page.htm

Thesaurus

Dragons (17 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Dragons (17 Occurrences). Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine
is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. (KJV BBE DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Seamonster
... "sea-monsters," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragons,"
the King James Version margin "whales" Septuagint drakontes, "dragons" Psalm ...
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Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)
... "sea-monsters," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragons,"
the King James Version margin "whales" Septuagint drakontes, "dragons" Psalm ...
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Owls (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Owls (7 Occurrences). Job 30:29 I am a brother
to dragons, and a companion to owls. (KJV WBS NIV). Isaiah ...
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Jackal (3 Occurrences)
... jak'-ol: (1) tannim, "jackals," the King James Version "dragons"; compare Arabic
tinan, "wolf"; and compare tannin, Arab tinnin, "sea monster" or "monster" the ...
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Religion (23 Occurrences)
... hero Vahagn (Verethraghna). He sprang from heaven, earth, and sea, and
overthrew dragons and other evil beings. Another of Anahit's ...
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Aryan
... hero Vahagn (Verethraghna). He sprang from heaven, earth, and sea, and
overthrew dragons and other evil beings. Another of Anahit's ...
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Den (19 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will
make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. (KJV WBS). ...
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Whale (2 Occurrences)
... monster"). It is rendered by "dragons" in Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalm 91:13;
Jeremiah 51:34; Psalm 74:13 (marg., "whales;" and marg. ...
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Desolate (189 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses,
and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and ...
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Bible Concordance

Dragons (17 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
(KJV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Job 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Psalms 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Psalms 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
(KJV WBS YLT RSV)

Psalms 148:7 Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 34:13 And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 35:7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 43:20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 9:11 And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 10:22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 14:6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 49:33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 51:37 And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Lamentations 4:3 Even dragons have drawn out the breast, They have suckled their young ones, The daughter of my people is become cruel, Like the ostriches in a wilderness.
(YLT)

Micah 1:8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Malachi 1:3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Dragons

Related Terms

Seamonster

Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)

Owls (7 Occurrences)

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

Religion (23 Occurrences)

Aryan

Den (19 Occurrences)

Whale (2 Occurrences)