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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

2. (n.) Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.

3. (n.) Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.

4. (a.) Monstrous in size.

5. (v. t.) To make monstrous.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

MONSTER

mon'-ster.

See DRAGON; SEA-MONSTER.

Greek

1404. drakon -- a dragon (a mythical monster)
... a dragon (a mythical monster). Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
drakon Phonetic Spelling: (drak'-own) Short Definition: a dragon or huge serpent ...
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2785. ketos -- a huge fish
... a huge fish. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: ketos Phonetic Spelling:
(kay'-tos) Short Definition: a sea monster, huge fish Definition: a sea ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8577. tannin -- serpent, dragon, sea monster
... 8576, 8577. tannin. 8578 . serpent, dragon, sea monster. Transliteration:
tannin Phonetic Spelling: (tan-neen') Short Definition: monster. ...
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3882. Livyathan -- "serpent," a sea monster or dragon
... 3881, 3882. Livyathan. 3883 . "serpent," a sea monster or dragon. Transliteration:
Livyathan Phonetic Spelling: (liv-yaw-thawn') Short Definition: Leviathan ...
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7293. Rahab -- "storm," a sea monster
... 7292, 7293. Rahab. 7294 . "storm," a sea monster. Transliteration: Rahab
Phonetic Spelling: (rah'-hab) Short Definition: Rahab. ...
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3917a. lilith -- a female night-demon
... 3917, 3917a. lilith. 3917b . a female night-demon. Transliteration:
lilith Short Definition: monster. Word Origin from the same ...
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8565. tan -- a jackal
... From an unused root probably meaning to elongate; a monster (as preternaturally
formed), ie A sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or ...
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Library

A Monster Elm
... Chapter 16. Windsor Park; Wesley as Art Critic; Glasgow and Perth; At 70,
Wesley Preaches to 30,000 People A Monster Elm. Monday, 11 ...
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A Monster Called a Declaration
... Chapter 12. Wesley's Letter to an Editor; Impositions and Declarations; the Speaking
Statue; Wesley's Pentecost A Monster Called a Declaration. ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/a monster called a declaration.htm

Talmage -- a Bloody Monster
... TALMAGE " A BLOODY MONSTER. A BLOODY MONSTER BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE. Thomas De Witt Talmage
was born at Bound Brook, NJ, in 1832. ... 1832"1901. A BLOODY MONSTER[1]. ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 8/talmage a bloody monster.htm

The Adventure of the Three Sons of Saint George.
... As they gazed around, to discover whence the noise could have proceeded, they saw
coming towards them a most hideous monster, of excessive size and terrible ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter fourteen the adventure of.htm

The Adventures of Saint James of Spain.
... No sooner did the monster see him than, darting down, it attacked him with its
red-hot beak, for having dared thus to enter its dominions. ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter six the adventures of.htm

The Resurrection of Our Lord.
... illuminated and lightsome. At the same moment I saw a frightful monster
burst from the earth underneath the sepulchre. It had the ...
/.../chapter lxiii the resurrection of.htm

Answer to Objections: Signal Instances of Prayer
... Even Jonah, because he did not despair of being heard from the belly of the monster
that had swallowed him, was able to quit the monster's belly and complete ...
/.../origen/origen on prayer/chapter viii answer to objections .htm

The Adventures of Saint Anthony of Italy.
... Now his ship was tossed by storms, now pursued by a huge sea monster, with jaws
so wide that the affrighted mariners believed that it was about to swallow up ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter seven the adventures of.htm

Saint George Kills the Enchanter Osmond.
... country remains desolate. He has left the guarding of the castle to a terrible
giant, the ugliest monster eyes ever beheld. He is ...
/.../the seven champions of christendom/chapter thirteen saint george kills.htm

The Death of Saint George.
... The monster, by a strange instinct knowing that his death drew nigh, made such a
hideous yelling, that it seemed as if the sky was bursting with thunder, and ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter twenty one the death.htm

Thesaurus

Night-monster
Night-monster. Nightmonster, Night-monster. Nights . Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia NIGHT-MONSTER. nit'-mon-ster (lilith ...
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Monster (10 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To make monstrous. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. MONSTER. mon'-ster.
See DRAGON; SEA-MONSTER. Multi-Version Concordance Monster (10 Occurrences). ...
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Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)
Sea-monster. Seamonster, Sea-monster. Sea-'monster . Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia SEA-MONSTER. se'-mon-ster: Genesis ...
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Sea-'monster (2 Occurrences)
Sea-'monster. Sea-monster, Sea-'monster. Sea-monsters .
Multi-Version Concordance Sea-'monster (2 Occurrences). Job ...
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Sea-monster's (1 Occurrence)
Sea-monster's. Sea-monsters, Sea-monster's. Seams . Multi-Version
Concordance Sea-monster's (1 Occurrence). Matthew ...
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Whale (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The Hebrew word tan (plural, tannin) is so rendered
in Job 7:12 (AV; but RV, "sea-monster"). It is rendered ...
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Seamonster
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SEA-MONSTER. se'-mon-ster: Genesis 1:21
(tanninim), "sea monsters," the King James Version "whales ...
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Nightmonster
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia NIGHT-MONSTER. ... The term "night-monster" is a hypothetical
translation of the Hebrew term lilith, used once only, in Isaiah 34:14. ...
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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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Satyr
... wild beasts of the desert (tsiyim) shall meet with the wolves ('iyim), and the wild
goat (sa`ir) shall cry to his fellow; yea, the night monster (lilith) shall ...
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Bible Concordance

Monster (10 Occurrences)

Matthew 12:40 For just as Jonah was three days in the sea-monster's belly, so will the Son of Man be three days in the heart of the earth.
(WEY NAS)

Exodus 7:9 When Pharaoh speaketh unto you, saying, Give for yourselves a wonder; then thou hast said unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast before Pharaoh -- it becometh a monster.'
(YLT)

Exodus 7:10 And Moses goeth in -- Aaron also -- unto Pharaoh, and they do so as Jehovah hath commanded; and Aaron casteth his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it becometh a monster.
(YLT)

Job 7:12 Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?
(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

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)

Isaiah 27:1 In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
(ASV DBY NIV)

Isaiah 51:9 Awake, awake, put on strength, arm of Yahweh; awake, as in the days of old, the generations of ancient times. Isn't it you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the monster?
(WEB ASV DBY NIV)

Jeremiah 51:34 Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 29:3 Speak and say,'Thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, that has said,'My river is my own, and I have made it for myself.'
(WEB ASV DBY NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him, You were likened to a young lion of the nations: yet you are as a monster in the seas; and you did break forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.
(WEB ASV DBY NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Dinosaur

Monster

Related Terms

Monster (10 Occurrences)

Sea-monster (1 Occurrence)

Sea-'monster (2 Occurrences)

Sea-monster's (1 Occurrence)

Whale (2 Occurrences)

Seamonster

Nightmonster

Jackal (3 Occurrences)