LEVIATHAN  , the See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew name (livyathan), occurring in the poetical books of the See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, of a gigantic See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal, apparently the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea or See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent of See also:

• BEHEMOTH (the intensive plural of the Hebrew b'hernah, a beast)

behemoth (q.v.), the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the animals of the dry See also:

• LAND

land . In See also:

• JOB

Job xli . 15 it would seem to represent the See also:

• CROCODILE

crocodile, in See also:

• ISAIAH
• ISAIAH, ASCENSION OF

Isaiah See also:

• XXVII

xxvii . 1 it is a crooked and piercing See also:

• SERPENT (Lat. serpens, creeping, from serpere; cf. "reptile " from repere, Gr.4 ml-eta)

serpent, the See also:

• DRAGON (Fr. dragon, through Lat. draco, from the Greek; connected with SEpeoµay " see," and interpreted as " sharp-sighted "; O.H. Ger. tracho, dracho, M.H.G. trache, Mod. Ger. Drachen; A.S. draca, hence the equivalent English form " drake," " fire-drake,

dragon of the sea; cf . See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms civ . 26 . Theetymology of the word is uncertain, but it has been taken to be connected with a See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root meaning " to twist." Apart from its scriptural usage, the word is applied to any gigantic marine animal such as the See also:

• WHALE

whale, and hence, figuratively, of very large See also:

• SHIPS

ships, and also of persons of outstanding strength, See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, See also:

• WEALTH

wealth or See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . See also:

• HOBBES, THOMAS (1588–1679)

Hobbes adopted the name as the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of his See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work, applying it to " the multitude so See also:

• UNITED

united in one See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . . . called a See also:

• COMMONWEALTH

commonwealth . . . . This is the See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation of that Leviathan, or rather .