Dictionary entry

Sea-Monster

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

se'-mon-ster:Ge 1:21(tanninim), "sea monsters," the King James Version "whales," Septuagint (ta kete), "sea-monsters," "huge fish," or "whales."Job 7:12(tannin), "sea-monster" the King James Version "whale," the Septuagint drakon, "dragon."Ps 74:13(tanninim), the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin. "sea-monsters," the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragons," the King James Version margin "whales" Septuagint drakontes, "dragons"Ps 148:7(tanninim), "sea-monsters" the King James Version and the English Revised Version "dragons," the English Revised Version margin "sea-monsters" or "water-spouts," Septuagint drakontes, "dragons."La 4:3(tannin) "jackals," the King James Version "sea monsters" the King James Version margin "sea calves," Septuagint drakontes.Mt 12:40(referring to Jonah) (ketos), English Versions of the Bible "whale," the Revised Version margin "sea-monster." In the Apocrypha, the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version "whale (ketos) into "sea-monster" in Sirach 43:25 but not in So of Three Children verse 57.

SeeDRAGON;JACKAL;WHALE.

Alfred Ely Day