Word Study · Strong's H8577 · Hebrew
תַּנִּין
tannin
tan-neen'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tannîyn
“a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
Rendered in the KJV as
dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.
- 28occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 25inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 28 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 25
- לְתַנִּֽין׃2
- תַּנִּ֑ים2
- תַּנִּ֛ים2
- הַתַּנִּים֙1
- הַתַּנִּ֔ין1
- הַתַּנִּ֖ין1
- הַתַּנִּינִ֖ם1
- וְתַנִּ֖ים1
- וְתַנִּֽין׃1
- כַּתַּנִּ֑ים1
- כַּתַּנִּ֔ים1
- כַּתַּנִּ֔ין1
and 13 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 16
- jackals9
- [the] sea monster2
- into a serpent2
- like the jackals2
- the sea monster2
- [the] Dragons1
- and a serpent1
- and jackals1
- for jackals of1
- into serpents1
- like the sea monster1
- O sea monsters1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- noun · masculine plural12
- noun · masculine singular2
- preposition + noun · masculine plural2
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular1
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 12
- HNcmsa · 2
- HR/Ncmpa · 2
- HR/Ncmsa · 2
- HRd/Ncmpa · 2
- HTd/Ncmsa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmsa · 1
- HNpl · 1
- HR/Ncfpc · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 28, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus3 occurrences
- Exodus 7:9לְתַנִּֽין׃letaninpreposition + noun · masculine singular“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”here: into a serpent
- Exodus 7:10לְתַנִּֽין׃letaninpreposition + noun · masculine singularSo Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.here: into a serpent
- Exodus 7:12לְתַנִּינִ֑םletaninimpreposition + noun · masculine pluralEach one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.here: into serpents
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Job2 occurrences
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 44:19תַּנִּ֑יםtanimnoun · masculine pluralBut You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.here: jackals
- Psalms 74:13תַ֝נִּינִ֗יםtaninimnoun · masculine pluralYou divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;here: sea monsters
- Psalms 91:13וְתַנִּֽין׃vetaninconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularYou will tread on the lion and cobra; you will trample the young lion and serpent.here: and a serpent
- Psalms 148:7תַּ֝נִּינִ֗יםtaninimnoun · masculine pluralPraise the LORD from the earth, all great sea creatures and ocean depths,here: O sea monsters
Isaiah6 occurrences
- Isaiah 13:22וְתַנִּ֖יםvetanimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralHyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.here: and jackals
- Isaiah 27:1הַתַּנִּ֖יןhataninthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIn that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.here: the sea monster
- Isaiah 34:13תַנִּ֔יםtanimnoun · masculine pluralHer towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.here: jackals
- Isaiah 35:7תַנִּים֙tanimnoun · masculine pluralThe parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.here: jackals
- Isaiah 43:20תַּנִּ֖יםtanimnoun · masculine pluralThe beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.here: jackals
- Isaiah 51:9תַּנִּֽין׃taninnoun · masculine singularAwake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?here: [the] sea monster
Jeremiah6 occurrences
- Jeremiah 9:11תַּנִּ֑יםtanimnoun · masculine plural“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”here: jackals
- Jeremiah 10:22תַּנִּֽים׃ סtanimnoun · masculine pluralListen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.here: jackals
- Jeremiah 14:6כַּתַּנִּ֑יםkatanimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralWild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”here: like the jackals
- Jeremiah 49:33תַּנִּ֛יםtanimnoun · masculine plural“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”here: jackals
- Jeremiah 51:34כַּתַּנִּ֔יןkataninpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me; he has crushed me. He has set me aside like an empty vessel; he has swallowed me like a monster; he filled his belly with my delicacies and vomited me out.here: like the sea monster
- Jeremiah 51:37תַּנִּ֛יםtanimnoun · masculine pluralBabylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.here: jackals