Quick Definition
dragon
Strong's Definition
a female jackal
Derivation: probably feminine of H8565 (תַּן);
KJV Usage: dragon.
TWOT Reference: 2528b
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תַּנָּה (tan.nah) — dragon. 1) habitations, jackals, (TWOT) dragon, (TWOT) sea monster 1a) meaning uncertain
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Wild Animals | ≈ אֹחַ · אִי · שׁוּעָל
jackal = animal looking like a longhaired dog with a pointed nose; yellowish brown in color with red tips to the fur on the back and a bushy tail; produces mournful sounds; ≈ used mainly in poetry and associated with death, destruction, and devastation, but also with mourning and weeping
JOB 30:29 · PSA 44:20 · ISA 13:22 · ISA 34:13 · ISA 35:7 · ISA 43:20 · JER 9:10 · JER 10:22 · JER 14:6 · JER 49:33 · JER 51:37 · LAM 4:3 · MIC 1:8 · MAL 1:3
1 LAM 4:3 · LAM 4:3 MT-K תַּנִּין | MT-Q תַּנִּים = תַּן
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תַּן] n.[m. et] f. jackal base