biblical sea monster Leviathan

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The biblical sea monster Leviathan is a colossal, chaos-associated creature from Hebrew scripture, often depicted as a primordial serpent or dragon symbolizing untamable power and divine judgment.

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biblical sea monster Leviathan canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical sea monster ⓘ
mythological creature ⓘ
symbolic figure ⓘ
appearsInChapter Isaiah 27 ⓘ
Job 3 ⓘ
Job 41 ⓘ
Psalm 104 ⓘ
Psalm 74 ⓘ
associatedWith chaos ⓘ
primordial waters ⓘ
the sea ⓘ
associatedWithMotif combat myth ⓘ
canBeSubduedBy God alone ⓘ
cannotBeSubduedBy humans ⓘ
category biblical monster ⓘ
symbolic animal in scripture ⓘ
describedAs dragon-like creature ⓘ
sea monster ⓘ
serpent ⓘ
describedInJob41As armored with scales ⓘ
breathing fire or smoke-like breath ⓘ
fearsome creature ⓘ
terrifying roar ⓘ
describedInPsalm74As multi-headed sea monster ⓘ
whose heads God crushed ⓘ
domain sea ⓘ
eschatologicalRole to be slain by God at the end of days (Isaiah 27:1) ⓘ
genderInSomeTraditions female ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
laterJewishTradition to be served as food to the righteous in the world to come ⓘ
literaryFunction to highlight God’s sovereignty over creation ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Amos ⓘ
Book of Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Job ⓘ
Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms
nameMeaningApproximate coiled one ⓘ
twisted one ⓘ
pairedWith Behemoth ⓘ
Ziz ⓘ
parallels Ugaritic sea monster Lotan ⓘ
linked to: Dagon

ancient Near Eastern chaos dragons ⓘ
religiousText Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleInJob41 example of God’s unmatched power ⓘ
symbolizes cosmic chaos ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
evil forces ⓘ
untamable power ⓘ

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Leviathan → titleAlludesTo → biblical sea monster Leviathan ⓘ