תַּנָּה
tan.nah
dragon
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "tan.nah" (H8577A) is defined as a "dragon". With 14 occurrences in the Bible, this word appears to be a significant term in the Hebrew lexicon. The semantic domain of "Animals & Creatures" suggests that "tan.nah" is a specific type of creature, rather than a general concept or abstract idea. The fact that "tan.nah" is translated as a "dragon" implies that it is a powerful and fearsome creature. Its use in the Bible may indicate a connection to mythological or legendary beings, or it could be a reference to a real-life animal that was perceived as threatening or intimidating. The frequency of its occurrence suggests that "tan.nah" is an important concept in Hebrew culture and literature.
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Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
Psalms 44:19though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Isaiah 13:22Wolves will cry in their fortresses, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. Her time is near to come, and her days will not be prolonged.
Isaiah 34:13Thorns will come up in its palaces, nettles and thistles in its fortresses; and it will be a habitation of jackals, a court for ostriches.
Isaiah 35:7The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
Isaiah 43:20The animals of the field, the jackals and the ostriches, shall honor me, because I give water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen,
Jeremiah 9:11“I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
Jeremiah 10:22The voice of news, behold, it comes, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals.
Jeremiah 14:6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.
Jeremiah 49:33Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever. No man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.”
Jeremiah 51:37Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.
Lamentations 4:3Even the jackals offer their breast. They nurse their young ones. But the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Micah 1:8For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will howl like the jackals, and moan like the daughters of owls.
Malachi 1:3but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”