Strong's Number H3882

לִוְיָתָן
livyathan · liv-yaw-thawn'
Transliteration:
livyathan{liv-yaw-thawn'}
Word Origin:
from 3867
TWOT:
1089b
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Strong's Definition:
a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylon
Usage in the KJV:
leviathan 5

Total: 6
Occurs 6 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. leviathan, sea monster, dragon
    1. large aquatic animal
    2. perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown
Some think this to be a crocodile but from the description in Job 41 this is patently absurd. It appears to ba a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bomardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon.