Biblica Analytica

תַּנָּה

tan.nah (H8577A)

dragon

14 verses 7 books OT 14 / NT 0
AI Word Study

The 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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Job 30:29

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Psalms 44:19

though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Isaiah 13:22

Wolves 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 34:13

Thorns 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 35:7

The 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 43:20

The 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 10:22

The 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 14:6

The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, because there is no vegetation.

Jeremiah 49:33

Hazor will be a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever. No man will dwell there, neither will any son of man live therein.”

Jeremiah 51:37

Babylon will become heaps, a dwelling place for jackals, an astonishment, and a hissing, without inhabitant.

Lamentations 4:3

Even 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 1:8

For 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 1:3

but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.”