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Webster 1913 Edition
Leviathan
Le-vi′a-than
(lē̍-vī′ȧ-than)
, Noun.
[Heb.
livyāthān
.] 1.
An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.
☞ It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.
2.
The whale, or a great whale.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Leviathan
LEVI'ATHAN
,Noun.
1.
An aquatic animal, described in Job 41, and mentioned in other passages of Scripture. In Isaiah, it is called the crooked serpent. It is not agreed what animal is intended by the writers, whether the crocodile, the whale, or a species of serpent.2.
The whale, or a great whale.