The waters swarmed after their kind.” The So while this principle may be useful in some cases, the word tannin, like most other words, can changeĬonsider how tannin is translated in Genesis 1:21 (NASB): “ GodĬreated the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which Yet some later uses of tannin clearly refer to some sort of land animal, as we will demonstrate. 10 The first time tannin appears in Scripture, it is in its plural form ( tanninim)Īnd refers to great sea creatures ( Genesis 1:21). Rest of Scripture.” 9 However, there are problems with this idea when it is adhered to as an absolute. Occurs sets the pattern for its primary usage and development all through the (or Reference), which holds that ”when an important word orĬoncept occurs for the first time in the Bible, usually in the Book of Some people use a rule of interpretation known as the Principle of
Includes sea-monster, sea-dragon, dragon, serpent, and even crocodile as Lexicon of the Old Testament by Koehler and Baumgartner Sea monster, serpent, whale.” 6 Brown-Driver-Briggs HebrewĪnd English Lexicon offers the definition “serpent, dragon, sea monster.” 7 The Hebrew and Aramaic Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible defines tannin as “a marine or land monster, i.e. Let’s take a look at how tannin is defined in various concordances and lexicons. So affected every area of study, even biblical studies, that most theologiansĪre unwilling to admit that this word could reference a real dragon. Meanwhile, tannim is the plural form of tan (jackal). Land-dwelling or sea-dwelling)-the plural form would be tanninim as used in Genesis 1:21 (“sea creatures”). Tannin is the singular form of a creature like a serpent or dragon (whether Two very similar words: tannin and tannim. They also look at all passages where the word occurs, and theĬontexts, in order to determine the range of the word’s possible meanings. Hebrew word, and sometimes that context is not clear enough to make a confidentĭecision. There are at least three plausible reasons why theologiansĬlosely at the context of a passage to find the most accurate translation of a Not surprisingly, many Bible scholars do not agree that tannin refers to a dragon, and because of this disagreement, many Two questions about the word tannin must be answered: was it a sea serpent, snake,ĭragon, dinosaur, or simply a category of animals?Īnd did it live in water, on land, or both? How Is Tannin Defined by Bible
Pronounced tan-neen), which seems to cover a broad range of reptilianĬreatures. These two creatures are described at length as specific beasts,īut there is another Hebrew word used to describe a dragon-like creature: תנין ( tannin, This passage, often bring to mind the mighty sauropod dinosaurs, such as Brachiosaurus. Behemoth’s characteristics, along with other descriptions in “behemoth” is described as a plant-eating creature that “moves his tail like aĬedar” and whose “bones are like beams of bronze” ( Job 40:15–24).
There is Leviathan, the mighty, imperviously scaled sea creature The Bible describes a few fascinating creatures that some have classifiedĪs dragons. The Bible describes a few fascinating creatures that some have classified as dragons. Answers in Genesis has often promoted the idea that many of theĬharacteristics of historical (often considered mythological) dragons actually Word was used for large reptilian creatures: dragon. 1 Dinosaur is also a relatively new word, having been coined in 1841 by theįamous British scientist Sir Richard Owen. The word dinosaur refers strictly to landĪnimals, but some people often label marine reptiles (e.g., plesiosaurs) andįlying reptiles (e.g., pteranodons) as dinosaurs.
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