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Strong's H8577 תַּנִּין (tannin)

Tannin means “serpent” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H8577
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 28
Books 11

Strong's H8577 Quick Answer

Strong's H8577 תַּנִּין תַּנִּים (tanniyn) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. tanniyn (tan-neen') (or tanniym (Ezek. 29) n-m. 1. a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal [intensive from the same as H8565] It has 28 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include land and monsters. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
tanniyn (tan-neen') (or tanniym (Ezek. 29) n-m. 1. a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal [intensive from the same as H8565]
Usage
28 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
land and monsters

Meaning and Definition

tanniyn (tan-neen') (or tanniym (Ezek. 29) n-m. 1. a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal [intensive from the same as H8565] KJV: dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale. Root(s): H8565

Original Word
תַּנִּין תַּנִּים
Transliteration
tanniyn
Derivation
First root strongs: 8565
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H8577. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H8577 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render tanniyn, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H8577 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 28 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H8577 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H8577 in the Old Testament

28 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 1:21 KJV

And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Exodus 7:9 KJV

When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.

Exodus 7:10 KJV

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Usage Excerpts

First 28 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H8577.

Genesis 1:21 Old Testament, KJV
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Exodus 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.
Exodus 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent.
Exodus 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods.
Deuteronomy 32:33 Old Testament, KJV
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
Nehemiah 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
Job 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
Job 30:29 Old Testament, KJV
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Psalms 44:19 Old Testament, KJV
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Psalms 74:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Psalms 91:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms 148:7 Old Testament, KJV
Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps:
Isaiah 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 34:13 Old Testament, KJV
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
Isaiah 35:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Isaiah 43:20 Old Testament, KJV
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Isaiah 51:9 Old Testament, KJV
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Jeremiah 9:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
Jeremiah 10:22 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Jeremiah 49:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.
Jeremiah 51:34 Old Testament, KJV
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.
Jeremiah 51:37 Old Testament, KJV
And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
Lamentations 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Ezekiel 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
Micah 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8577, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H8577 FAQ

What does tannin (תַּנִּין) mean?

Tannin (Strong's H8577) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "serpent". tanniyn (tan-neen') (or tanniym (Ezek. 29) n-m. 1. a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal [intensive from the same as H8565]

How many times is tannin (תַּנִּין) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 28 linked usages for Strong's H8577 across 11 books.

Where can I study tannin (תַּנִּין) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8577 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate tannin (תַּנִּין)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as land and monsters. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.