Whale (Easton)

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The Hebrew word Tan (Plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but RSV, 'sea-monster'). It is rendered by 'dragons' in Deuteronomy 32:33; Psalm 91:13; Jeremiah 51:34; Psalm 74:13 (marg., 'whales;' and marg. of RSV, 'sea-monsters'); Isaiah 27:1; and 'serpent' in Exodus 7:9 (RSV marg., 'any"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter W Bible Dictionaries Whale Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Westward Next Entry Wheat Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Whale Thompson Chain Reference Whales Dictionaries American Tract Society Whale Easton's Bible Dictionary Whale Fausset Bible Dictionary Whale Holman Bible Dictionary Whale Hastings' BibleDictionary Whale Hastings' NT Dictionary Whale King James Dictionary Whale Morrish Bible Dictionary Whale People's Bible Dictionary Whale Smith Bible Dictionary Whale Vines' Expository Dictionary Whale Wilson's Bible Types Whale Webster Dictionary Sperm Whale Right Whale Whale (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Whale Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Bottlenose Whale Ca'ing Whale Humpback Whale (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Whale Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Whale McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Whale The Jewish Encyclopedia Whale Lexicons κῆτος תַּן תַּנִּין The Hebrew word Tan (Plural, tannin) is so rendered in Job 7:12 (A.V.; but RSV, "sea-monster"). It is rendered by "dragons" in Deuteronomy 32:33 ; Psalm 91:13 ; Jeremiah 51:34 ; Psalm 74:13 (marg., "whales;" and marg. of RSV, "sea-monsters"); Isaiah 27:1 ; and "serpent" in Exodus 7:9 (RSV marg., "any large reptile," and so in ver. 10,12). The words of ( Job 7:12 ), uttered in bitter irony, where he asks, "Am I a sea or a whale?" simply mean, "Have I a wild, untamable nature, like the waves of the sea, which must be confined and held within bounds, that they cannot pass?" "The serpent of the sea, which was but the wild, stormy sea itself, wound itself around the land, and threatened to swallow it up...Job inquires if he must be watched and plagued like this monster, lest he throw the world into disorder" (Davidson's Job). The whale tribe are included under the general Hebrew name Tannin ( Genesis 1:21 ; Lamentations 4:3 ). "Even the sea-monsters [tanninim] draw out the breast." The whale brings forth its young alive, and suckles them. It is to be noticed of the story of Jonah's being "three days and three nights in the whale's belly," as recorded in Matthew 12:40 , that here the Gr. ketos means properly any kind of sea-monster of the shark or the whale tribe, and that in the book of ( Jonah 1:17 ) it is only said that "a great fish" was prepared to swallow Jonah. This fish may have been, therefore, some great shark. The white shark is known to frequent the Mediterranean Sea, and is sometimes found 30 feet in length.

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)