Leviathan is a sea serpent that appears in both theology and mythology and the Holy Bible as a whole. Its pronunciation is /lva.n/; its Hebrew name is, Lwyn.
The Hebrew Bible contains references to it in a number of books, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Amos, and, in some translations, the Book of Jonah. It is also mentioned in the Book of Enoch.
It frequently represents turmoil and poses a deadly danger to the lost and condemned soul. It is ultimately destroyed. The demon of the fatal sin of envy was designated by Christian theologians as Leviathan. It is depicted in Ophite diagrams as enclosing the space of the material universe.
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What Is Leviathan?
In the Old Testament, Leviathan is described as a multiheaded sea serpent in Psalms 74:14. God kills it and provides the Hebrews with food in the wilderness. It is a serpent that represents Israel’s foes in Isaiah 27:1 and will be slain by God. It is a sea monster and a representation of God’s creative power in Job 41.
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Leviathan In The Bible
May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan (Job 3:8).
Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope? (Job 41:1).
It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert (Psalm 74:14).
I will not fail to speak of Leviathan’s limbs, its strength and its graceful form. Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor? Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; (Job 41:12-15).
There the ships go to and fro, and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there (Psalm 104:26).
In that day, the Lord will punish with his sword — his fierce, great and powerful sword — Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea (Isaiah 27:1).
