leviathan
31leviathan — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyāthān Date: 14th century 1. a. often capitalized a sea monster defeated by Yahweh in various scriptural accounts b. a large sea animal 2. capitalized the political state; especially …
32leviathan — 1. adjective /ləˈ.vaɪ.ə.θən/ Very large; gargantuan. 2. noun /ləˈ.vaɪ.ə.θən/ a) Large Biblical sea monster that guards the gates of hell at the bottom of the sea. That man was a leviathan! He took up a whole row of seats at the theatre …
33Leviathan — Le|vi|a|than 〈[ vi ] m.; s; unz.〉 1. 〈Bibel〉 drachenartiges Meerungeheuer 2. 〈poet.〉 Ungeheuer, Riesenschlange [<hebr. liwjathan „gewundenes Tier“] * * * Le|vi|a|than, Le|vi|a|tan [le vi̯a(:)… , auch: levi̯a ta:n ], der; s [hebr. liwyạt̲ạn,… …
34leviathan — A mythological sea monster who was said to have been defeated by the god Baal. The myth surfaces in the OT where Yahweh has replaced Baal (Ps. 74:13–14); and the destruction of Leviathan symbolized for Isaiah (27:1) the final death of the… …
35leviathan — [lɪ vʌɪəθ(ə)n] noun 1》 (in biblical use) a sea monster. ↘a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale. ↘a very large or powerful thing. 2》 an autocratic monarch or state. [with allusion to Hobbes Leviathan (1651).] Origin via late L …
36leviathan — noun (C) 1 something very large and strong: a leviathan of a ship 2 a very large and frightening sea animal …
37Leviathan — A seven headed sea monster, vanquished by Baal with the aid of Mot, in the Ugarit stories. The episode is described in terms almost identical with the description of the slaughter of Leviathan by Jahveh in the Old Testament, so there can be no …
38Leviathan (monstre) — Léviathan Pour les articles homonymes, voir Léviathan (homonymie). La destruction du Léviathan, gravure de Gustave Doré, 1865 Le léviathan (de l …
39Léviathan (livre) — Léviathan Pour les articles homonymes, voir Léviathan (homonymie). La destruction du Léviathan, gravure de Gustave Doré, 1865 Le léviathan (de l …
40Léviathan (monstre) — Léviathan Pour les articles homonymes, voir Léviathan (homonymie). La destruction du Léviathan, gravure de Gustave Doré, 1865 Le léviathan (de l …
