Leviathan in the Bible
Possibly a crocodile
- Job 41 Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? 2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? 3 Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? 4 Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? ...
- Psalm 104:26 There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
⇒Bible Encyclopedia for LEVIATHAN.
"The crooked (R. V.) serpent."
- Isaiah 27:1 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.
FIGURATIVE
- Psalm 74:14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.