תַּנִּין pl. תַּנִּינִים m. Arab. تنّيِنُ (from the root תָּנַן No. 1).—(1) a sea monster, a vast fish , Gr. κῆτος , Gen. 1:21 ; Job 7:12 ; Isa. 27:1 .
(2) a serpent , Ex. 7:9 , seqq.; Deut. 32:33 ; Ps. 91:13 ; a dragon , Jer. 51:34 ; a crocodile , Ezek. 29:3 (where there is תַּנֹּים , which see, for תַּנִּין ), which is used as an image of Egypt, Isa. 51:9 ; Eze. loc. cit., and 32:2 ( Ps. 74:13 , 14 ). Compare תָּן .
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