Tan — H8565

Definition

masculine noun

a monster (as preternaturally formed), i.e. a sea-serpent (or other huge marine animal); also a jackal (or other hideous land animal)

1. dragon, maybe the extinct dinosaur the plesiosaurus, whale

Usually translated as

dragon, whale

Origin

from an unused root probably meaning to elongate

Occurrences

Tan occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (3), Lamentations (1)

• Isaiah 34:13 — And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
• Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
• Isaiah 43:20 — The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
• Lamentations 4:3 — Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.