Definition for LE-VI'A-THAN

LE-VI'A-THAN, n. [Heb. לויתן.]

  1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli, and mentioned in other passages of Scripture. In Isaiah, it is called the crooked serpent. It is not agreed what animal is intended by the writers, whether the crocodile, the whale, or a species of serpent.
  2. The whale, or a great whale. – Milton.

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