English-Thai Dictionary

leviathan

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LEVIATHAN

n.[Heb. ] 1. An aquatic animal, described in Job 41:1, 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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEVIATHAN

Le *vi "a *than, n. Etym: [Heb. livyathan.]

 

1. An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned on other passages of Scripture.

 

Note: It is not certainly known what animal is intended, whether the crocodile, the whale, or some sort of serpent.

 

2. The whale, or a great whale. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

leviathan

le vi a than |ləˈvīəTHən ləˈvaɪəθən | ▶noun (in biblical use ) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g., Job 41, Ps. 74:14 ), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1 ). • a very large aquatic creature, esp. a whale: the great leviathans of the deep. • a thing that is very large or powerful, esp. a ship. • an autocratic monarch or state. [with allusion to Hobbes' Leviathan (1651 ).] ORIGIN via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān.

 

Oxford Dictionary

leviathan

leviathan |lɪˈvʌɪəθ (ə )n | ▶noun (in biblical use ) a sea monster, identified in different passages with the whale and the crocodile (e.g. Job 41, Ps. 74:14 ), and with the Devil (after Isa. 27:1 ). • a very large aquatic creature, especially a whale: the great leviathans of the deep. • a thing that is very large or powerful, especially an organization or vehicle. • an autocratic monarch or state. [with allusion to Hobbes's Leviathan (1651 ).] ORIGIN via late Latin from Hebrew liwyāṯān.

 

Duden Dictionary

Leviathan

Le vi a than , Le vi a tan Substantiv, maskulin , der Leviatan |leˈvi̯a (ː )…auch levi̯aˈtaːn leˈvi̯a (ː )…auch levi̯aˈtaːn |der Leviathan; Genitiv: des Leviathans hebräisch liwyạṯạn, wohl = gewundenes Tier (im Alten Testament ) Ungeheuer in Gestalt eines Drachens, Krokodils als Sinnbild des Chaos und der gottfeindlichen Weltmächte

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

leviathan

le vi a than /ləvá (ɪ )əθ (ə )n /名詞 1 C 〘聖書 〙レビヤタン 〘巨大な海獣 〙.2 C (一般に )巨大な物 〘特に巨船 クジラ 〙.3 〖L- 〗リヴァイアサン 〘Thomas Hobbes著の政治哲学書; 1651年出版 〙; 専制君主国家 .