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Leviathan vs. Serpent — What's the Difference?

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Leviathan

Leviathan (; לִוְיָתָן, Līvəyāṯān) is a creature with the form of a sea serpent in Judaism. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, and the Book of Amos; it is also mentioned in the apocryphal Book of Enoch.

Serpent

(Zoology) A snake.

Leviathan

Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship.

Serpent

Often Serpent In the Bible, the creature that tempted Eve, identified in Christian tradition with Satan.

Leviathan

A very large animal, especially a whale.
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Serpent

A subtle, sly, or treacherous person.

Leviathan

A monstrous sea creature mentioned in the Bible.

Serpent

A firework that writhes while burning.

Leviathan

A vast sea monster of tremendous strength, described as the most powerful and dangerous creature in the ocean.

Serpent

(Music) A deep-voiced wind instrument of serpentine shape, used principally from the 1600s to the 1800s, about 2.5 meters (8 feet) in length and made of brass or wood.

Leviathan

(figuratively) Something monstrously large or mighty in size, strength, wealth, etc.

Serpent

Serpent Serpens.

Leviathan

The political state, especially a domineering and totalitarian one as theorized by Thomas Hobbes.

Serpent

A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.

Leviathan

Very large; gargantuan.

Serpent

(figurative) A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

Leviathan

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

Serpent

(musical instruments) An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article).

Leviathan

The whale, or a great whale.

Serpent

A kind of firework with a serpentine motion.

Leviathan

The largest or most massive thing of its kind;
It was a leviathan among redwoods
They were assigned the leviathan of textbooks

Serpent

To wind or meander

Leviathan

Monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament

Serpent

To encircle.

Serpent

Any reptile of the order Ophidia; a snake, especially a large snake. See Illust. under Ophidia.

Serpent

Fig.: A subtle, treacherous, malicious person.

Serpent

A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.

Serpent

The constellation Serpens.

Serpent

A bass wind instrument, of a loud and coarse tone, formerly much used in military bands, and sometimes introduced into the orchestra; - so called from its form.

Serpent

To wind like a serpent; to crook about; to meander.

Serpent

To wind; to encircle.

Serpent

Limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

Serpent

A firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited

Serpent

An obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake

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