Leviathan vs. Serpent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Leviathan and Serpent
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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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