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Morrish Bible Dictionary

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tannin , δράκων. It may signify any great serpent or sea monster, symbolical of a huge destructive creature. Nations doomed to destruction and desolation, including Jerusalem, are said to become habitations of dragons. Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 35:7; Jeremiah 9:11; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 51:37 . Pharaoh, king of Egypt, is called the great dragon. Ezekiel 29:3 . As one of God's creatures the dragon is called upon to praise Jehovah. Psalm 148:7 . In the N.T. the dragon is a type of Satan and those energised by him. In Revelation 12:3 the "great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns," is symbolical of Satan's power in the form of the Roman empire: it endeavoured, in the person of Herod, to destroy Christ when born. In Revelation 13:2,4 it is Satan who gives the resuscitated Roman empire in a future day its throne and great authority. In Revelation 13:11 the Antichrist, who has two horns like a lamb, speaks as a dragon. In Revelation 16:13 it is Satan, and in Revelation 20:2 he is described as "that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan."

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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Dragon'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​mbd/​d/dragon.html. 1897.
 
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