לִוְיָתָן Leviathan
Every verse in which this word stands — 6 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
The word stands six times, in Iyov, Tehillim and Yeshayahu. In Tehillim 104 he plays in the great wide sea; in Iyov 40 the Almighty asks who can draw him with a hook; in Yeshayahu 27 he is the fleeing serpent, the twisting serpent, to be reckoned with at the end of days. What the books name — the crocodile of the naturalists, the great creature of the aggadah whose flesh is kept for the righteous — is the tradition's discussion; the verses are the given.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה בְּחַרְבוֹ הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֹלָה וְהַֽחֲזָקָה עַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ וְעַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֹן וְהָרַג אֶת־הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּֽם
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה בְּחַרְבוֹ הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֹלָה וְהַֽחֲזָקָה עַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ וְעַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֹן וְהָרַג אֶת־הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּֽם
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the slant serpent, and leviathan the tortuous serpent; and He will slay the dragon that is in the sea.
אַתָּה רִצַּצְתָּ רָאשֵׁי לִוְיָתָן תִּתְּנֶנּוּ מַאֲכָל לְעָם לְצִיִּֽים
Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.
שָׁם אֳנִיּוֹת יְהַלֵּכוּן לִוְיָתָן זֶֽה־יָצַרְתָּ לְשַֽׂחֶק־בּֽוֹ
There go the ships; There is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.
יִקְּבֻהוּ אֹרְרֵי־יוֹם הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר לִוְיָתָֽן
Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
תִּמְשֹׁךְ לִוְיָתָן בְּחַכָּה וּבְחֶבֶל תַּשְׁקִיעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ
Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?
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Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for leviathan?
Leviathan in Hebrew is לויתן, with a gematria of 496 in the standard method.
How many times is the leviathan mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 6 times in the Tanakh, first at Isaiah 27:1.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters לויתן stand 6 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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