Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?
CAnſt thou draw out || Leuiathan with an hooke? or his tongue with a corde † which thou letteſt downe?
חֶבֶל , masculine noun, hevel — cord, territory, band (value 40)
H2256,
חֶבֶל chebel, kheh'-bel; or חֵבֶל chêbel; from H2254; a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin:—band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.a cord, rope, territory, band, company
a rope, cord
a measuring-cord or line
a measured portion, lot, part, region
a band or company
pain, sorrow, travail, pang
pains of travail
pains, pangs, sorrows
union
destruction
Used in 60 Verses, 19 Books 62  Occurrence Count
חַכָּה , feminine noun, hakka — a hook, fishhook (value 33)
H2443,
חַכָּה chakkâh, khak-kaw'; probably from H2442; a hook (as adhering):—angle, hook.hook, angle, hook fastened in jaw, fish hook
Used in 3 Verses, 3 Books 3  Occurrence Count
לִוְיָתָן , masculine noun, livyatan — "serpent", a sea monster or dragon (value 496)
H3882,
לִוְיָתָן livyâthân, liv-yaw-thawn'; from H3867; a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Babylon:—leviathan, mourning.leviathan, sea monster, dragon
large aquatic animal
perhaps the extinct dinosaur, plesiosaurus, exact meaning unknown
Some think this to be a crocodile but from the description in Job 41:1-34 this is patently absurd. It appears to be a large fire breathing animal of some sort. Just as the bomardier beetle has an explosion producing mechanism, so the great sea dragon may have an explosive producing mechanism to enable it to be a real fire breathing dragon.
Used in 5 Verses, 3 Books 6  Occurrence Count
לָשׁוֹן , masculine noun, lashon — tongue (value 386)
H3956,
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה leshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.tongue
tongue (of men)
tongue (literal)
tongue (organ of speech)
language
tongue (of animals)
tongue (of fire)
wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
Used in 115 Verses, 22 Books 117  Occurrence Count
מָשַׁךְ , verb, mashakh — to draw, drag (value 360)
H4900,
מָשַׁךְ mâshak, maw-shak'; a primitive root; to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.):—draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, × give, handle, make (pro-, sound) long, × sow, scatter, stretch out.to draw, drag, seize
(Qal)
to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down
to draw (the bow)
to proceed, march
to draw out or give (a sound)
to draw out, prolong, continue
to trail (seed in sowing)
to cheer, draw, attract, gratify
(Niphal) to be drawn out
(Pual)
to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred
to be tall
Used in 36 Verses, 18 Books 36  Occurrence Count
שָׁקַע , verb, shakaʿ — to sink, sink down (value 470)
H8257,
שָׁקַע shâqaʻ, shaw-kah'; (abbreviated Amos 8:8); a primitive root; to subside; by implication, to be overflowed, cease; causatively, to abate, subdue:—make deep, let down, drown, quench, sink.to sink, sink down, subside
(Qal) to sink
(Niphal) to sink, collapse
(Hiphil) to sink down, cause to settle
Used in 5 Verses, 5 Books 5  Occurrence Count
| Job 41:1Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| תִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ לִוְיָתָ֣ן בְּחַכָּ֑ה וּ֝בְחֶ֗בֶל תַּשְׁקִ֥יעַ לְשֹׁנֽוֹ׃ |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Canst thou draw out |
H4900mashakh |
מָשַׁךְ |
360 |
| leviathan |
H3882livyatan |
לִוְיָתָן |
496 |
| with an hook? |
H2443hakka |
חַכָּה |
33 |
| or his tongue |
H3956lashon |
לָשׁוֹן |
386 |
| with a cord |
H2256hevel |
חֶבֶל |
40 |
| which thou lettest down? |
H8257shakaʿ |
שָׁקַע |
470 |
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