Strong's Greek #1404 - δράκων, οντος, ὁ drakón (a dragon (a mythical monster))
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance dragon. Probably from an alternate form of derkomai (to look); a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate) -- dragon. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 1404: δράκωνδράκων, δράκοντος, ὁ (apparently from δέρκομαι, 2 aorist ἔδρακον; hence, δράκων, properly, equivalent to ὀξύ βλέπων (Etym. Magn. 286, 7; cf. Curtius, § 13)); the Sept. chiefly for תָּנִּין; a dragon, a great serpent, a fabulous animal (so as early as Homer, Iliad 2, 308f, etc.). From it, after Genesis 3:1ff, is derived the figurative description of the devil in Revelation 12:3-17; Revelation 13:2, 4, 11; Revelation 16:13; Revelation 20:2. (Cf. Baudissin, Studien zur semitisch. Religionsgesch. vol. i. (iv. 4), p. 281ff.)Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 1404. δράκων (drakón) — 13 OccurrencesRevelation 12:3 - N-NMS Revelation 12:4 - N-NMS Revelation 12:7 - N-GMS Revelation 12:7 - N-NMS Revelation 12:9 - N-NMS Revelation 12:13 - N-NMS Revelation 12:16 - N-NMS Revelation 12:17 - N-NMS Revelation 13:2 - N-NMS Revelation 13:4 - N-DMS Revelation 13:11 - N-NMS Revelation 16:13 - N-GMS Revelation 20:2 - N-AMS |