Leviathan
/lɪˈvaɪ.ə.θən/noun
A huge sea monster or something of immense size and power.
Did you know?In the Hebrew Bible, Leviathan is a chaos sea-creature tied to divine power and cosmic disorder, and later writers turned it into one of the West’s most enduring symbols of the abyss.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Hebrew
Heb
liwyāṯān
“A great sea creature, serpent, or monster associated with the deep”
Septuagint / Ancient Greek
Gk
Leuiathan
“Transliterated name for the biblical sea monster”
Late Latin
Lat
leviathan
“Biblical sea monster; a monstrous being”
Middle English
Eng
leviathan
“A great sea monster or whale”
Modern English
Eng
leviathan
“Anything extraordinarily large, powerful, or unwieldy”