in the bible liviathan was a dinosaur or possibly a dragon which is it?

Answer 1

Herman Melville refers to Leviathan as a monstrous whale in Moby-Dick. I think most biblical references connote monstrous fish. I think dragons are from the Asian and European cultures, wrong time period, wrong culture. Dinosaurs were not known to exist either, wrong time period. I think whales would have been the most monstrous and prolific of all sea creatures during the time period.

Answer 2

Leviathan seems to have been (or be) a sea-monster. He is described as a 'snake' or a 'dragon' because that is how the translators of the Bible into English translated the words. Apparently he was created on the fifth day and at the End his body will be served up at the great feast and his beautiful skin will cover the succoth or temporary shelter.

I think not a dinosaur or a dragon but more of a great fish would be correct. He is, of course, a legendary animal that really represents something else. The story may have been borrowed from other Middle Eastern cultures and Leviathan may have been a sea-god at one time.

Answer 3

The Bible does not accept that man existed before Adam and Eve.
They can't have it both ways and claim a dinosaur or even more absurdity a dragon, it's bad enough people trying to claim these stories as truth but if man has only been around for 10/12000 years, it can't claim to have experienced a dinosaur, then I have wondered who drew those cave paintings of 40,000 years old if man didn't exist at that time ?.

Answer 4

Since, with the exception of Job 3:8: The references mention water in connection with it, Leviathan appears to signify some form of aquatic creature of great proportions and strength, although not necessarily of one specific kind. Psalm 104:25, 26: describes it as cavorting in the sea where ships travel, and for this reason many suggest that the term here applies to some type of whale. Though whales are rare in the Mediterranean, they are not unknown there, and parts of two whale skeletons can be found in a museum at Beirut in Lebanon. An American Translation here says “crocodile” instead of Leviathan. Additionally, the word “sea” (yam) by itself is not determinative inasmuch as in Hebrew it can refer to a large inland body of water such as the Sea of Galilee (Sea of Chinnereth) (Numbers 34:11; Jos. 12:3/), or even to the river Nile (Isaiah 19:5 - ) or the Euphrates.—Jer. 51:36.
The description of “Leviathan” at Job 41:1-34 aptly fits the crocodile, and the “sea” of verse 31 may refer to a river such as the Nile or another body of fresh water. It should be noted, however, that some crocodiles, as the Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus), are found along the seacoast and at times go out into the sea some distance from land.

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Answer 5

I read the verses a few years back and wondered the same thing. I think it from the decription, it sounds more like a dragon. And whose to say they didn't exist long ago. Maybe they didn't fly around, but breathing fire isn't out of the realm of possiblilties.

And no, I don't think its just a metaphor for Satan, I think its an actual creature.

Answer 6

I assume you mean Leviathan?

The true incarnation was a sort of dragon-type beast because that's how it looked in the Final Fantasy games, so there!

Answer 7

is the bible saying dragons existed now?????

Answer 8

It was a Komodo dragon.

Answer 9

could be both ......same thing really .... ask George an the dragon sure he has the answer...

Answer 10

Cool...maybe if Dragons exsists. then magic does too...hmm....