Strong's Concordance drakón: a dragon (a mythical monster) Original Word: δράκων, οντος, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: drakón Phonetic Spelling: (drak'-own) Short Definition: a dragon or huge serpent Definition: a dragon or huge serpent; met: Satan. HELPS Word-studies 1404 drákōn (from derkomai, "to see," the root of the English term, "dragon") – properly "seeing one," used of mythical dragons (huge serpents) seeing their prey from far away; (figuratively) Satan (Rev 12:7,9) exercising his subtle (indirect) impact on heathen governments (powers) – i.e. accomplishing his hellish agenda from "behind the scenes." [The ancient Greeks classified a "dragon" (1404 /drákōn) as a type of serpent. 1404 /drákōn ("a dragon") was believed to have incredible insight, able to spot prey in any hiding place.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 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.) 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. Forms and Transliterations δράκα δράκας δρακί δρακοντα δράκοντα δράκοντες δρακοντι δράκοντι δρακοντος δράκοντος δρακόντων δρακός δρακων δρακών δράκων δράξ δραξί drakon drakōn drákon drákōn drakonta drákonta drakonti drákonti drakontos drákontosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 140413 Occurrences δράκων — 9 Occ. δράκοντα — 1 Occ. δράκοντι — 1 Occ. δράκοντος — 2 Occ. Revelation 12:3 N-NMS GRK: καὶ ἰδοὺ δράκων μέγας πυρρός NAS: a great red dragon having seven KJV: a great red dragon, having seven INT: and behold a dragon great red 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 |