תַּן tan
Hebrew word for “jackal” · Strong’s H8577 · used 28 times in 28 verses
Meaning
jackal; Also means: tan.nah (תַּנָּה "dragon" H8568)
Senses in the lexicon
- jackal (14)
- serpent: monster (8)
- serpent: snake (5)
- Dragon (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for tan in context, with how often each is used:
- jackals 12
- sea monster 4
- sea monsters 3
- serpent 3
- like jackals 2
- serpents 2
- like sea monster 1
- dragons 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 6 | 0.4 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 | |
| Malachi | 1 | 1.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 7 (3), Jeremiah 51 (2), Genesis 1 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Nehemiah 2 (1), Job 7 (1), Job 30 (1), Psalms 44 (1), Psalms 74 (1), Psalms 91 (1)
Forms
- תנים 9
- כתנים 2
- תנין 2
- תנינים 2
- התנין 2
- לתנין 2
- לתנים 1
- ותנים 1
- לתנות 1
- התנינם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with tan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- יַעֲנָה yaanah “ostrich” 4
- מָעוֹן maon “habitation” 4
- שְׁמָמָה shemamah “devastation” 4
- בַּת bat “daughter” 5
- אַכְזָר akhzar “cruel” 2
- פֶּתֶן peten “cobra” 2
- שָׁלַךְ shalakh “to throw” 3
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 4
- מַי mayim “water” 4
- מַטֶּה matteh “tribe” 3
- פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 3
- מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 3
Key verses
The verses using tan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Psalms 44:19 — Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- Psalms 74:13 — Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
- Psalms 91:13 — Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
- Isaiah 27:1 — In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall…
- Isaiah 35:7 — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and…
- Isaiah 43:20 — The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my…
- Isaiah 51:9 — Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded…
- Jeremiah 9:11 — And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 51:34 — Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled…
- Jeremiah 51:37 — And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant.
- Ezekiel 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath…
- Malachi 1:3 — And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
See all 28 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.