Leviathan

leviathan léviathan Translingual Etymology Borrowed from mul en leviathan monster. Proper noun †1 genus family †Mammutidae family junior synonym of †Mammut genus mul obsolete genus superfamily Physeteroidea replaced in favour of †Livyatan genus References Mammut 1 Livyathan 1 mul Taxonomic names (obsolete) English Noun en leviathan. Psalm 103 25–26 xxx 1 So is this greate and wyde ſee sea alſo, wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable, both ſmall and greate beaſtes. There go the ſhippes ouer, and there is that Leuiathan, whom thou haſt made, to take his paſtyme therin. Psalm 104 in modern versions of the Bible. Preface 28 Euen ſo do I thinke them no trewe Chryſtian men that do not reioyce with the Angels of heauen for the deliuerie of theſe owre brootherne, owre fleſſhe, and owre bones, from the handes of owre commune enemie the oulde ſerpente who hath ſo longe had them in hys poſſeſſion, vntyll the fulneſſe of the gentyles be accomplyſſhed accordynge to the time prefinite by hym, who vnto the yeare after his incarnation. M. CCCC. lxxxxii. hath ſuffered the greate ſerpente of the ſea Leuiathan, to haue ſuche dominion in the Ocean Visions [X4] 5 166 The fomie vvaues out of the dreadfull deep, / The huge Leuiathan, dame Natures vvonder, / Making his ſport, that manie makes to vveep: XLVIII [D4] 30 [S]eu'n times thrice more glorious the name, / By vvhich thrice povverfull vvee coniure the ſame: / VVhich but repeated doth that Dragon feare, / That olde Leuyathan vvhoſe iavves Lord teare. / / Then glorious Captaine, our chiefe God and man, / Breake thou the Iavves of old Leuiathan. G3 50 Of this laſt requeſt, the Lacquy of this great Leuiathan, promiſde he ſhould be maiſter, but he vvould not bring him to a miles end by land, (they vvere too many to meddle vvith). Job 41 1 Bbb2 1 645 1 Canſt thou dravv out Leuiathan vvith an hooke? or his tongue vvith a corde vvhich thou letteſt dovvne? Of the Causes, Generation, and Definition of a Common-wealth 87 [T]he Multitude ſo united in one Perſon, is called a Common-vvealtj, in latine Civitas. This is the generation of that great Leviathan, or rather (to ſpeake more reverently) of that Mortall God, to vvhich vvee ovve under the Immortall God, our peace and defence. 1656 36 412 So can the Lord deal, and often doth, vvith the great Behemoths and Leviathans of the vvorld: 200–202 [A4] 8 [T]hat Sea beaſt / Leviathan, vvhich God of all his vvorks / Created hugeſt that ſvvim th' Ocean ſtream: No Innate Practical Principles 5 17 [I]f a Chriſtian, vvho has the view of Happineſs and Miſery in another Life, be asked vvhy a Man muſt keep his VVord, he vvill give this as a Reaſon: Becauſe God, vvho has the Povver of eternal Life and Death, requires it of us. But if an Hobbiſt a follower of the doctrines of Thomas Hobbes be asked vvhy; he vvill anſvver, Becauſe the Publick requires it, and the Leviathan vvill puniſh you, if you do not. 69 High mid'ſt the Clouds the boyling Ocean roars / And looks far dovvn on his decreaſing Shoars / Leviathans in plaintive Thunder cry, / In diſtant, diſmal Pants, the long-liv'd Echos dye. XII 118–120 149 The Sea-dog and the Dolphin are her food; / She makes the huge Leviathan her prey, / And all the monſters of the vvat'ry vvay; 37 The Duke of Bedford Francis Russell, 5th Duke of Bedford is the Leviathan among all the creatures of the Crovvn. He tumbles about his unvvieldy bulk; he plays and frolicks in the ocean of the Royal bounty. 1 5 The fog seemed to break away as though split by a wedge, and the bow of a steamboat emerged, trailing fog-wreaths on either side like seaweed on the snout of Leviathan. new 140 The fact is that Thomas Hobbes is interested in neither, but concerned exclusively with the political structure itself, and he depicts the features of man according to the needs of the Leviathan. German Etymology de hbo לִוְיָתָן liwyāṯān. Pronunciation de [leˈvi̯aːtan] de Le vi a than de De-Leviathan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m de biblical leviathan Declension m Descendants ru левиафан Further reading