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# leviathan

«leviathan» in Mova's school dictionary: **A huge sea monster described in the Bible, in books such…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a leviathan, leviathans; Leviathan)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Bible) A huge sea monster described in the Bible, in books such as Job, Psalms and Isaiah. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#m1)

2) Anything very large and powerful, such as a huge ship, whale or company. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#m2)

3) (history) «Leviathan» is the title of a famous 1651 book by Thomas Hobbes about the power of government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In Bible lessons, Leviathan is a mighty creature showing God's power; in stories and adventure books, a leviathan is a giant sea beast or a gigantic ship. In news, a big company can be called a «corporate leviathan». Phrases: a leviathan of the deep, a leviathan of a ship.

### examples

- In the Bible, Leviathan is a great sea monster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#x1)
- The blue whale is the leviathan of the oceans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#x2)
- The cruise ship was a leviathan, taller than any building in the port. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#x3)
- Sailors told tales of a leviathan that swallowed ships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#x4)
- Christians read about Leviathan in the Book of Job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#x5)
- The new supermarket is a leviathan that has put small shops out of business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/#x6)

### note

Countable. Pronounced luh-VY-uh-thun. Capital L when it means the Bible monster or Hobbes's book. A literary, dramatic word; in everyday talk say «giant» or «monster».

### In the corpora

- [Thou didst crush the heads of leviathan, Thou gavest him to be food to the folk inhabiting the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1267/)
- [There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom Thou hast formed to sport therein.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1850/)
- [Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.44/)
- [Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fish-hook? or press down his tongue with a cord?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1119/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «leviathan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/leviathan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.