δράκωνdrákōn
a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate)
Greek (New Testament) · G1404
Meanings
a dragon, a mythical monster: figuratively, of Satan, Revelation 12:3-17, Revelation 13:2, Revelation 13:4, Revelation 13:11, Revelation 16:13, Revelation 20:2.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Revelation 12:3 Then I witnessed in heaven another significant event. I saw a large red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven crowns on his heads.
- Revelation 12:4 His tail swept away one-third of the stars in the sky, and he threw them to the earth. He stood in front of the woman as she was about to give birth, ready to devour her baby as soon as it was born.
- Revelation 12:7 Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
- Revelation 12:9 This great dragon—the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world—was thrown down to the earth with all his angels.
- Revelation 12:13 When the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
- Revelation 12:16 But the earth helped her by opening its mouth and swallowing the river that gushed out from the mouth of the dragon.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.