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LEVIATHAN , the See also:Hebrew name (livyathan), occurring in the poetical books of the See also:Bible, of a gigantic See also:animal, apparently the See also:sea or See also:water See also:equivalent of See also:behemoth (q.v.), the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the animals of the dry See also:land. In See also:Job xli. 15 it would seem to represent the See also:crocodile, in See also:Isaiah See also:xxvii. 1 it is a crooked and piercing See also:serpent, the See also:dragon of the sea; cf. See also:Psalms civ. 26. Theetymology of the word is uncertain, but it has been taken to be connected with a See also:root meaning " to twist." Apart from its scriptural usage, the word is applied to any gigantic marine animal such as the See also:whale, and hence, figuratively, of very large See also:ships, and also of persons of outstanding strength, See also:power, See also:wealth or See also:influence. See also:Hobbes adopted the name as the See also:title of his See also:principal See also:work, applying it to " the multitude so See also:united in one See also:person . . . called a See also:commonwealth. . . . This is the See also:generation of that Leviathan, or rather .
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