What does δράκων (drákōn) mean in the Bible?
δράκων (drákōn) is a Greek word meaning "a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate)".
Greek · G1404
δράκων
A fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate)
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δράκων G1404
Pronunciation drákōn
What does δράκων (drákōn) mean in the Bible?
δράκων (drákōn) is a Greek word meaning "a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1404?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dragon (12), a dragon (1).
Where does δράκων (drákōn) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 12:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (13).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dragon 12× Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:4, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 12:9
a dragon 1× Revelation 13:11
Show sample aligned rows
Revelation 12:3 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 12:4 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 12:7 δράκοντος to dragon Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 12:7 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 12:9 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 12:13 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 12:16 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 12:17 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 13:2 δράκων to dragon Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 13:4 δράκοντι to dragon Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Revelation 12:3
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 1
Revelation 13
Source forms
δράκων 9x drakōn Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:4, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 12:9
δράκοντος 2x drakontos Revelation 12:7, Revelation 16:13
δράκοντα 1x drakonta Revelation 20:2
δράκοντι 1x drakonti Revelation 13:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 9x Revelation 12:3, Revelation 12:4, Revelation 12:7, Revelation 12:9
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Revelation 12:7, Revelation 16:13
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 20:2
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 13:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate)
Strong's G1404
Lexical occurrences 13 verses Greek text appearances 13 times Word forms 4 forms 13 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a fabulous kind of serpent (perhaps as supposed to fascinate)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
a dragon, a mythical monster: figuratively, of Satan, Rev.12:3-17 13:2, 4 13:11 16:13 20:2.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
13 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 12:3 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:7 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
δράκοντος· drakontov
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:7 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:9 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:13 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:16 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 12:17 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 13:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 13:4 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
δράκοντα drakonta
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 13:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
δράκων. drakwn
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 16:13 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
δράκοντος, drakontov
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verse Revelation 20:2 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
δράκοντα, drakonta
a dragon or huge serpent
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 13 Case pattern Nominative (9) Number pattern Singular (13)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 12:3 · Rev 12:4 · Rev 12:7 · Rev 12:9 · Rev 12:13 · Rev 12:16 · Rev 12:17 · Rev 13:2 · Rev 13:11 9×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 12:7 · Rev 16:13 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Rev 13:4 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Rev 20:2 1×
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain