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leviathan

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1. leviathan - Noun

2. leviathan - Adjective

Meaning

An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.

The whale, or a great whale.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of the state. Donald Phillip Verene

Leviathan is not the biggest fish; - I have heard of Krakens. Herman Melville

It is the moral factor which decides the fate of nations: man's spirit can prove greater than the power of leviathan. A nation is swiftly overcome if its spirit is weak; but with unyielding determination it can vanquish powers that appear to be utterly invincible. Gwynfor Evans

Leviathan learning to overcome time. Anatoly Kudryavitsky

Will sensed a stir in Jim's house; Jim, too, with his fine dark antennae, must have felt the waters part high over town to let a Leviathan pass. Ray Bradbury

it was a leviathan among redwoods Source: Internet

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