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sē´mon-stẽr: (×ªÖ¼× Ö¼×™× ×, tannı̄nı̄m), “sea monsters,†the King James Version “whales,†Septuagint (τὰ κηÌτη, taÌ keÌ„ÌteÌ„), “sea-monsters,†“huge fish,†or “whales.†(×ªÖ¼× Ö¼×™×Ÿ, tannı̄n), “sea-monster†the King James Version “whale,†the Septuagint δÏαÌκων, draÌkoÌ„n, “dragon.†(×ªÖ¼× Ö¼×™× ×™×, tannı̄nı̄m), the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin. “sea-monsters,†the King James Version and the English Revised Version “dragons,†the King James Version margin “whales†Septuagint δÏαÌκοντες, draÌkontes, “dragons†(×ªÖ¼× Ö¼×™× ×™×, tannı̄nı̄m), “sea-monsters†the King James Version and the English Revised Version “dragons,†the English Revised Version margin “sea-monsters†or “water-spouts,†Septuagint drakontes, “dragons.†(×ªÖ¼× Ö¼×™×Ÿ, tannı̄n) “jackals,†the King James Version “sea monsters†the King James Version margin “sea calves,†Septuagint drakontes. (referring to Jonah) (κῆτος, keÌ„Ìtos), English Versions of the Bible “whale,†the Revised Version margin “sea-monster.†In the Apocrypha, the Revised Version (British and American) changes the King James Version “whale (keÌ„tos) into “sea-monster†in Sirach 43:25 but not in Song of Three Children verse 57. See DRAGON; JACKAL; WHALE.