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Is “Dragon” in the Bible?

Yes. “Dragon” is in the Bible. It appears 16 times in the Lumin Translation and 19 times in the King James Bible.

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Is “Dragon” in the Bible?

In the Bible

Yes. “Dragon” is in the Bible.

It appears 16 times in the Lumin Translation and 19 times in the King James Bible.

Dragon is in the Bible, mostly in Revelation. Revelation 12:9 names the great dragon: the ancient serpent, called the devil and Satan.

In two Bibles

Lumin Translation: 16 times, first in Nehemiah 2:13.

King James Version: 19 times, first in Nehemiah 2:13.

Other forms: dragons (King James only, 16 times).

Where it appears

  • 16 times
  • 15 verses
  • 3 books

In 3 of 66 books. Most often in:

  1. Revelation14
  2. Nehemiah1
  3. Isaiah1

The first 5 of 15 verses with “dragon” in the Lumin Translation:

I went out by night through the Valley Gate toward the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 2:13 · open the chapter →
On that day Yahweh will punish with his sword, his fierce, great, and strong sword, Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent; he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
Isaiah 27:1 · open the chapter →
Then another sign appeared in heaven: there was a great fiery red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven royal crowns.
Revelation 12:3 · open the chapter →
His tail swept away a third of the stars of the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child.
Revelation 12:4 · open the chapter →
Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back,
Revelation 12:7 · open the chapter →

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Counted in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, and the King James Version (1769), with the same index as the Bible word checker. Counts are of exact word forms.

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Is “Dragon” in the Bible?

Yes. “Dragon” is in the Bible. It appears 16 times in the Lumin Translation and 19 times in the King James Bible. Dragon is in the Bible, mostly in Revelation. Revelation 12:9 names the great dragon: the ancient serpent, called the devil and Satan.

How many times is “Dragon” in the Bible?

Dragon appears 16 times in the Lumin Translation and 19 times in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms.

Where is “Dragon” first mentioned in the Bible?

In the Lumin Translation, dragon first appears in Nehemiah 2:13: “I went out by night through the Valley Gate toward the Dragon Spring and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which had been broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire.”

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