The word in Scripture

Dragon in the Bible

The word dragon appears 19 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The dragon is the great adversary, Satan, at war with God's people. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What dragon means in the Bible

The dragon is the great adversary, Satan, at war with God's people.

Where the word dragon appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word dragon appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.”Nehemiah 2:13

“Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.”Psalms 91:13

“In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”Isaiah 27:1

“Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?”Isaiah 51:9

“Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out.”Jeremiah 51:34

“Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.”Ezekiel 29:3

“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,”Revelation 12:7

“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,”Revelation 20:2