דרקון

From Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “a serpent of huge size, a python, a dragon”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /dʁaˈkon/

דְּרָקוֹן • (d'rakón) m (plural indefinite דְּרָקוֹנִים‎)

1. (Rabbinic Hebrew) A serpent, considered an emblem of idolatry.
   • a. 217 CE, Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 3:3:

     ‏הַמּוֹצִיא כֵּלִים וְעֲלֵיהֶם צוּרַת הַחַמָּה, צוּרַת הַלְּבָנָה, צוּרַת הַדְּרָקוֹן - יוֹלִיכָם לְיַם הַמֶּלַח‎

     If a man found objects on which is a figure of the sun, a figure of the moon, or a figure of a dragon, he must throw them into the Dead Sea.

2. A dragon, a legendary creature.

• “דרקון‎” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language.

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /darˈqon/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daʁˈkon/

דַּרְקוֹן • (darkón) m

1. Darkon, the name of a minor biblical figure mentioned in Ezra 2:56 and again in Nehemiah 7:58.

• H1874 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979