Crocodile

Crocodile in older English biblical usage falls under the wider scriptural category of the dragon — the great river-and-sea creature whose imagery the prophets borrow when they speak of Pharaoh as the monster of the Nile and of Yahweh's mastery over the chaos beasts. The term sits inside a cluster that ranges from literal serpents and large aquatic creatures to symbolic figures applied to hostile rulers and to Satan.

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