Editing Leviathan (section)

==Secular use==
{{See also|Leviathan in popular culture}}
The word "leviathan" has come to refer to any [[sea monster]], and from the early 17th century has also been used to refer to overwhelmingly powerful people or things,<ref>Steve Dundas, [https://padresteve.com/2019/05/29/sinking-leviathan-the-death-of-the-bismarck/ 'Sinking Leviathan: The Death of the Bismarck']. Padre Steve, 29 May 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2024</ref> comparable to Behemoth, also a biblical term as noted by [[Leviathan (Hobbes book)|Hobbes' book (1651)]].

As a term for sea monster, it has also been used of [[great whale]]s in particular, e.g. in [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' – although in the first Hebrew translation of the novel, translator Elyahu Burtinker chose to translate "whale" to "[[tannin (monster)|tanin]]" (intending to refer to another sea monster although in modern Hebrew usage tanin more commonly translates to "crocodile"), and leave the word "leviathan" as it is, nodding to the ambiguity of the word "לויתן" in modern Hebrew – in which the word now simply means "whale".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://milog.co.il/לויתן/e_66961|website=מילוג: המילון העברי החופשי ברשת|title=לִוְיָתָן}}</ref>

An extinct genus of [[Physeteroidea|sperm whales]] bears the name ''[[Livyatan]]''. A major [[cryovolcano|cryovolcanic]] feature on [[Neptune]]'s largest moon [[Triton (moon)|Triton]] has been named [[Leviathan Patera]].<ref name=gpn>{{gpn|3368|Leviathan Patera}} (center latitude 17.00°, center longitude 28.50°)</ref>