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A state between sleep and waking, marked by immobility and a sense of presence, examined alongside historical accounts of spiritual encounter.

The KJV's "dead things" translates the Hebrew Rephaim. Many modern translations render it "the dead" or "the departed spirits," who tremble in the waters beneath. The same word used for the giant clans also names the shades of the dead in the underworld.

The accuser in the divine council in Job 1–2, the tempter in the wilderness in Matthew 4, and the serpent identified with him in Revelation 12:9. Not a rival god but a subordinate being who overreaches his role.

A primeval sea monster representing chaos itself, described in Job as a creature no man can subdue, destined to be slain in the final judgment.