# Connecting Statement:

John describes a dragon that appears in his vision.

# dragon

This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# His tail swept away a third of the stars

"With his tail he swept away a third of the stars"

# a third

"one third." See how you translated this in [Revelation 8:7](../08/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/crown]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]