What dinosaur is mentioned in the Bible?

Answer 1

In my opinion, they are specifically noted in Genesis 1:21. "Taninim" has more than one possible translation (it can mean a type of snake; crocodile; or large aquatic life-form), but here I think it's referring to the dinosaurs, especially because the word "large" and the unique verb for "created" are used in this connection (ibid).

Answer 2

During the many millions of years during which they existed, there were thousands of different types of dinosaurs but not one of them was ever mentioned in The Bible. One good reason, of course, is that dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years before the first humans walked the earth. It was just not possible for the bibilical authors to mention them.

Some dinosaurs were certainly very large - these are the ones that feature in children's imaginations - but some were exquisitely small. Some had an anatomy much like birds and some even had feathers! We could never lump them all together and make the heroic assumption that if the Bible mentions a huge beast it must have been a dinosaur.