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Behemoth <a href="../hebrew/931.htm" title="931">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">Behemoth: Behemoth</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">בְּהֵמוֹת</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>bhemowth<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>beh-HEH-moth<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(be-hay-mohth')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Behemoth<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a water-ox, the hippopotamus, Nile-horse<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Plural form of the Hebrew word בְּהֵמָה (behemah), meaning "beast" or "animal."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>There is no direct Greek equivalent for Behemoth in the Septuagint or the New Testament, as it is a unique Hebrew term. However, the concept of large, powerful creatures can be loosely related to Greek terms for beasts or animals, such as θηρίον (therion).<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the Bible, "Behemoth" is used to describe a powerful, large creature, often interpreted as a symbol of God's creative power and majesty. The term is found in the context of God's discourse to Job, where it is depicted as a creature of immense strength and size, living in the natural world and beyond human control.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>The identity of Behemoth has been the subject of much debate among scholars and theologians. Some suggest it may refer to a real animal known to the ancient world, such as the hippopotamus or an elephant, while others propose it is a mythical creature symbolizing chaos and strength. In ancient Near Eastern literature, large and powerful animals often represented the untamed forces of nature, which only a deity could control.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>probably pl. of <a href="/hebrew/929.htm">behemah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a kind of animal<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>Behemoth (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">בְּהֵמוֺת</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>behemoth</b></font>, i.e. hippopotamus (apparently plural intensive of foregoing; according to Di <a href="/interlinear/job/40-15.htm">Job 40:15</a> compare De <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-6.htm">Isaiah 30:6</a> from an (assumed) Egyptain <em>p-ehemau, ox of the water</em>) <a href="/interlinear/job/40-15.htm">Job 40:15</a> (on identity, compare further Bo<sup>Hieroz. iii. 705</sup>); probably also <a href="/interlinear/psalms/73-22.htm">Psalm 73:22</a> <font class="hebrew2">בְּהֵמוֺת</font> <font class="hebrew2">הָיִיתִי עִמָּ֑ךְ</font> <em>a behemoth was I with</em> (<em>toward</em>) <em>thee</em> (so Hi De; Che <em>beasts</em>); according to De Or also in <font class="hebrew2">בַּהֲמוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/30-6.htm">Isaiah 30:6</a> <em>the burden of the behemoth of the south</em> (supposed to be a designation of Egypt; but this unlikely, compare Che Di, read therefore) rather <em>beasts of the south</em>, namely of Judah. <p><font class="hebrew2">בהן</font> (compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb009701.gif"> IV. <em>shut, cover</em> (see foregoing) whence also <img src="/bdbgif/bdb009702.gif"> = <font class="hebrew2">בֹּהֶן</font>; as closing and covering the hand, compare Lane). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>Behemoth <p>In form a plural or <a href="/hebrew/929.htm">bhemah</a>, but really a singular of Egyptian derivation; a water-ox, i.e. The hippopotamus or Nile- horse -- Behemoth. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/929.htm">bhemah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>בְ֭הֵמוֹת בהמות ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ ḇəhêmōwṯ Vehemot<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/40-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 40:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/40.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הִנֵּה־ נָ֣א <b> בְ֭הֵמוֹת </b> אֲשֶׁר־ עָשִׂ֣יתִי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/40.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Behold now, <span class="itali">Behemoth,</span> which I made<br><a href="/kjvs/job/40.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Behold now behemoth,</span> which I made<br><a href="/interlinear/job/40-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Behold now <span class="itali">Behemoth</span> which made<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_930.htm">1 Occurrence</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_930.htm">Strong's Hebrew 930<br>1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/vehemot_930.htm">ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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