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the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Bible Dictionaries
Behemoth
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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License: Public Domain (US)
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Comments: Behemoth and Leviathan, watercolour by William Blake from his Illustrations of the Book of Job (1826).
Behemoth (בְּהֵמוֹת ḇəhêmōṯ - Strongs: H930) is generally translated as "great beasts"; in its wider signification it includes all mammals living on earth, but in the stricter sense is applied to domesticated quadrupeds at large. However, in Job 40:15, where it is left untranslated and considered a proper name, it indicates a particular animal. The description of this animal has long puzzled the commentators. Many of them now admit that it represents the hippopotamus; it might possibly correspond as well to the rhinoceros.
Verses:
- Job 40:15
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Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/b/behemoth.html. 2024.
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/b/behemoth.html. 2024.
