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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
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​b/behemoth.html. 2024.
 
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