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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Behemoth
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BE'HEMOTH, n.Heb. a beast or brute from an Arabic vert, which signifies, to shut, to lie hid, to be dumb. In Eth.dumb.
Authors are divided in opinion as to the animal intended in scripture by this anme some supposing it to be an ox, others, an elephant and Bochart labors to prove it the hippopotamus, or river horse. The latter opinion is most probably. See Hippopotamus. The original word in Arabic signifies a brute of beast in general, especially a quadruped.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Behemoth'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/behemoth.html.
Entry for 'Behemoth'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/b/behemoth.html.
