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be·he·moth

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–noun

1.	an animal, perhaps the hippopotamus, mentioned in Job 40:15–24.

2.	any creature or thing of monstrous size or power: The army's new tank is a behemoth. The cartel is a behemoth small business owners fear.

[Origin: 1350–1400; < Heb bəhémōth, an aug. pl. of bəhémāh beast; r. ME bemoth

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be·he·moth Audio Help (bĭ-hē'məth, bē'ə-məth) Pronunciation Key
n.

Something enormous in size or power.
often Behemoth A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.

[Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Hebrew bəhēmôt, pl. of bəhēmâ, beast; see bhm in Semitic roots.]

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behemoth

1382, huge biblical beast (Job xl.15), from L. behemoth, from Heb. b'hemoth, usually taken as plural of intensity of b'hemah "beast." But the Heb. word is most likely a folk etymology of Egyptian pehemau, lit. "water-ox," the name for the hippopotamus.

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behemoth
noun
1.	someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant]
2.	a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus]

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Behemoth

Be"he*moth\, n. [Heb. behem[=o]th, fr. Egyptian P-ehe-maut hippopotamus.] An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in --Job xl. 15-24.

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Behemoth

(Job 40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word meaning a "water-ox." The Revised Version has here in the margin "hippopotamus," which is probably the correct rendering of the word. The word occurs frequently in Scripture, but, except here, always as a common name, and translated "beast" or "cattle."

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

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Behemoth

Behemoth, beasts

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