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for Behemoth
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Behemoth \Be"he*moth\, n. [Heb. behem[=o]th, fr. Egyptian
P-ehe-maut hippopotamus.]
1. An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in --Job
xl. 15-24.
[1913 Webster]
2. something of large size or great power.
[PJC] Behen
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
behemoth
n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster,
colossus]
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn:
colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :
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."
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) :
Behemoth, beasts
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