Behemoth

Definitions: Behemoth

Behemoth

Noun

1. Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.

2. A person of exceptional importance and reputation.

"Behemoth" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "beasts".

Date "behemoth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Behemoth

Domain	Definitions
Bible	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." Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
	Behemoth rears his head." Thomson: Summer, 709, 710. The word is generally, but incorrectly, pronounced Behemoth; but Milton, like Thomson, places the accent on the second syllable. "Scarce from his mold Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness." Milton: Paradise Lost, vii, 471. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Behemoth

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Behemoth and Leviathan,
an engraving by William Blake

Behemoth is the untranslated name of an amphibious animal mentioned in the Book of Job, 40:15. Suggestions as to his identity include a hippopotamus, a water buffalo, a crocodile, and a dinosaur.

Most probably, behemoth is plural for behama, meaning an animal in Hebrew, suggesting that the creature is as big as several animals.

It is impossible for anyone to kill a behemoth except for the person who created it, in this case Jehovah. Jewish tradition holds that at the banquet at the end of the world, the behemoth will be served up along with the leviathan and ziz. The Hebrew behemoth is equated with the Persian Hadhayosh, as the leviathan is with the Kar and the ziz with the Simurgh.

Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large beast. In this sense, see also:

Behemoth (band) for the death metal group
Behemoth (bicycle) a computerized bicycle

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Behemoth."

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Synonyms: Behemoth

Synonyms: colossus (n), giant (n), goliath (n), heavyweight (n), monster (n), titan (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Behemoth

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Size	Giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; "Triton among the minnows".
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Behemoth

Non-English Usage: "Behemoth" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (Behemoth).

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Modern Usage: Behemoth

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Sea Monster Behemoth (1959)
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Commercial Usage: Behemoth

Domain	Title
Books	Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth (reference) Behemoth : Struktur u. Praxis d. Nationalsozialismus 1933-1944 (reference) From Behemoth to Microship (reference) Partner to behemoth; the military policy of a satellite Canada (reference) The Incredible Hulk: The Beauty and the Behemoth (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Giant Behemoth (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
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Image Slideshow: Behemoth

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Usage Frequency: Behemoth

"Behemoth" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Behemoth" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	17	85,106

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Behemoth

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
behemoth	136
giant behemoth	6
behemoth discography	4
twin headed behemoth	4
behemoth tab	3
behemoth sketch	3
behemoth en hobbes	3
behemoth leviathan	2
band behemoth	2
behemoth quest tent	2
behemoth lyrics	2
behemoth official	2
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Modern Translations: Behemoth

Language		Translations for "behemoth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		monstër (caliban, chimera). (various references)

Arabic		‏البهيموث فرس البحر, ‏شخص ضخم جدا. (various references)

Bulgarian		бегемот. (various references)

Chinese		巨兽. (various references)

Dutch		Behemoth. (various references)

Farsi		هرچیزعظیم الجثه ونیرومند, کرگدن (Hippopotamus, Rhino), اسب ابی (Rhino). (various references)

French		monstre. (various references)

German		Riesentier. (various references)

Hungarian		behemót. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ベニヤ板 (baby, baby bed, baby boom, baby doll, baby face, baby oil, baby powder, baby-sitter, basinette, benefit, crib, play pen, plywood, stroller, unlicensed child care, Venetian blind, Venetian glass). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ベ�'ーモス . (various references)

Pig Latin		ehemothbay

Russian		чудище (pixie, pixy), бегемот (behemot, hippo, hippopotamus, river horse, river-horse). (various references)

Turkish		behemot, dev yaratık, dev hayvan. (various references)

Ukranian		бегемот. (various references)

Vietnamese		con vật kếch xù. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Behemoth

Language	Date	Source	Job Chapter 40, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Analabe dh uyoV kai dunamin doxan de kai timhn amfiesai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ecce Behemoth quem feci tecum faenum quasi bos comedet
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Lo! bemoth, that I made with thee, hey as an oxe he shal ete.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	\40:15\Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	See now the Great Beast, whom I made, even as I made you; he takes grass for food, like the ox.
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Matched Bible Translations: Behemoth

Language	Job Chapter 40, Verse 10
Albanian	Stolisu, pra, me madhështi dhe madhëri, vishu me lavdi dhe me shkëlqim.
Cebuano	Dayandayanan mo karon ang imong kaugalingon sa pagkahalangdon ug kaligdong; Ug sul-oban mo ang imong kaugalingon sa dungog ug himaya.
Chinese	� 要以榮耀莊嚴為妝飾、以尊榮威嚴為衣服．
Croatian	Ogrni se sjajem i velièanstvom, dostojanstvom se odjeni i slavom.
Danish	Se Nilhesten! Den har jeg skabt såvel som dig. Som Oksen æder den Græs.
Finnish	Katso Behemotia, jonka minä loin niinkuin sinutkin; se syö ruohoa niinkuin raavas.
German	Schmücke dich mit Pracht und erhebe dich; ziehe Majestät und Herrlichkeit an!
Haitian Creole	Si se konsa, kanpe non! Kenbe tèt ou byen dwat! Gade tout moun nan je! Mete chèf sou ou! Fè wè pouvwa ou!
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Hiasilah dirimu dengan kemegahan dan kebesaran, kenakanlah keagungan dan keluhuran.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lihatlah olehmu akan Behemot, yang telah Kujadikan sertamu, bahwa ia makan rumput seperti lembu.
Italian	Ornati pure di maest� e di sublimit� , rivestiti di splendore e di gloria;
Maori	Tena ra, rakai i a koe inaianei ki te rangatiratanga, ki te kororia; tatai i a koe ki te honore, ki te mana.
Norwegian	Se på Behemot, som jeg har skapt like så vel som dig; den eter gress som en okse. # < flodhesten.>
Rumanian	Kmpodobewte-te cu mqreyie wi mqrime, kmbracq-te cu strqlucire wi cu slavq!
Swedish	Se, Behemot, han är ju mitt verk såväl som du. Han lever av gräs såsom en oxe.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Behemoth

Derivations
	Words beginning with "behemoth": behemoths. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Behemoth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: behamoth, behemeth, behemouth, behemuth, behomoth, bohemoth. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Behemoth"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "behemoth" (pronounced buhē"muth or bē"humuth)
3	-m u th	bismuth, mammoth.
3	-m u th	bismuth, mammoth.
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Anagrams: Behemoth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-h-h-m-o-t"
	-3 letters: emote, thebe, theme.
	-4 letters: beet, beth, both, hebe, heme, heth, home, meet, mete, meth, mote, moth, teem, thee, them, tomb, tome.
	-5 letters: bee, bet, bot, eme, eth, heh, hem, het, hob, hoe, hot, met, mho, mob, mot, obe, ohm, tee, the, tho, toe, tom.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-h-h-m-o-t"
	+1 letter: behemoths.
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