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Synonyms for behemoth

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bih-hee-muh th, bee-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈhi məθ, ˈbi ə-

Définition of behemoth

Origin :
  • late 14c., huge biblical beast (Job xl:15), from Latin behemoth, from Hebrew b'hemoth, usually taken as plural of intensity of b'hemah "beast." But the Hebrew word is perhaps a folk etymology of Egyptian pehemau, literally "water-ox," the name for the hippopotamus.
  • Long before Jumbo was dreamed of, a hippo was exhibited by George K. Bailey, who invented the tank on wheels now used so generally in the circuses. The beast was advertised as "the blood sweating Behemoth of Holy Writ," and he made several men rich. [Isaac F. Marcosson, "Sawdust and Gold Dust," in "The Bookman," June 1910]
  • noun giant
Example sentences :
  • Hath he no the smooth face o' a bairn and the thews' o' Behemoth?'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Behemoth was a Strephon, and he thought that he had found his Chloe.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • While the planet bombs dropped, the behemoth began to rise again.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Lester del Rey
  • The beast is probably the same as the ‘Behemoth’ of the Bible.
  • Extract from : « Some Reminiscences of old Victoria » by Edgar Fawcett
  • There are other legends of the Behemoth too puerile to be narrated.
  • Extract from : « Bible Animals; » by J. G. Wood
  • Nor do the descriptions of Behemoth and Leviathan comport with the dragon-form.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • Really it is Behemoth and Leviathan he was called to deal with.
  • Extract from : « Demonology and Devil-lore » by Moncure Daniel Conway
  • Their interests and tenets did run counter to each other; vide in Hobbes' Behemoth.
  • Extract from : « Brief Lives (Vol. 2 of 2) » by John Aubrey
  • "It must be the Behemoth, of which we have heard so much," said Chamai, gazing in amazement.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Captain Mago » by Lon Cahun
  • Bearing all this carefully in mind, we started out to do battle with Behemoth.
  • Extract from : « My African Journey » by Winston Churchill

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