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behemoth definition

be·he·moth (bə hē′mət̸h, bē′ə mət̸h)

noun

  1. Bible a huge animal, assumed to be the hippopotamus: Job 40:15-24
  2. any animal or thing that is huge or very powerful

Etymology: Heb behemot, intens. pl. of behema, beast; akin to Ethiopic bəhma, dumb, speechless & Ar ʼabham (> bahma(t), bahīma(t), animal)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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