Search Result for "behemoth": pronunciation
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]



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


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."


Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Behemoth, beasts