Online Encyclopedia

BEHEMOTH (the intensive plural of the...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 656 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:
BEHEMOTH (the intensive plural of the
See also:
Hebrew b'hernah, a beast)  , the
See also:
animal mentioned in the
See also:
book of
See also:
Job (ch. xl . 15), probably the
See also:
hippopotamus, which in
See also:
ancient times was found in
See also:
Egypt below the cataracts of Syene . The word may be used in Job as typical of the primeval
See also:
king of
See also:
land animals, as
See also:
leviathan of the
See also:
water animals . The
See also:
modern use expresses the
See also:
idea of a very large and strong animal .

End of Article: BEHEMOTH (the intensive plural of the Hebrew b'hernah, a beast)
[back]
BEHEADING 		[next]
BEHISTUN

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.
Links to articles and home page are encouraged.