behemoth

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A great and mighty beast described in Job 40: 15-24 used to illustrate God's mightiness
Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions
A great and mighty monster
{n} the river-horse, or hippopotamy
disapproval If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage. The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart. his behemoth 1,047 page book. = monster. an extremely large, mythical creature mentioned in the Bible, whose name is now used to describe something very big. something that is very large (Behemoth very large animal (probably a hippopotamus) mentioned in the Bible (14-21 centuries), from , from )
One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use
One who makes it his business to ask alms
The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness
To cause to seem very poor and inadequate
15- 24
a person of exceptional importance and reputation
In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean
To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself
{i} hippopotamus; something huge, something having great size and weight
An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl
One who assumes in argument what he does not prove
A great and mighty beast described in Job 40: 15-24 used to illustrate Gods mightiness
someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars
Beggary

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behemoths
plural of behemoth
behemoth

    Hyphenation

    be·he·moth

    Turkish pronunciation

    bıhimıth

    Pronunciation

    /bəˈhēməᴛʜ/ /bəˈhiːməθ/

    Etymology

    [ bi-'hE-m&th, 'bE-&-m&a ] (noun.) 14th century. From Middle English bemoth, behemoth, from Late Latin, from Hebrew בהמות (bəhēmōth), either an intensive plural of בהמה (bəhēmāh) 'beast', from Proto-Semitic (compare Ethiopic bəhma 'dumb, speechless', Arabic ʼabham (declined as bahma(t), bahīma(t)) 'animal'), or borrowed from Ancient Egyptian p-ehe-mau 'hippopotamus', literally 'water-ox'.
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