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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(water-ox). From the poet’s description a hippopotamus is meant (
Job 40:15-24
15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
16
Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
17
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
18
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.
19
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
20
Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play.
21
He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens.
22
The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
23
Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth.
24
He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. (Job 40:15‑24)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This is a
Hebrew
word and is now very generally believed to refer to the Hippopotamus (
Job 40:15
15
Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. (Job 40:15)
).
Jehovah
calls the attention of Job to this wonderful animal that he might see the wisdom and
power
of its
Creator
.
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Hippopotamus
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
930
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
bhemowth
Phonic:
be-hay-mohth’
Meaning:
in form a plural or
929
, but really a singular of Egyptian derivation; a water-ox, i.e. the hippopotamus or Nile- horse
KJV Usage:
Behemoth
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
beasts Bel, lord
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