Strong's Lexicon behemah: Beast, Animal, Cattle Original Word: בְּהֵמָה Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to be mute or dumb Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2342 (θηρίον, therion) - often used in the New Testament to refer to wild beasts or animals. Usage: The Hebrew word "behemah" generally refers to large quadrupeds or domesticated animals, often used in the context of livestock or beasts of burden. It is a term that encompasses a variety of animals, both wild and domesticated, and is frequently used in the Old Testament to denote creatures that are distinct from humans and other forms of life like birds or fish. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite society, "behemah" played a crucial role in daily life and the economy. Livestock such as cattle, sheep, and goats were vital for agriculture, providing food, clothing, and labor. The Israelites were pastoral people, and their wealth was often measured by the size of their herds. Beasts were also significant in religious practices, as they were used in sacrifices and offerings to God, symbolizing atonement and devotion. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom an unused word Definition a beast, animal, cattle NASB Translation animal (33), animals (27), beast (44), beasts (31), cattle (49), cattle* (1), herd (1), kinds of cattle (1), mount (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs בְּהֵמָה187 noun feminine beast, animal, cattle (Arabic  ) — ׳בּ Genesis 1:24 137t.; construct בֶּהֱמַת Numbers 3:41 (twice in verse) + 10 t.; suffix בְּהֶמְתְּךָ Leviticus 19:19 4t.; בְּהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 20:10 4t.; בְּהֶמְתּוֺ Genesis 36:6; Proverbs 12:10; plural absolute בְּהֵמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:24 6t. + Psalm 73:22 (see below); construct בַּהֲמוֺת Psalm 8:8 5t.; — beast, & collective beasts (Genesis 8:1 + very often) 1 of living creatures other than man (אָדָם) Genesis 8:1; Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Exodus 9:9,10,22; Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 18:23 (twice in verse) (where ׳בּ is male, so Leviticus 20:16) Deuteronomy 27:21; Psalm 36:7 etc.; ׳מֵאָדָם וְעַד בּ (׳בּ including all the larger animals) Exodus 9:25; Exodus 12:12; Psalm 135:8; Jeremiah 50:3 etc.; as inferior to man Job 18:3; Psalm 49:13; Psalm 49:21, so also Ecclesiastes 3:18,19 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 3:21; opposed to also birds & reptiles Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:23; Genesis 8:17 compare Ezekiel 44:31 etc.; also to fishes 1 Kings 5:13; Job 12:7 compare Job 12:8, Psalm 8:9; Zephaniah 1:3. 2 opposed to also to wild beasts חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ, הַשָּׂדֶה ׳ח Genesis 1:24,25,26; Genesis 2:20; Genesis 3:14; Genesis 7:14,21; Genesis 9:10; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 148:10; Isaiah 46:1 etc.; especially therefore cattle, as owned and used by man, Genesis 47:18 (׳מִקְנֵה הַבּ) Exodus 20:10 = Deuteronomy 5:14; Leviticus 19:19; Leviticus 26:22; Numbers 3:41 (twice in verse); Numbers 3:45 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:35; Deuteronomy 11:15; Jonah 4:11; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 8:10; Zechariah 14:15; Ezra 1:4,6; Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 10:37 etc.; in one (late) passage of animal for riding (horse ? mule ?) Nehemiah 2:12 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 2:14. 3 rarely of wild beasts, especially carnivora, יַעַר ׳בּ Micah 5:7; הָאָרֶץ ׳בּ Deuteronomy 28:26; Isaiah 18:6 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 15:3; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20; הַשָּׂדֶה ׳בּ 1 Samuel 17:44; alone, Proverbs 30:30; שֶׁןבְּֿהֵמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:24; ׳שֹׁד בּ Habakkuk 2:17. — On בְּהֵמוֺת Psalm 73:22 compare below Strong's Exhaustive Concordance beast, cattle From an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective) -- beast, cattle. Forms and Transliterations בְּ֝הֵמ֗וֹת בְּבֶהֱמַ֖ת בְּבַהֲמ֣וֹת בְּהֵמ֖וֹת בְּהֵמָ֑ה בְּהֵמָ֔ה בְּהֵמָ֖ה בְּהֵמָ֗ה בְּהֵמָ֛ה בְּהֵמָ֞ה בְּהֵמָ֣ה בְּהֵמָ֥ה בְּהֵמָֽה׃ בְּהֵמָה֙ בְּהֵמוֹת֙ בְּהֶמְתְּךָ֙ בְּהֶמְתְּכֶ֔ם בְּהֶמְתֵּ֑נוּ בְּהֶמְתֶּ֗ךָ בְּהֶמְתָּ֑ם בְּהֶמְתָּ֔הּ בְּהֶמְתָּ֔ם בְּהֶמְתָּ֖הּ בְּהֶמְתָּ֧ם בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ בְּהֶמְתּ֗וֹ בְהֵמ֣וֹת בְהֵמָ֖ה בְהֵמָ֗ה בְהֵמָ֛ה בְהֵמוֹת֙ בְהֶמְתְּךָ֛ בְהֶמְתְּךָ֥ בְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ בְהַמְתְּךָ֖ בִּבְהֵמָ֔ה בִּבְהֵמָ֖ה בִּבְהֵמָ֣ה בֶּהֱמַ֣ת בֶּהֱמַ֥ת בַּבְּהֵמָ֑ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֛ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֣ה בַּבְּהֵמָ֤ה בַּהֲמ֣וֹת בַּהֲמ֥וֹת בבהמה בבהמות בבהמת בהמה בהמה׃ בהמות בהמת בהמתה בהמתו בהמתך בהמתכם בהמתם בהמתנו הַ֨בְּהֵמָ֔ה הַבְּהֵמָ֑ה הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה הַבְּהֵמָ֗ה הַבְּהֵמָ֛ה הַבְּהֵמָ֡ה הַבְּהֵמָ֣ה הַבְּהֵמָ֤ה הַבְּהֵמָ֥ה הַבְּהֵמָה֙ הבהמה וְהַבְּהֵמָ֔ה וְהַבְּהֵמָ֜ה וְלִ֨בְהֶמְתְּךָ֔ וְלַבְּהֵמָ֑ה וְלַבְּהֵמָ֖ה וְלַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ וּ֝בְהֶמְתָּ֗ם וּֽבְהֶמְתְּכֶֽם׃ וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת וּבְהֵמָ֑ה וּבְהֵמָ֔ה וּבְהֵמָ֖ה וּבְהֵמָ֗ה וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ וּבְהֵמָה֙ וּבְהֶמְתֵּ֔ינוּ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּ וּבִבְהֵמָ֑ה וּבִבְהֶמְתֵּ֙נוּ֙ וּבִבְהֶמְתֶּֽךָ׃ וּבַבְּהֵמָ֑ה וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖ה וּבַבְּהֵמָ֛ה וּבַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ וּבַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּלְבֶהֱמַ֣ת וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת ובבהמה ובבהמה׃ ובבהמתך׃ ובבהמתנו ובהמה ובהמה׃ ובהמתה ובהמתינו ובהמתך ובהמתכם׃ ובהמתם והבהמה ולבהמה ולבהמה׃ ולבהמת ולבהמתך כַּבְּהֵמ֣וֹת כַּבְּהֵמָה֙ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה כבהמה כבהמות לִבְהֵמָ֣ה לִבְהֶמְתֵּֽנוּ׃ לִבְהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ לִבְהֶמְתָּם֙ לַבְּהֵמָ֖ה לַבְּהֵמָ֗ה לבהמה לבהמתך לבהמתם לבהמתנו׃ מִבַּהֲמ֣וֹת מֵהַבְּהֵמָֽה׃ מבהמות מהבהמה׃ ba·hă·mō·wṯ bab·bə·hê·māh babbeheMah babbəhêmāh bahaMot bahămōwṯ bə·ḇa·hă·mō·wṯ bə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ ḇə·ham·tə·ḵā bə·hê·māh ḇə·hê·māh be·hĕ·maṯ bə·hê·mō·wṯ ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ bə·hem·tāh bə·hem·tām bə·hem·te·ḵā bə·hem·tə·ḵā ḇə·hem·te·ḵā ḇə·hem·tə·ḵā bə·hem·tə·ḵem bə·hem·tê·nū bə·hem·tōw bəḇahămōwṯ bəḇehĕmaṯ ḇəhamtəḵā beheMah bəhêmāh ḇəhêmāh beheMat behĕmaṯ behemOt bəhêmōwṯ ḇəhêmōwṯ behemTah bəhemtāh behemTam bəhemtām behemteCha behemteChem bəhemteḵā bəhemtəḵā ḇəhemteḵā ḇəhemtəḵā bəhemtəḵem behemTenu bəhemtênū behemTo bəhemtōw bevahaMot beveheMat biḇ·hê·māh biḇhêmāh bivheMah chabbeheMah hab·bə·hê·māh habbeheMah habbəhêmāh kab·bə·hê·māh ḵab·bə·hê·māh kab·bə·hê·mō·wṯ kabbeheMah kabbəhêmāh ḵabbəhêmāh kabbeheMot kabbəhêmōwṯ lab·bə·hê·māh labbeheMah labbəhêmāh liḇ·hê·māh liḇ·hem·tām liḇ·hem·te·ḵā liḇ·hem·tê·nū liḇhêmāh liḇhemtām liḇhemteḵā liḇhemtênū livheMah livhemTam livhemTecha livhemTenu mê·hab·bə·hê·māh mehabbeheMah mêhabbəhêmāh mib·ba·hă·mō·wṯ mibbahaMot mibbahămōwṯ ū·ḇab·bə·hê·māh ū·ḇə·hê·māh ū·ḇə·hem·tāh ū·ḇə·hem·tām ū·ḇə·hem·te·ḵā ū·ḇə·hem·tə·ḵem ū·ḇə·hem·tê·nū ū·ḇiḇ·hê·māh ū·ḇiḇ·hem·te·ḵā ū·ḇiḇ·hem·tê·nū ū·lə·ḇe·hĕ·maṯ ūḇabbəhêmāh ūḇəhêmāh ūḇəhemtāh ūḇəhemtām ūḇəhemteḵā ūḇəhemtəḵem ūḇəhemtênū ūḇiḇhêmāh ūḇiḇhemteḵā ūḇiḇhemtênū ūləḇehĕmaṯ uleveheMat uvabbeheMah uveheMah uvehemTah uvehemTam uvehemTecha UvehemteChem uvehemTeinu uvivheMah uvivhemTecha uvivhemTenu vehabbeheMah vehamteCha veheMah veheMot vehemTecha velabbeheMah veLivhemtecha wə·hab·bə·hê·māh wə·lab·bə·hê·māh wə·liḇ·hem·tə·ḵā wəhabbəhêmāh wəlabbəhêmāh wəliḇhemtəḵāLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 1:24 HEB: חַיָּה֙ לְמִינָ֔הּ בְּהֵמָ֥ה וָרֶ֛מֶשׂ וְחַֽיְתוֹ־ NAS: after their kind: cattle and creeping things KJV: after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, INT: living their kind cattle and creeping living Genesis 1:25 Genesis 1:26 Genesis 2:20 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 6:7 Genesis 6:20 Genesis 7:2 Genesis 7:2 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:8 Genesis 7:14 Genesis 7:21 Genesis 7:23 Genesis 8:1 Genesis 8:17 Genesis 8:20 Genesis 9:10 Genesis 34:23 Genesis 36:6 Genesis 47:18 Exodus 8:17 Exodus 8:18 Exodus 9:9 Exodus 9:10 190 Occurrences |
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