behemothn.

Brit.

/bᵻˈhiːməθ/,

/bᵻˈhiːmɒθ/, U.S.

/bᵻˈhiməθ/,

/biˈhiməθ/,

/ˈbiəməθ/

Forms: Middle English bemoth, behemot, 1500s– behemoth.

Etymology: < Hebrew b'hēmōth, used in Job xl. 15. In form the word is the plural of b'hēmāh ‘beast,’ and might be interpreted ‘great or monstrous beast’ (plural of dignity). But most moderns take it as really an Egyptian word p-ehe-mau, which would mean ‘water-ox,’ assimilated in Hebrew mouths to a Hebrew form.

An animal mentioned in the book of Job; probably the hippopotamus; but also used in modern literature as a general expression for one of the largest and strongest animals. Cf. leviathan n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > large animal > and strong

behemotha1382

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xl. 10 Lo! bemoth [a1425 L.V. behemot, 1611 behemoth] that I made with thee.

1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvii Whom the Hebrues..call Bemoth that doth in latin playne expresse A beast rude full of cursednesse.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 471 Behemoth biggest born of Earth.

1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 84 The Flood disparts: behold! in plaited Mail, Behemoth rears his Head.

1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 111 Skeletons of man, Of beast, behemoth, and leviathan.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 138 The might Of earth-convulsing behemoth.

1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 80 Be swift their feet as antelopes, And as behemoth strong.

figurative.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 62 Will soone finde the huge Behemoth of Conceit, to be the sprat of a pickle herring.1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 240 He's a perfect behemoth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	behemoth
释义	behemothn. Brit. /bᵻˈhiːməθ/, /bᵻˈhiːmɒθ/, U.S. /bᵻˈhiməθ/, /biˈhiməθ/, /ˈbiəməθ/ Forms: Middle English bemoth, behemot, 1500s– behemoth. Etymology: < Hebrew b'hēmōth, used in Job xl. 15. In form the word is the plural of b'hēmāh ‘beast,’ and might be interpreted ‘great or monstrous beast’ (plural of dignity). But most moderns take it as really an Egyptian word p-ehe-mau, which would mean ‘water-ox,’ assimilated in Hebrew mouths to a Hebrew form. An animal mentioned in the book of Job; probably the hippopotamus; but also used in modern literature as a general expression for one of the largest and strongest animals. Cf. leviathan n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > large animal > and strong behemotha1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job xl. 10 Lo! bemoth [a1425 L.V. behemot, 1611 behemoth] that I made with thee. 1430 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. xvii Whom the Hebrues..call Bemoth that doth in latin playne expresse A beast rude full of cursednesse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 471 Behemoth biggest born of Earth. View more context for this quotation 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 84 The Flood disparts: behold! in plaited Mail, Behemoth rears his Head. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 111 Skeletons of man, Of beast, behemoth, and leviathan. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound iv. i. 138 The might Of earth-convulsing behemoth. 1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 80 Be swift their feet as antelopes, And as behemoth strong. figurative.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 62 Will soone finde the huge Behemoth of Conceit, to be the sprat of a pickle herring.1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 240 He's a perfect behemoth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382
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