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behemoth [Heb.,=plural of beast ], large, fanciful primeval monster, like Leviathan, evoking the hippopotamus mentioned in the Book of Job. In the Book of Psalms the term occurs in a non-mythological context.

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Behemoth. A monster described in the book of Job. In Job 40. 15–24.

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behemoth A great beast whom God invites Job (Job 40: 15) to admire, usually thought to be either the hippopotamus, which frequented the Nile though not the Jordan, or a mythical creature from the era of primeval chaos.

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