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H929 בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh) be-hay-maw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

animal

Strong's Definition

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

Derivation: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute);

KJV Usage: beast, cattle.

TWOT Reference: 208a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) beast, cattle, animal
1a) beasts (coll of all animals)
1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)
1c) wild beasts

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) — animal. 1) beast, cattle, animal 1a) beasts (coll of all animals) 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals) 1c) wild beasts

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · בְּהֵמֹות

Animals | ≈ חַיָּה | ≠ אָדָם · עֹוף

land animals often used as collective: = general term for any land animal, as opposed to humans, birds, reptiles, insects, and fish

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Domestic Animals | ≈ דָּג · חַיָּה · כָּנָף · מִקְנֶה · עֹוף · צִפֹּור · קִנְיָן · רֶמֶשׂ · שֶׁרֶץ

domestic animals, livestock = general term for any animal that has been domesticated; ≈ considered part of someone's wealth

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1 GEN 34:23 RSV NRSV NJPS "beasts" | NIV "other animals" | REB "chattels" | CEV "herds". Speiser "all their animals" | Westermann "cattle" | Wenham "herds"

Enio R. Mueller

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּהֵמָה 187 n.f. beast, animal, cattle of living creatures other than man

opp. also to wild beasts

rarely of wild beasts, esp. carnivora

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