behemoth

Meaning

Noun

• A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.
• Any great and mighty monster.
• Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.

Origin

• From Middle English behemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew בְּהֵמוֹת. The Hebrew word is either:
• an intensive plural of בְּהֵמָה, from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ብህመ, Arabic ), or
• , from pꜣ + jḥ + mw in a direct genitive construction; for the pronunciation, cf. the later Coptic descendants ⲡ- + ⲉϩⲉ + ⲙⲟⲟⲩ.