בְּהֵמָה
bᵉhêmâh · be-hay-maw'
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute);
properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
- properly, a dumb beast
- especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beast, cattle.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › to reveal, behold › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The house, what is within that works to reveal, behold of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בְּהֵמָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
190 occurrences · 190 OT · 0 NT · 97 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and beast20 · 20%
- beast7 · 7%
- and upon beast5 · 5%
- beasts5 · 5%
- of thy cattle4 · 4%
- of beasts4 · 4%
- and the cattle4 · 4%
- of beast3 · 3%
- cattle3 · 3%
- and of beast3 · 3%
- or beast3 · 3%
- and of beasts3 · 3%
- and to the beasts3 · 3%
- among the beasts3 · 3%
- and of cattle3 · 3%
- and the beast3 · 3%
- the beast3 · 3%
- a beast3 · 3%
- of the beasts3 · 3%
- the beasts3 · 3%
- and for the beasts3 · 3%
- and without beast3 · 3%
- and cattle3 · 3%
- of the cattle2 · 2%
- and all the cattle2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.