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Behemoth   /bəhˈiməθ/  /bˈihəməθ/   Listen
Behemoth

noun
1.
Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful.  Synonyms: colossus, giant, goliath, monster.
2.
A person of exceptional importance and reputation.  Synonyms: colossus, giant, heavyweight, titan.






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"Behemoth" Quotes from Famous Books



... is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.' Nor can Satan work such exploits by any, as he can by unrighteous professors. These he useth in his hand, as the giant useth his club; he, as it were, drives all before him with it. It is said of Behemoth, that 'he moveth his tail like a cedar.' (Job 40:7) Behemoth is a type of the devil, but behold how he handleth his tail, even as if a man should swing about a cedar. (Rev. 9:10, 19) This is spoken to ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

... pawing to get free His hinder parts—then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane; the ounce, The libbard, and the tiger, as the mole Rising, the crumbled earth above them threw In hillocks; the swift stag from underground Bore up his branching head; scarce from his mould Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness; fleeced the flocks and bleating rose As plants; ambiguous between sea and land, The river-horse and scaly crocodile. At once came forth whatever creeps the ...
— The Making of Arguments • J. H. Gardiner

... placing the tiny vessel upon the waters, lets it go. "And away it went," he, said, "rocking upon the waves as it swept beyond the gaze of the mother's straining eyes. The monsters of the deep were there, the serpent of the Nile was there, behemoth was there, but the child slept as sweetly and as safely upon the rocking waters as if it were nestled upon its mother's breast—for God was there!" The effect was electric. The concluding words, "for God was there!" were uttered with upturned ...
— California Sketches, Second Series • O. P. Fitzgerald



Words linked to "Behemoth" :   influential person, personage, important person, unusual person, anomaly



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