Know the Word.

Hebrew word

bᵉhêmôwth

be-hay-mohth'

בְּהֵמוֹת

What it means

a water-ox, i.e. the hippopotamus or Nile-horse

Where it comes from

in form a plural or bᵉhêmâh (בְּהֵמָה), but really a singular of Egyptian derivation

How the King James translates it

  • behemoth1

Every place it appears 1

bᵉhêmôwth — Hebrew word meaning “a water-ox, i.e. the hippopo”