Behemoth Definition
bĭ-hēməth, bēə-məth
behemoths
noun
behemoths
Something enormous in size or power.
American Heritage
A huge animal, assumed to be the hippopotamus: Job 40:15-24
Webster's New World
A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.
American Heritage
Any animal or thing that is huge or very powerful.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Behemoth
Noun
Singular:
behemoth
Plural:
behemothsOrigin of Behemoth
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From Middle English bemoth, behemoth, from Late Latin, from Hebrew בהמות (bəhēmōth), either an intensive plural of בהמה (bəhēmāh, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ethiopic [script?] (bəhma, “dumb, speechless”), Arabic [script?] (ʼabham, “animal”) (declined as bahma(t), bahīma(t))), or borrowed from Ancient Egyptian p-ehe-mau 'hippopotamus', literally 'water-ox'.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English behemoth, bemoth from Hebrew bəhēmôt pl. of bəhēmâ beast bhm in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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