Strong's Lexicon

H929

H929 — בְּהֵמָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewbhemahnoun femOccurrences: 190TWOT: 208a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H929
Word:בְּהֵמָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:190
Transliteration:bhemah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:be-hay-maw'
Meaning:1. (properly) a dumb beast 2. especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)
KJV Renderings:beast, cattle.

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בְּהֵמָה187 noun feminine beast, animal, cattle (Arabic [untranscribed source text 514]) — ׳ בּ Gen 1:24 + 137 t.; construct בֶּהֱמַת Num 3:41 (twice in verse) + 10 t.; suffix בְּהֶמְתְּךָ Lev 19:19 + 4 t.; בְּהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ Exod 20:10 + 4 t.; בְּהֶמְתּוֺ Gen 36:6; Prov 12:10 plural absolute בְּהֵמוֺת Deut 32:24 + 6 t. + Ps 73:22 (see below); construct בַּהֲמוֺת Ps 8:8 + 5 t.; — beast, & collective beasts (Gen 8:1 + very often)

1. of living creatures other than man (אָדָם) Gen 8:1; Exod 8:13; Exod 8:14; Exod 9:9; Exod 9:10; Exod 9:22; Exod 22:18; Lev 18:23 (twice in verse) (where ׳ בּ is male, so Lev 20:16) Deut 27:21; Ps 36:7 etc.; ׳ מֵאָדָם וְעַד בּ (׳ בּ including all the larger animals) Exod 9:25; Exod 12:12; Ps 135:8; Jer 50:3 etc.; as inferior to man Job 18:3; Ps 49:13; Ps 49:21, so also Eccl 3:18; Eccl 3:19 (twice in verse); Eccl 3:21 opposed to also birds & reptiles Gen 6:7; Gen 7:23; Gen 8:17 compare Ezek 44:31 etc.; also to fishes 1Kgs 5:13; Job 12:7 compare Job 12:8, Ps 8:9; Zeph 1:3.
2. opposed also to wild beasts חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ, הַשָּׂדֶה ׳ ח Gen 1:24; Gen 1:25; Gen 1:26; Gen 2:20; Gen 3:14; Gen 7:14; Gen 7:21; Gen 9:10; Ps 50:10; Ps 148:10; Isa 46:1 etc.; especially therefore cattle, as owned and used by man, Gen 47:18 (׳ מִקְנֵה הַבּ) Exod 20:10 = Deut 5:14; Lev 19:19; Lev 26:22; Num 3:41 (twice in verse); Num 3:45 (twice in verse); Deut 2:35; Deut 11:15; Jonah 4:11; Zech 2:8; Zech 8:10; Zech 14:15; Neh 10:37 etc.; in one (late) passage of animal for riding (horse ? mule ?) Neh 2:12 (twice in verse); Neh 2:14.
3. rarely of wild beasts, especially carnivora, יַעַר ׳ בּ Mic 5:7 הָאָרֶץ ׳ בּ Deut 28:26; Isa 18:6 (twice in verse); Jer 7:33; Jer 15:3; Jer 16:4; Jer 19:7; Jer 34:20 הַשָּׂדֶה ׳ בּ 1Sam 17:44 alone, Prov 30:30 שֶׁןבְּֿהֵמוֺת Deut 32:24 ׳ שֹׁד בּ Hab 2:17. — On בְּהֵמוֺת Ps 73:22 compare below


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

בהמה (b’heh-mah’)

Genesis 1:24

KJV: And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
EHCC: cattle, and creeping thi

Genesis 2:20

KJV: And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.gave: Heb. called
EHCC: Adam gave names to all cattle,

Genesis 3:14

KJV: And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
EHCC: thou (art) cursed above all cattle,

Genesis 6:7

KJV: And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.both…: Heb. from man unto beast
EHCC: both man, and beast,

Genesis 7:2

KJV: Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.by sevens: Heb. seven seven
EHCC: Of every clean beast

Genesis 9:10

KJV: And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
EHCC: of the fowl, of the cattle,

Genesis 84:23

EHCC: every beast of their's (be) ours?

Genesis 36:6

KJV: And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.persons: Heb. souls
EHCC: and all Ais beasts,

Genesis 47:18

KJV: When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
EHCC: hath our herds of caltle ;

Exodus 8:17

KJV: And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.
EHCC: (13). became lice in man, and in beast;

Exodus 19:19

KJV: And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
EHCC: both man and beast ;

Exodus 18:2

KJV: Then Jethro, Moses’ father in law, took Zipporah, Moses’ wife, after he had sent her back,
EHCC: of man and of beast: .

Exodus 19:13

KJV: There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.trumpet: or, cornet
EHCC: whether (it be) beast or man, :

Exodus 20:10

KJV: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
EHCC: thy maidservant, nor thy catélé,

Exodus 22:10

KJV: If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
EHCC: (9). or an ox, or a sheep, or any deast, |

Exodus 11:2

KJV: Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.
EHCC: all the beasts that (are) on

Exodus 18:93

EHCC: Neither shalt thou lie with any beast

Exodus 19:19

KJV: And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice.
EHCC: Thou shalt not let thy 8 '

Exodus 20:15

KJV: Thou shalt not steal.
EHCC: if a man lie with a beast, 1

Exodus 24:18

KJV: And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
EHCC: סם that killeth a beast

Exodus 25:7

KJV: Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.
EHCC: 4ה4 for thy cattle, and for

Leviticus 26:22

KJV: I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
EHCC: and destroy your cattle,

Leviticus 27:9

KJV: And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy.
EHCC: And if (it be) a beast,

Leviticus 8:17

KJV: But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.
EHCC: (both) man and beast:

Leviticus 18:15

KJV: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
EHCC: (whether it i) of men or beasts,

Leviticus 31:9

EHCC: touk the spoil of all their cattle,

Leviticus 47:0

EHCC: f man and of beast,

Leviticus 32:26

EHCC: and all our cattle,

Deuteronomy 2:35

KJV: Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
EHCC: Only the caftle we took

Deuteronomy 3:7

KJV: But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.
EHCC: But all the cattle,

Deuteronomy 4:17

KJV: The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
EHCC: The likeness of any beast

Deuteronomy 13:15

KJV: Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
EHCC: (16).and the cattle thereaf,

Deuteronomy 14:4

KJV: These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
EHCC: These (are) the beasts

Deuteronomy 20:14

KJV: But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.take: Heb. spoil
EHCC: the little ones, and the cattle,

Deuteronomy 38:4

EHCC: the fruit of thy cuttle,

Deuteronomy 32:24

KJV: They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.heat: Heb. coals
EHCC: will also send the teeth of beasts

Deuteronomy 1:14

KJV: And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.
EHCC: these cities, and the cattle,

Deuteronomy 204:30

EHCC: 48. the men of (every) city, as the beast,

1 Kings 4:33

KJV: And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
EHCC: (5:18). he spake also of beasts,

1 Kings 18:5

KJV: And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.that…: Heb. that we cut not off ourselves from the beasts
EHCC: that we lose not all the beasts. (arg. from

2 Kings 3:9

KJV: So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.that…: Heb. at their feet
EHCC: and for the cattle that followed

2 Kings 9:37

KJV: And the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel.
EHCC: זנוס. bodies, and over our cattle,

2 Kings 10:36

KJV: And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years.the time: Heb. the days were
EHCC: (37). and of our cattle,

2 Kings 0:15

EHCC: Behold now behemoth,

Psalms 8:7

KJV: All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;All…: Heb. Flocks and oxen all of them
EHCC: (8). oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ;

Psalms 36:6

KJV: Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast.the…: Heb. the mountains of God
EHCC: (7). thou preservest man and beast.

Psalms 49:12

KJV: Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.
EHCC: (13),20( 21). is like the beasts (that) perish.

Psalms 50:10

KJV: For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
EHCC: the cattle upon a thousand

Psalms 73:22

KJV: So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.ignorant: Heb. I knew notbefore: Heb. with
EHCC: 1 was (as) a beast before thee.

Psalms 104:14

KJV: He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
EHCC: the grass to grow for the cattle,

Psalms 107:38

KJV: He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
EHCC: and suffereth not their 6

Psalms 135:8

KJV: Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.both…: Heb. from man unto beast
EHCC: both of man and beast.

Psalms 147:9

KJV: He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.
EHCC: He giveth to the beast his food,

Psalms 148:10

KJV: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:flying…: Heb. birds of wing
EHCC: Beasts, and all cattle ;

Proverbs 12:10

KJV: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.tender…: or, bowels
EHCC: regandeth the life of his beast:

Proverbs 30:30

KJV: A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
EHCC: A lion (which is) strongest among beasts,

Ecclesiastes 3:18

KJV: I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.that God…: or, that they might clear God, and see, etc
EHCC: see that they themselves are beasts.

Ecclesiastes 30:6

EHCC: The burden of the beasts of the south:

Ecclesiastes 46:1

EHCC: the cattle:

Ecclesiastes 63:14

EHCC: de @ beast goeth down

Ecclesiastes 9:10

KJV: Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
EHCC: (9 ). the fowl of the heavens and the beast

Ecclesiastes 12:4

KJV: And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
EHCC: the beasts are consumed,

Ecclesiastes 15:8

EHCC: the beasts of the earth,

Ecclesiastes 16:4

EHCC: &19:7.and for the beasts of the earth.

Ecclesiastes 27:5

EHCC: the beast that (are) upon the ground,

Ecclesiastes 81:97

EHCC: with the seed of beast. .-

Ecclesiastes 33:10

EHCC: without man and without beast,

Ecclesiastes 94:20

EHCC: and to the beasts of the earth. .

Ecclesiastes 86:99

EHCC: to cease from thence man and beast ?

Ecclesiastes 51:62

EHCC: neither man תסה

Ezekiel 8:10

KJV: So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.
EHCC: and abominable beasts,

Ezekiel 14:18

KJV: Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
EHCC: will cut off man and beast

Ezekiel 17:80

EHCC: that 1 cut off man and beast

Ezekiel 25:13

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.they…: or, they shall fall by the sword unto Dedan
EHCC: will cut off man and beast

Ezekiel 29:8

KJV: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.
EHCC: cut off man אם beast

Ezekiel 32:13

KJV: I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them.
EHCC: destroy also all the

Ezekiel 36:11

KJV: And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
EHCC: multiply upon you man and beast ;

Ezekiel 44:31

KJV: The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast.
EHCC: whether it be fowl! or beast.

Joel 1:18

KJV: How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
EHCC: How do the beasts groan!

Joel 3:22

EHCC: ye Deaste of the field:

Jonah 3:7

KJV: And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:published: Heb. saidnobles: Heb. great men
EHCC: neither man sor beast,

Jonah 4:11

KJV: And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
EHCC: and (also) much cattle ?

Micah 5:8

KJV: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.sheep: or, goats
EHCC: (7). among the beasts of the forest,

Habakkuk 2:17

KJV: For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
EHCC: the spoil of beasts,

Zephaniah 1:3

KJV: I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.stumblingblocks: or, idols
EHCC: 1 will consume man and beast ;

Zephaniah 8:10

EHCC: nor any hire for beast ;
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