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be·he·moth
(bĭ-hē′məth, bē′ə-məth)n.
1. Something enormous in size or power.
2. often Behemoth A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.
[Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, Behemoth, from Hebrew bəhēmôt, pl. of bəhēmâ, beast; see bhm in Semitic roots.]
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behemoth
(bɪˈhiːmɒθ)n
1. (Bible) Old Testament a gigantic beast, probably a hippopotamus, described in Job 40:15
2. a huge or monstrous person or thing
[C14: from Hebrew běhēmōth, plural of běhēmāh beast]
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be•he•moth
(bɪˈhi məθ, ˈbi ə-)n.
1. an animal, perhaps the hippopotamus, mentioned in Job 40:15–24.
2. any creature or thing of monstrous size or power.
[1350–1400; Middle English bemoth < Hebrew bəhēmōth]
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| Noun | 1. |  behemoth - someone or something that is abnormally large and powerfulunusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual |
| 2. |  behemoth - a person of exceptional importance and reputationimportant person, influential person, personage - a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events |
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behemoth
noun giant, monster, mammoth, titan, Hercules, colossus, leviathan, Brobdingnagian The city is a sprawling behemoth with no heart.
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behemoth
nounadjective
Of extraordinary size and power:
Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous, vast.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
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Translations
behemotobluda
marmotreto
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behemoth
n (liter: = monster) → Moloch m (geh)
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