behemoth

behemoth

Old Testament a gigantic beast, probably a hippopotamus, described in Job 40:15
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behemoth

king of animals whose flesh will provide feast for chosen when Messiah comes. [Jew. Tradition: Leach, 132]
See: Apocalypse
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