H929 - בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh)

H929 בְּהֵמָה (bᵉhêmâh) be-hay-maw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

animal

Strong's Definition

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

Derivation: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute);

KJV Usage: beast, cattle.

TWOT Reference: 208a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) beast, cattle, animal

1a) beasts (coll of all animals)

1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)

1c) wild beasts

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2342 G2934 G5074

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) beast, cattle, animal 1a) beasts (coll of all animals) 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals) 1c) wild beasts

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בְּהֵמָה behêmâh BDB Definition: 1) beast, cattle, animal 1a) beasts (collective of all animals) 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals) 1c) wild beasts Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute) Same Word by TWOT Number: 208a Total KJV Occurrences: 193

Bible Occurrences (172)

1:24 1:25 1:26 2:20 3:14 6:7 6:20 7:2 7:8 7:14 7:21 7:23 8:1 8:17 8:20 9:10 34:23 36:6 47:18

8:17 8:18 9:9 9:10 9:19 9:22 9:25 11:5 11:7 12:12 12:29 13:2 13:12 13:15 19:13 20:10 22:10 22:19

1:2 5:2 7:21 7:25 7:26 11:2 11:3 11:26 11:39 11:46 18:23 19:19 20:15 20:16 20:25 24:18 24:21 25:7 26:22 27:9 27:10 27:11 27:26 27:27 27:28

3:13 3:41 3:45 8:17 18:15 31:9 31:11 31:26 31:30 31:47 32:26 35:3

2:35 3:7 4:17 5:14 7:14 11:15 13:15 14:4 14:6 20:14 27:21 28:4 28:11 28:26 28:51 30:9 32:24

8:2 8:27 11:14 21:2

20:48

17:44

4:33 18:5

3:9 3:17

32:28

1:4 1:6

2:12 2:14 9:37 10:36

12:7 18:3 35:11

8:7 36:6 49:12 49:20 50:10 73:22 104:14 107:38 135:8 147:9 148:10

12:10 30:30

3:18 3:19 3:21

18:6 30:6 46:1 63:14

7:20 7:33 9:10 12:4 15:3 16:4 19:7 21:6 27:5 31:27 32:43 33:10 33:12 34:20 36:29 50:3 51:62

8:10 14:13 14:17 14:19 14:21 25:13 29:8 29:11 32:13 36:11 44:31

1:18 1:20 2:22

3:7 3:8 4:11

5:8

2:17

1:3

1:11

2:4 8:10 14:15

Genesis 1:24

And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so.

Genesis 1:25

God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that [it was] good.

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon [it].

Genesis 2:20

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

Genesis 3:14

So the LORD God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly {will} you go, and dust you {will} eat, all the days of your life.

Genesis 6:7

So the LORD said, I will blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth — every man and beast and crawling creature and bird of the air — for I am grieved that I have made them.

Genesis 6:20

Two of every kind of bird and animal [and] crawling creature... will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:2

You {are to} take with you seven pairs of... every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of [every kind of] unclean animal, a male and its mate;