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thumb|Behemoth as depicted in the Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy Behemoth (; , bəhēmōṯ) is a beast from the biblical Book of Job, and is a form of the primeval chaos-monster created by God at the beginning of creation. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity.
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- Gender
- male organism
- Occupation
- demon
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- present in work
- Book of Job
- Commons category
- Behemoth
- different from
- The Bahamas
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P8168
- Saudron
- not found in
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Article · 中文
貝赫莫特(Behemoth,也译作巨兽或比蒙)是聖經記載的神话生物。在希伯莱文中称בהמות(Behemot/B'hemot),意为「群兽」,暗指它形体十分龐大,群兽相合才能与其并论。貝赫莫特也指貪婪的惡魔。
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