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Lexicon :: Strong's H929 - bᵊhēmâ

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בְּהֵמָה
Transliteration
bᵊhēmâ
Pronunciation
be-hay-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)
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TWOT Reference: 208a

Strong’s Definitions

בְּהֵמָה bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'; from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective):—beast, cattle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x

The KJV translates Strong's H929 in the following manner: beast (136x), cattle (53x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x
The KJV translates Strong's H929 in the following manner: beast (136x), cattle (53x).

  1. beast, cattle, animal

    1. beasts (coll of all animals)

    2. cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)

    3. wild beasts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בְּהֵמָה bᵉhêmâh, be-hay-maw'; from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective):—beast, cattle.
STRONGS H929: Abbreviations
בְּהֵמָה 187 noun feminine beast, animal, cattle (Arabic bdb009607) — בּ׳ Genesis 1:24 137 times; construct בֶּהֱמַת Numbers 3:41 (twice in verse) + 10 times; suffix בְּהֶמְתְּךָ Leviticus 19:19 + 4 times; בְּהֶמְתֶּ֑ךָ Exodus 20:10 + 4 times; בְּהֶמְתּוֺ Genesis 36:6; Proverbs 12:10; plural absolute בְּהֵמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:24 + 6 times + Psalm 73:22 (see below); construct בַּהֲמוֺת Psalm 8:8 + 5 times; — beast, & collective beasts (Genesis 8:1 + very often)
1. of living creatures other than man (אָדָם) Genesis 8:1; Exodus 8:13; Exodus 8:14; Exodus 9:9, 10, 22; Exodus 22:18; Leviticus 18:23 (twice in verse) (where בּ׳ is male, so Leviticus 20:16) Deuteronomy 27:21; Psalm 36:7 etc.; מֵאָדָם וְעַד בּ׳ (בּ׳ including all the larger animals) Exodus 9:25; Exodus 12:12; Psalm 135:8; Jeremiah 50:3 etc.; as inferior to man Job 18:3; Psalm 49:13; Psalm 49:21, so also Ecclesiastes 3:18, 19 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 3:21; opposed to also birds & reptiles Genesis 6:7; Genesis 7:23; Genesis 8:17 compare Ezekiel 44:31 etc.; also to fishes 1 Kings 5:13; Job 12:7 compare Job 12:8, Psalm 8:9; Zephaniah 1:3.
2. opposed to also to wild beasts חַיַּת הָאָרֶץ, הַשָּׂדֶה ח׳ Genesis 1:24, 25, 26; Genesis 2:20; Genesis 3:14; Genesis 7:14, 21; Genesis 9:10; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 148:10; Isaiah 46:1 etc.; especially therefore cattle, as owned and used by man, Genesis 47:18 (מִקְנֵה הַבּ׳) Exodus 20:10 = Deuteronomy 5:14; Leviticus 19:19; Leviticus 26:22; Numbers 3:41 (twice in verse); Numbers 3:45 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:35; Deuteronomy 11:15; Jonah 4:11; Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 8:10; Zechariah 14:15; Ezra 1:4, 6; Nehemiah 9:37; Nehemiah 10:37 etc.; in one (late) passage of animal for riding (horse ? mule ?) Nehemiah 2:12 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 2:14.
3. rarely of wild beasts, especially carnivora, יַעַר בּ׳ Micah 5:7; הָאָרֶץ בּ׳ Deuteronomy 28:26; Isaiah 18:6 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 15:3; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20; הַשָּׂדֶה בּ׳ 1 Samuel 17:44; alone, Proverbs 30:30; שֶׁןבְּֿהֵמוֺת Deuteronomy 32:24; שֹׁד בּ׳ Habakkuk 2:17. — On בְּהֵמוֺת Psalm 73:22 compare below
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

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

Exodus

8:13; 8:14; 9:9; 9:10; 9:22; 9:25; 12:12; 20:10; 20:10; 22:18

Leviticus

18:23; 19:19; 19:19; 20:16; 26:22

Numbers

3:41; 3:41; 3:45

Deuteronomy

2:35; 5:14; 11:15; 27:21; 28:26; 32:24; 32:24

1 Samuel

17:44

1 Kings

5:13

Ezra

1:4; 1:6

Nehemiah

2:12; 2:14; 9:37; 10:37

Job

12:7; 12:8; 18:3

Psalms

8:8; 8:9; 36:7; 49:13; 50:10; 73:22; 73:22; 135:8; 148:10

Proverbs

12:10; 30:30

Ecclesiastes

3:18; 3:19; 3:21

Isaiah

18:6; 46:1

Jeremiah

7:33; 15:3; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20; 50:3

Ezekiel

44:31

Jonah

4:11

Micah

5:7

Habakkuk

2:17

Zephaniah

1:3

Zechariah

2:8; 8:10; 14:15

H929

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Strong's Number H929 matches the Hebrew בְּהֵמָה (bᵊhēmâ),
which occurs 190 times in 172 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (2Ki 3:17–Eze 14:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:17 - For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:28 - Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, H929 and cotes for flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:4 - And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, H929 beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 1:6 - And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, H929 and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:12 - And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast H929 with me, save the beast H929 that I rode upon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:14 - Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast H929 that was under me to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, H929 at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:36 - Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, H929 as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:7 - But ask now the beasts, H929 and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - Wherefore are we counted as beasts, H929 and reputed vile in your sight?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:11 - Who teacheth us more than the beasts H929 of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:7 - All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts H929 of the field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:6 - Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:12 - Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts H929 that perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:20 - Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts H929 that perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:10 - For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle H929 upon a thousand hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:22 - So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast H929 before thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, H929 and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:38

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:38 - He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle H929 to decrease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 135:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 135:8 - Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:9 - He giveth to the beast H929 his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:10 - Beasts, and all cattle; H929 creeping things, and flying fowl:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:10 - A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: H929 but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:30 - A lion which is strongest among beasts, H929 and turneth not away for any;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - 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. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; H929 even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: H929 for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:21 - Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast H929 that goeth downward to the earth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts H929 of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts H929 of the earth shall winter upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - The burden of the beasts H929 of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:1 - Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: H929 your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 63:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:14 - As a beast H929 goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:20 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, H929 and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts H929 of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast H929 are fled; they are gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:4 - How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts H929 are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:3 - And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts H929 of the earth, to devour and destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts H929 of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts H929 of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:6 - And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: H929 they shall die of a great pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:5 - I have made the earth, the man and the beast H929 that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:27 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:43 - And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; H929 it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:10 - Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, H929 even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:12 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, H929 and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts H929 of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:29 - And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:62

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:62 - Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, H929 but that it shall be desolate for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10 - So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, H929 and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:13 - Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast H929 from it:

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