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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 18 times in 17 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:35 - “We took only the animals H929 as our plunder, and the spoils of the cities which we had captured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:7 - “But all the animals H929 and the spoils of the cities we took as our plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - a representation of any animal H929 that is on the earth, a representation of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a Sabbath of the LORD your God; you shall not do any work that day, you or your son or your daughter, or your male slave or your female slave, or your ox, your donkey, or any of your cattle H929, or your [fn]resident who [fn]stays with you, so that your male slave and your female slave may rest as well as you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:14 - “You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no sterile male or infertile female among you or among your cattle H929.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - “[fn]He will also provide grass in your field for your cattle H929, and you will eat and be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall most certainly strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. [fn]Utterly destroy it and all who are in it and its cattle H929, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:4 - “These are the animals H929 that you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:6 - “And any animal H929 that has a divided hoof and has its hoofs split in two, and [fn]chews the cud, among the animals H929, [fn]that animal you may eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “However, the women, the children, the animals H929, and everything that is in the city, all of its spoils, you shall take as plunder for yourself; and you shall [fn]use the spoils of your enemies which the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 -

‘Cursed is one who has sexual intercourse with any animal H929.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:4 -

“Blessed will be the [fn]children of your womb, the [fn]produce of your ground, and the [fn]offspring of your animals H929: the newborn of your herd and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And the LORD will give you more than enough prosperity, in the [fn]children of your womb, in the [fn]offspring of your livestock H929, and in the [fn]produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - “Your dead bodies will [fn]serve as food for all birds of the sky and for the animals H929 of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:51 - “Furthermore, it will eat the [fn]offspring of your herd H929 and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed; a nation that will leave you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the newborn of your cattle or the young of your flock, until they have eliminated you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “Then the LORD your God will prosper you [fn]abundantly in every work of your hand, in the [fn]children of your womb, the [fn]offspring of your cattle H929, and in the [fn]produce of your ground, for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 -

‘They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by [fn]plague

And a bitter epidemic;

And the teeth of beasts H929 I will send against them,

With the venom of crawling things of the dust.

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