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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 18 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were [fn]gnats on man and beast. H929 All the dust of the earth became [fn]gnats through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - The [fn]magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth [fn]gnats, but they could not; so there were [fn]gnats on man and beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - “It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast H929 through all the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast. H929

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - “Now therefore send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast H929 that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - Now the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that [fn]hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast H929 and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - The hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; H929 the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle H929 as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - ‘But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even [fn]bark, whether against man or beast, H929 that you may [fn]understand how the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - ‘For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; H929 and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments—I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - Now it came about at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. H929

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first [fn]offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; H929 it belongs to Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - you shall [fn]devote to the LORD the first [fn]offspring of every womb, and [fn]the first offspring of every beast H929 that you own; the males belong to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - ‘It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. H929 Therefore, I sacrifice to the LORD the males, the first [fn]offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - ‘No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or [fn]shot through; whether beast H929 or man, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle H929 or your sojourner who [fn]stays with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal H929 to keep for him, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away while no one is looking,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 - “Whoever lies with an animal H929 shall surely be put to death.
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