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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 booty and the spoil 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 spoil of the cities we took as our booty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:17 - the likeness of any animal H929 that is on the earth, the likeness 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; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle H929 or your sojourner who [fn]stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant 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 male or female barren among you or among your cattle. H929

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:15 - “[fn]He will give grass in your fields 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 surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, [fn]utterly destroying it and all that is 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 which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:6 - “Any animal H929 that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in [fn]two and [fn]chews the cud, among the animals, H929 that you may eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:14 - “Only the women and the children and the animals H929 and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourself; and you shall [fn]use the spoil 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 he who lies 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 shall be the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the [fn]produce of your ground and the [fn]offspring of your beasts, H929 the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in the [fn]offspring of your beast 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 carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts 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 - “Moreover, it shall eat the [fn]offspring of your herd H929 and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “Then the LORD your God will [fn]prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and in 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 consumed by [fn]plague
And bitter destruction;
And the teeth of beasts H929 I will send upon them,
With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
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