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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
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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 1 / 4 (Gen 1:24–Lev 20:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:24 - And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[fn] and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam[fn] no suitable helper was found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - So the LORD said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - Two of every kind of bird, of every kind of animal and of every kind of creature that moves along the ground will come to you to be kept alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - Take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate, and one pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Pairs of clean and unclean animals, of birds and of all creatures that move along the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:10 - and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you—every living creature on earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - Won’t their livestock, their property and all their other animals become ours? So let us agree to their terms, and they will settle among us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - Esau took his wives and sons and daughters and all the members of his household, as well as his livestock and all his other animals and all the goods he had acquired in Canaan, and moved to a land some distance from his brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - When that year was over, they came to him the following year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord the fact that since our money is gone and our livestock belongs to you, there is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - They did this, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with the staff and struck the dust of the ground, gnats came on people and animals. All the dust throughout the land of Egypt became gnats.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - But when the magicians tried to produce gnats by their secret arts, they could not. Since the gnats were on people and animals everywhere,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on people and animals throughout the land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on people and animals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - Give an order now to bring your livestock and everything you have in the field to a place of shelter, because the hail will fall on every person and animal that has not been brought in and is still out in the field, and they will die.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that hail will fall all over Egypt—on people and animals and on everything growing in the fields of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:25 - Throughout Egypt hail struck everything in the fields—both people and animals; it beat down everything growing in the fields and stripped every tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - Every firstborn son in Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh, who sits on the throne, to the firstborn son of the female slave, who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle as well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But among the Israelites not a dog will bark at any person or animal.’ Then you will know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - “Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - you are to give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - They are to be stoned or shot with arrows; not a hand is to be laid on them. No person or animal shall be permitted to live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbor for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 - “Anyone who has sexual relations with an animal is to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When anyone among you brings an offering to the LORD, bring as your offering an animal from either the herd or the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - “ ‘If anyone becomes aware that they are guilty—if they unwittingly touch anything ceremonially unclean (whether the carcass of an unclean animal, wild or domestic, or of any unclean creature that moves along the ground) and they are unaware that they have become unclean, but then they come to realize their guilt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - Anyone who touches something unclean—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean creature that moves along the ground[fn]—and then eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD must be cut off from their people.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:25 - Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be[fn] presented to the LORD must be cut off from their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:26 - And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:2 - “Say to the Israelites: ‘Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:3 - You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - “ ‘Every animal that does not have a divided hoof or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - “ ‘If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:46 - “ ‘These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:23 - “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - “ ‘Keep my decrees. “ ‘Do not mate different kinds of animals. “ ‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed. “ ‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - “ ‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

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