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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 earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds." And it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:25 - And God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds and the cattle according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the ground according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:26 - Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:20 - The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper fit for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:7 - So the LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the ground, man and beast and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:20 - Of the birds according to their kinds, and of the animals according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every sort shall come in to you, to keep them alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:2 - Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate; and a pair of the animals that are not clean, the male and his mate;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:8 - Of clean animals, and of animals that are not clean, and of birds, and of everything that creeps on the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:14 - they and every beast according to its kind, and all the cattle according to their kinds, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth according to its kind, and every bird according to its kind, every bird of every sort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:21 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, birds, cattle, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm upon the earth, and every man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:23 - He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:1 - But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:17 - Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh--birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth--that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:10 - and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, as many as came out of the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:23 - Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:6 - Then Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his beasts, and all his property which he had acquired in the land of Canaan; and he went into a land away from his brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:18 - And when that year was ended, they came to him the following year, and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:17 - And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and struck the dust of the earth, and there came gnats on man and beast; all the dust of the earth became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:18 - The magicians tried by their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not. So there were gnats on man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:9 - And it shall become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast throughout all the land of Egypt."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:10 - So they took ashes from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw them toward heaven, and it became boils breaking out in sores on man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:19 - Now therefore send, get your cattle and all that you have in the field into safe shelter; for the hail shall come down upon every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home, and they shall die."'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:22 - And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast and every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 9:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sits upon his throne, even to the first-born of the maidservant who is behind the mill; and all the first-born of the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But against any of the people of Israel, either man or beast, not a dog shall growl; that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:12 - For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:29 - At midnight the LORD smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the first-born of the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:2 - "Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:12 - you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstlings of your cattle that are males shall be the LORD's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:15 - For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of cattle. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - no hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your manservant, or your maidservant, or your cattle, or the sojourner who is within your gates;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - "If a man delivers to his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without any one seeing it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:19 - "Whoever lies with a beast shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:2 - "Speak to the people of Israel, and say to them, When any man of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of cattle from the herd or from the flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - Or if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or a carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him, and he has become unclean, he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - And if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the uncleanness of man or an unclean beast or any unclean abomination, and then eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the LORD's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:25 - For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which an offering by fire is made to the LORD shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:26 - Moreover you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwellings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:2 - "Say to the people of Israel, These are the living things which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:3 - Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:26 - Every animal which parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you; every one who touches them shall be unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - "And if any animal of which you may eat dies, he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:46 - This is the law pertaining to beast and bird and every living creature that moves through the waters and every creature that swarms upon the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:23 - And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:19 - "You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; nor shall there come upon you a garment of cloth made of two kinds of stuff.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - If a man lies with a beast, he shall be put to death; and you shall kill the beast.

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