Bᵉhêmâh — H929

H929 · Hebrew — בהמה

Pronunciation: be-hay-maw'

Definition

feminine noun

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

  1. beast, cattle, animal
    1. beasts (coll of all animals)
    2. cattle, livestock (of domestic animals)
    3. wild beasts

Usually translated as

beast, cattle

Origin

from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Bᵉhêmâh occurs 190 times in 172 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (19), Exodus (18), Leviticus (25), Numbers (12), Deuteronomy (17), Joshua (4), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (4), Job (3), Psalms (11), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (17), Ezekiel (11), Joel (3), Jonah (3), Micah (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — B