Hypertext Webster Gateway: "behemoth"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Behemoth
(Job 40:15-24). Some have supposed this to be an Egyptian word
meaning a "water-ox." The Revised Version has here in the margin
"hippopotamus," which is probably the correct rendering of the
word. The word occurs frequently in Scripture, but, except here,
always as a common name, and translated "beast" or "cattle."
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Behemoth \Be"he*moth\, n. [Heb. behem[=o]th, fr. Egyptian
P-ehe-maut hippopotamus.]
An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in --Job xl.
15-24.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
behemoth
n 1: someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
[syn: {giant}, {goliath}, {monster}, {colossus}]
2: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: {colossus},
{giant}, {heavyweight}, {titan}]
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