Behemoth

Quick meaning: Behemoth is a noun meaning (biblical) A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.

Meaning

(biblical) A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
2. (figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.

Example Sentences

The wide access corridors passed slowly, the conduits and pipes like the circulatory system of some vast planetary behemoth.

Hiei now loomed into the action, causing the leading U.S. destroyers to scatter before the oncoming behemoth lest they be run down.

Next she doused the smouldering troll with the contents of the restaurant's fire extinguisher, hoping the icy powder wouldn't revive the sleeping behemoth.

We are the workers who built Alphabet. We write code, clean offices, serve food, drive buses, test self-driving cars and do everything needed to keep this behemoth running.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for behemoth

Depending on context, synonyms include colossus, leviathan, mammoth, titan, monster, goliath.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include titan, giant, heavyweight, monster, colossus, goliath.

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