What is a behemoth?

Question

Is it a monster or wut? and whats a leviathan?
do they have something in common?

Answer 1

Behemoth and Leviathan are both animals mentioned in the book of Job in the Bible. As with most of the Bible we no longer know how to translate the words accurately, so all we can do is guess.

Behemoth probably refers to the elephant, but the word these days is used to refer to any large creature.

Leviathan is somewhat easier to translate, and almost certainly refers to a crocodile.

Answer 2

A leviathan is probably similar to a whale. A behemoth is some type of enormous land animal. Both are mythical beasts with no specific correlation in the modern world.

Answer 3

The Behemoth is a legendary animal briefly mentioned in the Bible . . . it is a specific animal that, though unidentified, is supposed to be very gentle and only eats grass and similar things, as opposed to the Leviathan, an aquatic animal that eats flesh . . ravenous, unpleasant, and liking humans for some reasons. This may be related to other legends such as the Babyloninan Tiamat. In the modern day 'behemoth' is used to refer to any particularly large animal.

Answer 4

Hi. Something very large, behemoth usually means land creature and Leviathan usually means sea creature.

Answer 5

Creationists will try to insist that a behemoth is actually a dinosaur, there by proving that the world is only a few thousand years old. Honest!! I kid you not.

A leviathan is generally taken to be a sea-serpent.

Answer 6

behemoth

Main Entry: be·he·moth
Pronunciation: bi-'hE-m&th, 'bE-&-m&th, -"mäth, -"moth
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew behEmOth

1 often capitalized : a mighty animal described in Job 40:15-24 as an example of the power of God

2 : something of monstrous size, power, or appearance

leviathan

Main Entry: le·vi·a·than
Pronunciation: li-'vI-&-th&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyAthAn

1 a often capitalized : a sea monster defeated by Yahweh in various scriptural accounts b : a large sea animal

2 capitalized : the political state; especially : a totalitarian state having a vast bureaucracy

3 : something large or formidable - leviathan adjective

Answer 7

behemoth is a word for something very large and scary it could describe a monstor

a leviathan is a mythical sea creature that attacks ships and kills sailors

Answer 8

behemoth or hippopotamus or hippo or river-horse

More: http://www.thebigzoo.com/Animals/Hippopotamus.asp

Wikipedia describes Leviathan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan
I did not know such word before, only a wonderful Russian landscapes by painter Levitan. But pictures of this creature reminded me illustrations in old book of Estonians folk-tales. Folk-tales as folk-tales, but these pictures made children really sick.

Answer 9

Something really big...
Akin to a leviathan...

Answer 10

"[They are] Names of gigantic beasts or monsters described in Job xl. The former is from a root denoting "coil," "twist"; the latter is the plural form of "behemah"="beast." "