be.he.mah H929

בְּהֵמָה (be.he.mah) means “animal” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

בְּהֵמָה Hebrew · H929 190 tagged occurrences in 172 verses

Pronunciation guide: be-hay-maw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0929

בְּהֵמָה · be.he.mah · animal

1) beast, cattle, animal 1a) beasts (coll of all animals) 1b) cattle, livestock (of domestic animals) 1c) wild beasts

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from an unused root (probably meaning to be mute); properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

KJV glosses: beast, cattle.

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How translators render H929

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and beast	21
beast	15
animal	14
livestock	10
animals	9
and livestock	6
or beast	6
the beasts	6
the livestock	6
an animal	5
of your livestock	5
and the beasts	4
the animals	4
the cattle	4
the animal	3
and animals	2
and beasts	2
and our livestock	2
beasts	2
cattle	2
of livestock	2
of the livestock	2
or animal	2
or livestock	2
a brute beast	1
against the beasts	1
among beasts	1
among the beasts	1
among the livestock	1
and animal	1
and beasts of	1
and cattle	1
and for your livestock	1
and the livestock	1
and to the beasts	1
and your animals	1
animals become ours	1
any livestock	1
are but beasts	1
are the animals	1
as cattle	1
by any animal	1
cattle as well	1
for another	1
for our livestock	1
for the animal	1
for the animals	1
for the livestock	1
for their herds	1
for your livestock	1
her cattle	1
his other animals	1
including the animals	1
let their herds	1
like cattle	1
more than the beasts	1
o beasts	1
of an animal	1
of animals	1
of beast	1
of his animal	1
of the animal	1
of their livestock	1
of wild beasts	1
one animal	1
other animal	1
our animals	1
over the livestock	1
regarding animals	1
the wild animals	1
their herds	1
was the one	1
with an animal	1
your livestock	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and beast	20
beast	9
a beast	5
and upon beast	5
beasts	5
and the cattle	4
of beasts	4
of thy cattle	4
the beasts	4
among the beasts	3
and cattle	3
and for the beasts	3
and of beast	3
and of beasts	3
and of cattle	3
and the beast	3
and to the beasts	3
and without beast	3
cattle	3
of beast	3
of the beasts	3
or beast	3
the beast	3
and all the cattle	2
and every beast	2
and with beasts	2
for beast	2
nor beast	2
of cattle	2
of the beast	2
of the cattle	2
only the cattle	2
with a beast	2
above a beast	1
above all cattle	1
also all the beasts	1
also of beasts	1
among all the beasts	1
among beasts	1
among the cattle	1
among you or among your cattle	1
and all cattle	1
and all his beasts	1
and all our cattle	1
and for the cattle	1
and for thy cattle	1
and if any beast	1
and in beast	1
and of all the beasts	1
and of our cattle	1
and over our cattle	1
and over the cattle	1
and the beasts	1
and unto the beasts	1
and upon cattle	1
and upon the cattle	1
and your beasts	1
as a beast	1
as beasts	1
but all the cattle	1
by beast	1
for all manner of beasts	1
for the beast	1
for the cattle	1
for thy cattle	1
how do the beasts	1
instead of their cattle	1
nor any of thy cattle	1
nor thy cattle	1
not all the beasts	1
not their cattle	1
now the beasts	1
of a beast	1
of all manner of beasts	1
of all their cattle	1
of any beast	1
of every beast	1
of his beast	1
of them shall be for their cattle	1
or any beast	1
or beasts	1
or of beast	1
the cattle	1
themselves are beasts	1
therein and the cattle	1
therein the beasts	1
thereof and the cattle	1
thereof for our cattle	1
thou shalt not let thy cattle	1
to all cattle	1
to the beast	1
unto any beast	1
upon them and all the beasts	1
us more than the beasts	1
with any beast	1
with any manner of beast	1
with me save the beast	1
ye beasts	1
yea and the beasts	1
your cattle	1

Verses containing H929

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Ezekiel 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
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Ezekiel 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
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Ezekiel 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
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Ezekiel 25:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
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Ezekiel 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will bring a sword against you and cut off from you man and beast.
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Ezekiel 29:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
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Ezekiel 32:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
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Ezekiel 36:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will fill you with people and animals, and they will multiply and be fruitful. I will make you as inhabited as you once were, and I will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 44:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
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Joel 1:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
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Joel 1:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.
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Joel 2:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.
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Jonah 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
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Jonah 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
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Jonah 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
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Micah 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
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Source alternate reference: 5.7
Habakkuk 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
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Zephaniah 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.
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Haggai 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have summoned a drought on the fields and on the mountains, on the grain, new wine, and oil, and on whatever the ground yields, on man and beast, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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Zechariah 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
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Source alternate reference: 2.8
Zechariah 8:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
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Zechariah 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
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