OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 3485

behemoth

/bəˈhi(ː).məθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
behemot
A great and mighty beast which God shows to Job in Job 40:15–24.
socotroco • zocotroco
Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
The diehards who did turn out were at least rewarded with a first sight of Jon Parkin, the behemoth striker signed from Preston, who scored a stunning goal on his debut at Norwich…
The wide access corridors passed slowly, the conduits and pipes like the circulatory system of some vast planetary behemoth.
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