Behemoth vs Colossal - What's the difference?
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(Bible) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15-24.
A great and mighty monster.
Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
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Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. * 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 58 *: 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 . Extremely large or on a great scale.
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As a noun behemoth
is a great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15-24.As an adjective colossal is
extremely large or on a great scale.behemoth
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(wikipedia behemoth)Noun
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Synonyms
* (something of great size and power ): colossus, leviathan, mammoth, titanQuotations
* *: Behold now behemoth , which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly.
He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together.
His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. * 2001 — , Artemis Fowl , p 58 *: 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 .
Derived terms
* behemothian * behemothicSee also
* leviathancolossal
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Adjective
(en adjective)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.