. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . nifica-tion will permit—Bir es-Seba1 = the well of thelion, or of seven.— The wilderness of Beer-she-ba (Gen. xxi. 14) probably denotes the desertcountry S. of Beer-sheba toward the wilderness ofParan (Bush on Gen. 1. a). Be-eshte-rah (Heb. house, or temple, of Ashloreth,Ges.), one of the two cities allotted to the sons ofGershom, out of the tribe of Manasseh beyond Jor-dan (Josh. xxi. 27); apparently = Ashiaroth 2. Bee tle. Locust 3. * Beeves. Bull ; Ox. * Beggar. Alms ; Poor. * Be-gotten. The phrases only-begotten (Jn. , 18, iii. 16, 18 ; 1 Jn.
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . nifica-tion will permit—Bir es-Seba1 = the well of thelion, or of seven.— The wilderness of Beer-she-ba (Gen. xxi. 14) probably denotes the desertcountry S. of Beer-sheba toward the wilderness ofParan (Bush on Gen. 1. a). Be-eshte-rah (Heb. house, or temple, of Ashloreth,Ges.), one of the two cities allotted to the sons ofGershom, out of the tribe of Manasseh beyond Jor-dan (Josh. xxi. 27); apparently = Ashiaroth 2. Bee tle. Locust 3. * Beeves. Bull ; Ox. * Beggar. Alms ; Poor. * Be-gotten. The phrases only-begotten (Jn. , 18, iii. 16, 18 ; 1 Jn. iv. 9) and first-begotten(Heb. i. 6; Rev. i. 5) especially designate the LordJesus Christ, the Son or God. Be-heading. Punishments. Bche-nioth or Be-hemoth (Heb. pi. of majesty[fr. bihem&h ; see Beast 1 ] = the great beast, Ges.).There can be little or no doubt, that by this word(Job xl. 15-24) the hippopotamus (L. fr. Gr. =river-horse) is intended, since all the details descrip-tive of the behemoth accord entirely with the ascer-. Hippopotnmus (Hippopotamve ampliibiue). tained habits of that animal (so Mr. Houghton, withBochart, Shaw, Rosenmiiller, Harmer, Gesenius, Fiirst,most English commentators, &c). The hippopota-mus is an aquatic African quadruped, larger than 110 BEK BEL the ox, but more closely allied to the rhinoceros andhog. Since in the first part of Jehovahs discourse(Job xxxviii., xxxix.) land animals and birds arementioned, it suits the general purpose of that dis-course better to suppose that aquatic or amphibiouscreatures are spoken of in the last half of it; andsince the leviathan, by almost universal consent= the crocodile, the behemoth seems clearly =the hippopotamus, anciently (see Egypt) Ins asso-ciate in the Nile. The description of the animals ly-ing under the shady trees, amongst the reeds and willows, is peculiarly applicable to the hippopot-amus. It has been argued that such a descriptionis equally applicable to the elephant; but this ishardly th
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