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BEAST
1. In OT (1) behçmâh, commonly used for a quadruped, sometimes tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘cattle’; see Gen_6:7; Gen_7:2, Exo_9:9-10; Exo_9:25, Lev_11:2 etc. (2) chayyâh, used of animals in general but specially ‘wild beasts’; see Gen_7:14; Gen_8:1; Gen_9:2 etc. (3) be‘îr sometimes tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘beasts’ and sometimes ‘cattle’; see Gen_45:17, Exo_22:5 etc. (4) zîz, ‘wild beasts,’ Psa_50:11; Psa_80:13.
2. In NT (1) thçrion: Mar_1:13, Act_28:4 (a viper), Tit_1:12, Heb_12:20, Jam_3:7, and over 30 times in Rev. (2) zôon, of the ‘beasts’ (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ), or ‘living creatures’ (RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), round about the throne (Rev_5:1-14; Rev_6:1-17; Rev_8:1-13; Rev_11:1-19, etc.).
E. W. G. Masterman.