different between behemoth vs belie
behemoth
English
Etymology
From Middle English behemoth, bemoth, from Late Latin behemoth, from Hebrew ?????????? (behemót). The Hebrew word is either:
- an intensive plural of ????????? (behemá, “beast”), from Proto-Semitic (compare Ge'ez ??? (b?hmä, “to be dumb, to be speechless”), Arabic ? ? ?? (b-h-m)), or
- less likely, a borrowing of Egyptian (*p?-j?-mw, “hippopotamus”, literally “the ox of the water”), from p? (“definite article”) + j? (“ox, cattle”) + mw (“water”) in a direct genitive construction; for the pronunciation, cf. the later Coptic descendants ?- (p-) + ??? (ehe) + ???? (moou).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??hi(?)m??/, /?bi???m??/
Noun
behemoth (plural behemoths)
- (biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.
- Coordinate term: leviathan
- (by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
- (figuratively) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
- Synonyms: colossus, leviathan, mammoth, titan
Derived terms
- behemothian
- behemothic
Translations
See also
- leviathan
Further reading
- behemoth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
behemoth From the web:
- what behemoth means
- what behemoth drops dull arcstone
- what's behemoth in french
- behemoth what does it mean
- behemoth what are they
- what is behemoth weak to
- what is behemoth and leviathan in job
- what does behemoth mean in the bible
belie
English
Alternative forms
- bely
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??la?/, /b??la?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??la?/, /b??la?/, /bi?la?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Etymology 1
From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English belicgan, bilicgan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) +? lie (“to be positioned”).
Verb
belie (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past belay, past participle belain)
- (transitive, obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
- (transitive, obsolete, of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
Etymology 2
From Middle English belyen, beleo?en, from Old English bel?ogan (“to deceive by lying, be mistaken”), from Proto-West Germanic *bileugan (“to belie”). Equivalent to be- (“about”) +? lie (“to deceive”). Compare German belügen (“to tell a lie”).
Verb
belie (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past and past participle belied)
- (transitive, archaic) To tell lies about. [from 13th c.]
- Synonyms: slander, calumniate
- (transitive) To give a false representation of. [from 17th c.]
- Synonym: misrepresent
- (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: contradict, give lie to, give the lie to
- (transitive, rare) To call a liar; to accuse of falsehood. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive, rare) To fill with lies; to lie to.
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
- (transitive, perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince or demonstrate (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
Translations
Anagrams
- Elbie
belie From the web:
- what beliefs are shared by most christians
- what belief was behind manifest destiny
- what belief united the progressive movement
- what belief contributed to the boxer rebellion
- what beliefs characterized manifest destiny
- what belief does sancho express
- what belief was held by most progressives
- what beliefs was central to egyptian religion
you may also like
- behemoth vs belie
- banal vs belie
- belie vs prevaricate
- capped vs covered
- conceal vs covered
- concealed vs covered
- strewn vs covered
- cover vs covered
- coverage vs covered
- mask vs covered
- immerse vs covered
- immersed vs covered
- sealed vs covered
- tableware vs res
- cover vs tableware
- tableware vs hardware
- silverware vs tableware
- tableware vs dishware
- tableware vs utensil
- tableware vs buffetware