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BEAST

Animal in both the OT and NT, having in some cases a figurative significance. The word has a variety of meanings in the OT. Some of the diversity is due to inconsistent translations of several Hebrew words that can signify “living creature” as well as “beast,” but which have sometimes been translated only as “beast.” In the OT, therefore, beast can refer to the following:

1. In general, any animal (e.g., Gn 1:24; Ps 36:6), but often distinguished from fish, birds, and insects (e.g., Gn 6:7; Lv 11:2; Dt 4:17; Jb 12:7; 35:11; Zep 1:3).

Show passage in OET: GEN 1:24

OET-RV GEN 1:24

24 Then God said, “Let the land bring forth every kind of living creature: livestock and every crawling creature and every kind of living thing on the earth.” Everything happened exactly as he commanded,

OET-LV GEN 1:24

24 And_ god _he/it_said the_earth/land let_it_produce creature[s] living to_its_kind livestock and_creeping and_(wild)_animal_of the_earth to_its_kind and_he/it_was so.
Show passage in OET: PSA 36:6

OET-RV PSA 36:6

6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains.
 ⇔ ≈ Your judgements are like the deepest ocean.
 ⇔ Yahweh, you preserve both people and animals.

OET-LV PSA 36:7

7  righteousness_of_your is_like_the_mountains_of god judgements_of_your are_the_deep great humankind and_animal[s] you_deliver Oh_YHWH.
Show passage in OET: GEN 6:7

OET-RV GEN 6:7

7 so he said, “This humankind that I created, I will completely destroy them from the surface of the ground, along with the animals, and crawling creatures and the birds of the sky, because I regret that I made them.”

OET-LV GEN 6:7

7 And_ YHWH _he/it_said I_will_wipe DOM the_humankind which I_created from_under the_surface_of the_soil from_humankind unto animal[s] unto creeping_thing[s] and_unto the_bird[s]_of the_heavens if/because I_regret if/because_that I_have_made_them.
Show passage in OET: LEV 11:2

OET-RV LEV 11:2

2 Tell the Israelis that the following creatures on the earth are the ones that you all can eat:

OET-LV LEV 11:2

2 Speak to the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to_say this is_the_living_creature which you(pl)_will_eat from_all the_cattle/livestock which is_on the_earth/land.
Show passage in OET: DEU 4:17

OET-RV DEU 4:17

17 or of any animal that’s on the earth or bird that flies in the sky,

OET-LV DEU 4:17

17 A_likeness_of any_of animal which on_the_earth a_likeness_of any_of bird_of wing which it_flies in_heavens.
Show passage in OET: JOB 12:7

OET-RV JOB 12:7

 ⇔  7 But please ask the animals and they’ll teach you.
 ⇔ Ask the birds in the sky and they’ll tell you.

OET-LV JOB 12:7

7 And_but ask please the_animals so_that_it_may_teach_you and_bird the_heavens so_that_it_may_tell to/for_you(fs).
Show passage in OET: JOB 35:11

OET-RV JOB 35:11

11 who has taught us more than he taught the animals,
 ⇔ ≈ and made us wiser than he made the birds in the sky.

OET-LV JOB 35:11

11 Who_teaches_of_us more_than_the_animals_of the_earth and_more_than_the_bird[s]_of the_heavens he_makes_us_wise.
Show passage in OET: ZEP 1:3

OET-RV ZEP 1:3

3 Yahweh declares:
 § I’ll bring humans and animals to an end, along with the birds and fish. Wicked people will be destroyed along with their idols and humankind will be cut-off from the earth.

OET-LV ZEP 1:3

3 I_will_bring_to_an_end human_being and_animal I_will_bring_to_an_end the_bird[s]_of the_heavens and_the_fish(es)_of the_sea and_the_stumbling-blocks with the_wicked_people and_I_will_cut_off DOM the_humankind from_under the_surface_of the_soil the_utterance_of YHWH.

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Jump to OET JOB 12:7 section.

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2. A domesticated animal (e.g., Ex 19:13; 22:10; Nm 3:13; 31:47; Jgs 20:48; Prv 12:10; Jer 21:6; Zec 8:10).

Show passage in OET: EXO 19:13

OET-RV EXO 19:13

13 Anyone who touches the mountain mustn’t be touched by anyone else—they must be executed by throwing rocks at them or shooting them with a bow. No person or animal who touches the mountain can stay alive.’ Only after a long trumpet blast should they start to climb the mountain.”

OET-LV EXO 19:13

13 Not it_will_touch in/on/over_him/it a_hand if/because really_(stone) he_will_be_stoned_to_death or really_(shot) he_will_be_shot whether an_animal or a_human not it_will_live when_ the_ram’s_horn _sounds they they_will_go_up on_mountain.
Show passage in OET: EXO 22:10

OET-RV EXO 22:10

10 If anyone gives their neighbour a donkey or a cow or a sheep or any animal to look after, and it dies or is injured or disappears without anyone seeing,

OET-LV EXO 22:9

9  If/because anyone he_will_give to his/its_neighbour a_donkey or an_ox or a_sheep and_all animal to_guard/protect and_it_will_die or it_was_maimed or it_was_captured there_was_not one_who_saw.
Show passage in OET: NUM 3:13

OET-RV NUM 3:13

13 because every firstborn male person and animal is set aside as belonging to me ever since I killed those firstborn males in Mitsrayim (Egypt). I am Yahweh.”

OET-LV NUM 3:13

13 If/because to_me every_of firstborn in/on_day I_struck_down every_of firstborn in_land of_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) I_set_apart to_me every_of firstborn in_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) from_humankind unto livestock to_me they_will_belong I am_YHWH.
Show passage in OET: NUM 31:47

OET-RV NUM 31:47

47 From that half for the community, Mosheh took one from every fifty people and animals, and gave it to the Levites who serve in Yahweh’s tent, just as Yahweh had instructed Mosheh.

OET-LV NUM 31:47

47 And_ Mosheh _he/it_took from_the_half_of the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) DOM person_drawn one from the_fifty from the_humankind and_from the_cattle/livestock and_he/it_gave DOM_them to_Lēviyyiy who_keep_of (of)_the_service_of the_tabernacle_of YHWH just_as YHWH he_had_commanded DOM Mosheh.
Show passage in OET: JDG 20:48

OET-RV JDG 20:48

48 Meanwhile, the Israelis went back to the Benyamite region and killed the people with their swords—entire cities including cattle and everything else—then the cities were set on fire.

OET-LV JDG 20:48

48 And_the_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) they_turned_back against the_descendants_of Binyāmīn and_they_struck_them_down to_the_mouth_of the_sword from_a_city_of soundness unto animal unto every_of (the)_thing_which_was_found also all_of the_cities which_were_found they_sent in_fire.
Show passage in OET: PRO 12:10

OET-RV PRO 12:10

10 A godly person cares for the life of their animal,
 ⇔ ^ but wicked people display cruelty rather than compassion.

OET-LV PRO 12:10

10 A_righteous_person is_knowing the_life_of his_animals_of_his and_the_compassion(s)_of wicked_people are_cruel.
Show passage in OET: JER 21:6

OET-RV JER 21:6

6 and I’ll kill this city’s inhabitants—people and animals will all die from terrible, deadly diseases.

OET-LV JER 21:6

6 And_I_will_strike_down DOM the_inhabitants_of the_city (the)_this and_DOM the_humankind and_DOM the_cattle/livestock by_a_pestilence great they_will_die.
Show passage in OET: ZEC 8:10

OET-RV ZEC 8:10

10 Because before those days, no crops were gathered in by anyone. There was no profit for either man or animal, and there was no peace from enemies for anyone going or coming. I had caused every person to be against their neighbours.

OET-LV ZEC 8:10

10 If/because to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_days the_those the_wage[s]_of the_humankind not it_happened and_the_wage[s]_of the_cattle/livestock it_was_not and_for_who]_went_out and_for_who]_came there_was_not peace from the_foe and_I_sent DOM every_of the_humankind each on_neighbour_of_his.

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3. A wild and sometimes carnivorous animal (e.g., Gn 37:20; Ex 23:11; Dt 28:26; 1 Sm 17:44; Ez 14:15).

Show passage in OET: GEN 37:20

OET-RV GEN 37:20

20 “Here’s our chance to kill him and throw his body into one of the pits around here. We’ll say that a wild animal attacked him. Then we’ll see what his dreams turn into.”

OET-LV GEN 37:20

20 And_now come and_let_us_kill_him and_let_us_throw_him in_one_of the_pits and_we_will_say an_animal wild it_has_eaten_him and_we_will_see what his/its_dreams will_they_be.
Show passage in OET: EXO 23:11

OET-RV EXO 23:11

11 but in the seventh year you must let the harvest drop and just leave it there and allow the poor people to eat it. Then the animals in the countryside can eat the reminder. You must also do that to your vineyards and your olive orchards.

OET-LV EXO 23:11

11 And_the_seventh_year you_will_let_it_rest and_you_will_leave_it_fallow and_ the_needy_people_of your_people_of_your _they_will_eat and_excess_of_their the_animal[s]_of the_field it_will_eat thus you_will_do to_vineyard_of_your to_your_olive_of_grove.
Show passage in OET: DEU 28:26

OET-RV DEU 28:26

26 Your corpses will become food for birds and wild animals, and there’ll be no one left to scare them away.

OET-LV DEU 28:26

26 And_it_will_become corpse_of_your for_food to/from_all/each/any/every (the)_bird_of the_heavens and_for_the_animal[s]_of the_earth/land and_there_will_not_be one_who_terrifies.
Show passage in OET: SA1 17:44

OET-RV SA1 17:44

44 “Come over here,” he told David, “and let me give your flesh to the vultures and wild animals.”

OET-LV SA1 17:44

44 And_ the_Philistine _he/it_said to Dāvid come to_me so_that_I_may_give DOM flesh_of_your to_the_bird[s]_of the_heavens and_to_the_animal[s]_of the_field.
Show passage in OET: EZE 14:15

OET-RV EZE 14:15

15 If I send vicious wild animals through the country and make it barren so that it becomes a wasteland where no one can pass through because of those animals,

OET-LV EZE 14:15

15 If animal[s] wild I_will_cause_to_pass on_the_earth and_it_will_make_it_childless and_it_will_be a_desolation from_not_of one_who_passes_by from_face/in_front_of the_living.

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4. The figurative usage of the word “beast” is most apparent in the books of Daniel and Revelation. In Daniel (especially Dn 7) the beast is a symbol of a world ruler who persecutes and oppresses the people of God. In Revelation the apostle John took over that concept with its vivid imagery to speak of the final persecution of God’s people at the end of history. John’s beast in its apostasy closely resembles the “antichrist” of his earlier epistles (1 Jn 2:18, 22 OET JN1 2:18 · OET JN1 2:22; 4:3; 2 Jn 1:7) and Paul’s “man of lawlessness” (2 Thes 2:3). Many Bible commentators regard the three as designating the same individual. See Antichrist; Armageddon; Mark of the Beast; Revelation, Book of.

Show passage in OET: JN1 2:18; JN1 2:22

OET-RV JN1 2:18

18 New believers, it’s now the last times and what you heard about the false messiah coming is now happening. Many false messiahs have already been around and that confirms that it’s now the last times.

OET-RV JN1 2:22

22 Anyone who teaches that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) is not the messiah is a liar. And anyone who disowns the father and the son is a false messiah.

OET-LV JN1 2:18

18 Little_children, it_is the_last hour, and as you_all_heard that the_anti-messiah is_coming, even now many false_messiahs have_become, whence we_are_knowing that it_is the_last hour.

OET-LV JN1 2:22

22 Who is the liar, except not/lest the one disowning that Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is not the chosen_one/messiah?
This one is the anti-messiah, the one disowning the father and the son.
Show passage in OET: JN1 4:3

OET-RV JN1 4:3

3 but if the spirit won’t confess Yeshua, then it’s not from God but rather it’s the spirit of the false messiah, whom you’ve heard is coming, and is now already in the world.

OET-LV JN1 4:3

3 and every spirit that is_ not _confessing the Yaʸsous, is not of the god.
And this is the spirit of_the anti-messiah, which you_all_have_heard that it_is_coming, and now is already in the world.
Show passage in OET: JN2 1:7

OET-RV JN2 1:7

7 because many false preachers have entered the world who don’t believe that Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) is the messiah who came as a human. Any person like that is a deceiver and against the messiah.

OET-LV JN2 1:7

7 Because many deceivers came_out into the world, the ones not confessing Yaʸsous chosen_one/messiah coming in flesh.
This one is the deceiver and the anti-messiah.
Show passage in OET: TH2 2:3

OET-RV TH2 2:3

3 Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, because before that happens many people will turn away from the good message, and the lawless man will be revealed—the conveyor of destruction

OET-LV TH2 2:3

3 Not someone you_all may_deceive in not_one manner, because if not may_come the apostasy first, and may_be_revealed the man of_ the _lawlessness, the son of_ the _destruction,

Jump to OET JN1 2:18 section. · OET JN1 2:22 section.

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