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DictionarybehemothHuge and powerful entity
noun

behemoth

bih-HEE-muth/bɪˈhiːməθ/

A very large and powerful creature or thing.

The mining truck is a behemoth beside the full-sized pickup.

An enormous mining haul truck towers over a full-size pickup parked beside it, making the truck's extraordinary size and power immediately apparent without people or text.
Etymology
behemothHebrewhuge biblical beast

The Hebrew name belongs to the huge beast described in Job. That biblical image supplies the modern comparison for something overwhelmingly large or powerful.

In context

1221 Manhwa Recap45:52
a mountain-like mechanical behemoth slowly rose. Clad head to toe in dark-purple superalloy, it stood as tall as a three-story building
My Skill Was Rated ZERO Stars. So I Cast It 100,000 Times.—Weakest Mage → God of Fire.

More examples

  • The company has grown into a retail behemoth.
  • A mechanical behemoth crawls across the construction site.
  • The film imagines ancient behemoths roaming the earth.

Forms

behemoth · behemoths

Similar words

giant
The broader term for exceptional size.
colossus
Often implies impressive size or influence rather than creaturelike bulk.