Words the Bible translates as animal
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ktēnosκτῆνοςanimalnot studied yet
- behemahבְּהֵמָהlivestock: the land animals people keep and live among, and by extension the land animals as a whole
- zōonζῷονa living creature: any being that is alive, whether an ordinary animal or one of the living beings around God's throne.
- ḥevaחֵיוָאa beast: any wild, non-human living creature; an animal.
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