Beast
חֵיוָאStrong’s H2423cheva (che-va)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Cheva is the Aramaic word usually translated “animal of”, “animal the” and “beasts the”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.”
Meaning
- Beast, animal
How it's translated
- animal of 6
- animal the 3
- beasts the 3
- beast the 3
- a beast 2
- an animal 1
- beasts 1
- to beast the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 19
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 4:12In contextThe leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.
- Daniel 4:14In contextHe cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
- Daniel 4:15In contextNevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth:
- Daniel 4:16In contextLet his heart be changed from man’s, and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
- Daniel 4:21In contextWhose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation:
- Daniel 4:23In contextAnd whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
Aramaic dictionary
חֵיוָא cheva · beast
beast, animal Aramaic of chay.yah (חַיָּה "living thing" H2416C)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “beast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BEAST, noun
[Latin bestia. See Boisterous.]
- Any four footed animal, which may be used for labor, food or sport; distinguished from fowls, insects, fishes and man; as beasts of burden, beasts of the chase, beasts of the forest.
- Opposed to man, it signifies any irrational animal, as in the phrase 'man and beast ' So wild beast
- Figuratively, a brutal man; a person rude, coarse, filthy, or acting in a manner unworthy of a rational creature.
- A game at cards.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.