חֵיוָאchêyvâʼ

beast (Daniel 4:13; Daniel 7:5; Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:6; Daniel 7:11)

Pronunciation: khay-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2423

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 20 times in the Bible.

  • Daniel 2:38 He has made you the ruler over all the inhabited world and has put even the wild animals and birds under your control. You are the head of gold.
  • Daniel 4:12 It had fresh green leaves, and it was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches. All the world was fed from this tree.
  • Daniel 4:14 The messenger shouted, “Cut down the tree and lop off its branches! Shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit! Chase the wild animals from its shade and the birds from its branches.
  • Daniel 4:15 But leave the stump and the roots in the ground, bound with a band of iron and bronze and surrounded by tender grass. Now let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with the wild animals among the plants of the field.
  • Daniel 4:16 For seven periods of time, let him have the mind of a wild animal instead of the mind of a human.
  • Daniel 4:21 It had fresh green leaves and was loaded with fruit for all to eat. Wild animals lived in its shade, and birds nested in its branches.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).