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Behemoth

An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.

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Anomaly 76% connected

Deviation from the common rule; an irregularity; anything anomalous.

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Personage 76% connected

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.

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Leviathan 76% connected

An aquatic animal, described in the book of Job, ch. xli., and mentioned in other passages of Scripture.

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Giant 74% connected

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

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Giant 74% connected

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

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Gigantic 74% connected

Of extraordinary size; like a giant.

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Gigantic 74% connected

Of extraordinary size; like a giant.

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Colossus 92% connected

A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of A…

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Giant 92% connected

A man of extraordinari bulk and stature.

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Monster 92% connected

Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.

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Titan 92% connected

Titanic.

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