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beasts

Biblical
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Apocalyptic creatures or living beings in a biblical vision. In Revelation, the beasts are symbolic figures that announce events.

Detailed Definition
In this chapter, the beasts are part of the vision surrounding the opening of the seals. The word is not just a general animal term here; it refers to symbolic beings in apocalyptic imagery, a common feature of biblical prophecy.
Example
Example in poetry:
“I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see” echoes Revelation’s four living creatures; the King James Bible uses beasts in apocalyptic visions with symbolic authority; William Blake’s prophetic poems draw on biblical beasts, lambs, and visionary animals; contemporary poets may invoke the four beasts to frame ecological crisis, judgment, or unsettling revelation
Additional Notes
The word appears in the apocalyptic phrase "one of the four beasts," where it has a specialized biblical sense rather than the everyday meaning of animals.; Found in the poem, Revelation Ch.6 by King James Bible
Also Known As
creatures beasts of burden wildlings fauna
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