'Beasts' in the Bible

Four huge beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other.

“While I was watching in the night visions, a fourth beast appeared, frightening and dreadful, and incredibly strong, with large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and it trampled with its feet whatever was left. It was different from all the beasts before it, and it had 10 horns.

As for the rest of the beasts, their authority to rule was removed, but an extension of life was granted to them for a certain period of time.

‘These huge beasts, four in number, are four kings who will rise from the earth.