Jump to: Smith's • SAA • ATS • ISBE • Easton's • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms Easton's Bible Dictionary Described as an animal of great ferocity and strength (Numbers 23:22, R.V., "wild ox, " marg., "ox-antelope;24:8; Isaiah 34:7, R.V., "wild oxen"), and untamable (Job 39:9). It was in reality a two-horned animal; but the exact reference of the word so rendered (reem) is doubtful. Some have supposed it to be the buffalo; others, the white antelope, called by the Arabs rim. Most probably, however, the word denotes the Bos primigenius ("primitive ox"), which is now extinct all over the world. This was the auerochs of the Germans, and the urus described by Caesar (Galatians Bel., vi.28) as inhabiting the Hercynian forest. The word thus rendered has been found in an Assyrian inscription written over the wild ox or bison, which some also suppose to be the animal intended (Comp. Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalm 22:21; 29:6; 92:10). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.2. (n.) A two-horned animal of some unknown kind, so called in the Authorized Version of the Scriptures. 3. (n.) Any large beetle having a hornlike prominence on the head or prothorax. 4. (n.) The larva of a unicorn moth. 5. (n.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia UNICORNu'-ni-korn (re'em (Numbers 23:22; Numbers 24:8 Deuteronomy 33:17 Job 39:9, 10 Psalm 22:21; Psalm 29:6; Psalm 92:10 Isaiah 34:7)): "Unicorn" occurs in the King James Version in the passages cited, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "wild-ox" (which see). Strong's Hebrew 7214. reem -- a wild ox... unicorn. Or rieym {reh-ame'}; or reym {rame}; or rem {rame}; from ra'am; a wild bull (from its conspicuousness) -- unicorn. see HEBREW ra'am. 7213, 7214. ... /hebrew/7214.htm - 6k Library Types of the Death of Christ Isaac; Joseph; Jacob against Simeon ... On the Animals Concerning the Passion of Christ, and Its Old Testament ... The Cross was Foretold in the Blessings of Joseph, and in the ... On the Worthy Praise of the Pure Queen of Heaven. Psalm XCII. The Adventures of Saint James of Spain. My Brethren. The Song of the Little Baltung. AD 395 Claudius Apollinaris, Bishop of Hierapolis, and Apologist. Thesaurus Unicorn (6 Occurrences)... 4. (n.) The larva of a unicorn moth. 5. (n.) The kamichi; -- called also unicorn bird. 6. (n.) A howitzer. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. UNICORN. ... /u/unicorn.htm - 10k Zoology Unhypocritical (1 Occurrence) Unicorns (2 Occurrences) Ox (197 Occurrences) Pygarg (1 Occurrence) Crib (3 Occurrences) Antelope (2 Occurrences) Wild (147 Occurrences) Horn (108 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Unicorn (6 Occurrences)Numbers 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. Numbers 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. Job 39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Job 39:10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? Psalms 29:6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. Psalms 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. Subtopics Wild Ox of God As the Strength of Israel Wild Ox of the Judgments of God Wild Ox: (Horns of) of the Strength of Powerful Enemies Wild Ox: (Horns of) of the Strength of the Descendants of Joseph Wild Ox: (The Position of Its Horns) the Exaltation of Saints Wild Ox: Generally had a Single Horn Wild Ox: Intractable in Disposition Wild Ox: Sometimes Found With Two Horns Wild Ox: The Young of, Remarkable for Agility Related Terms Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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