Reem רְאֵם
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| רְאֵם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | reem |
| Strong's number | H7214 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | wild ox |
| Occurrences | 9 in 9 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (3) |
Reem (Hebrew רְאֵם, Strong's H7214) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “wild ox”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | unicorn (6), unicorns (3) |
|---|---|
| BSB | like a wild ox (2), wild ox (2), wild oxen (2), will the wild ox (1), like that of a wild ox (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Reem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Numbers
- Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
- Numbers 24:8God 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.God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 33:17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Job
- Job 39:9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
- Job 39:10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Psalms
- Psalm 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
- Psalm 29:6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.
- Psalm 92:10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 34:7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).