Wild ox
רְאֵםStrong’s H7214reem (re-em)
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Reem is the Hebrew word usually translated “wild ox”, “wild oxen” and “like a wild ox”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.”
Meaning
- Probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct.
How it's translated
- a wild ox 4
- wild oxen 3
- wild ox 1
- like a wild ox 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 3
- Numbers 2
- Job 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Isaiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
- 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.
- Job 39:9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
- Job 39:10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
- Psalms 29:6He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
Hebrew dictionary
רְאֵם reem · wild ox
probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.