Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #7214 - רְאֵם reem

Original Word:	רְאֵם
Transliteration:	reem
Phonetic Spelling:	(reh-ame')
Definition:	a wild ox
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

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

Englishman's Concordance

1) probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H7213
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2096a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

רְאֵםnoun masculine^{Job 39:10}wild ox (Assyrian rêmu Dl^{HWB 603} (ראם), Houghton^{TSBA v (1877). 336 ff., and illustrated before p. 33} Schr^{KGF 135 ff.}, 530 Hom^{NS 237 ff., 410, 436 f.} Dr^{Deuteronomy 33:17}; on strength and ferocity, Plin^{NH viii. 21}; Aramaic רְאֵמָא, רֵימָא, רֵימָנָא

(Lag^{BN 58}); Arabic

is white antelope, antilope leucoryx; ᵐ5 (erroneous) μονοκέρως (Isaiah 34:7 ἅδροι, ᵑ9unicornis, and (oftener) rhinoceros); — absolute ׳רNumbers 23:22 +, רְאֵיםPsalm 92:11, רֵיםJob 39:9,10; plural רְאֵמִיםIsaiah 34:7; Psalm 29:6, רֵמִיםPsalm 22:22 (see Baer); — wild ox, as fierce and strong Job 39:9,10; simile of strength of Israel, לוֺ׳כְּתוֺעֲפוֺת רNumbers 23:22=Numbers 24:8 (JE), וַתָּרֶם כִּרְאֵם קַרְנִיPsalm 92:11; so figurative of Joseph, קַרְנַיו׳קַרְנֵי רDeuteronomy 33:17; figurative of princes of Edom Isaiah 34:7 ( +מָּרִים עִם אַבִּירִים); of powerful foes, מִקַּרְנֵי רֵמִיםPsalm 22:22; in simile of skipping, leaping, בֶּןרְֿאֵמִיםPsalm 29:6 ("" עֵגֶּל).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 7214. רְאֵם (reem or reem or rem or rem) — 9 Occurrences

Numbers 23:22
HEB:מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם לֽוֹ׃
NAS: He is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
KJV: he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
INT: of Egypt the horns of the wild

Numbers 24:8
HEB:מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם ל֑וֹ יֹאכַ֞ל
NAS: He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. He will devour
KJV: he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up
INT: of Egypt the horns of the wild will devour the nations

Deuteronomy 33:17
HEB:ל֗וֹ וְקַרְנֵ֤י רְאֵם֙ קַרְנָ֔יו בָּהֶ֗ם
NAS: are the horns of the wild ox; With them he will push
KJV: [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push
INT: majesty his horns of the wild are the horns the peoples

Job 39:9
HEB: הֲיֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣ים עָבְדֶ֑ךָ אִם־
NAS:Will the wild ox consent to serve
KJV:Will the unicorn be willing to serve
INT: consent will the wild to serve Or

Job 39:10
HEB: הֲ‍ֽתִקְשָׁר־ רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑וֹ
NAS: Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow
KJV: Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band
INT: bind the wild A furrow ropes

Psalm 22:21
HEB:אַרְיֵ֑ה וּמִקַּרְנֵ֖י רֵמִ֣ים עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃
NAS: From the horns of the wild oxen You answer
KJV: me from the horns of the unicorns.
INT: the lion's the horns of the wild answer

Psalm 29:6
HEB:כְּמ֣וֹ בֶן־ רְאֵמִֽים׃
NAS: like a young wild ox.
KJV: and Sirion like a young unicorn.
INT: like A young wild

Psalm 92:10
HEB: וַתָּ֣רֶם כִּרְאֵ֣ים קַרְנִ֑י בַּ֝לֹּתִ֗י
NAS: my horn like [that of] the wild ox; I have been anointed
KJV: shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed
INT: have exalted the wild my horn have been anointed

Isaiah 34:7
HEB: וְיָרְד֤וּ רְאֵמִים֙ עִמָּ֔ם וּפָרִ֖ים
NAS:Wild oxen will also fall
KJV:And the unicorns shall come down
INT: fall Wild them and young

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