STRONGS NUMBER H7214


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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7214. reem

רְאֵם‎ noun masculineJob 39:10 wild ox (Assyrian rêmu DlHWB 603 (ראם‎), HoughtonTSBA v (1877). 336 ff., and illustrated before p. 33 SchrKGF 135 ff., 530 HomNS 237 ff., 410, 436 f. DrDeuteronomy 33:17; on strength and ferocity, PlinNH viii. 21; Aramaic רֵימָנָא רֵימָא, רְאֵמָא,‎ (LagBN 58); Arabic is white antelope, antilope leucoryx; ᵐ5‎ (erroneous) μονοκέρως (Isaiah 34:7 ἅδροι, ᵑ9‎ unicornis, and (oftener) rhinoceros); — absolute ׳ר‎ Numbers 23:22 +, רְאֵים‎ Psalm 92:11, רֵים‎ Job 39:9-10, plural רְאֵמִים‎ Isaiah 34:7; Psalm 29:6, רֵמִים‎ 22:22 (see Baer); — wild ox, as fierce and strong Job 39:9-10, simile of strength of Israel, ר ׳כְּתוֺעֲפוֺת לוֺ‎ Numbers 23:22 = 24:8 (JE), קַרְנִי כִּרְאֵם וַתָּרֶם‎ Psalm 92:11; so figurative of Joseph, ר ׳קַרְנֵי קַרְנַיו‎ Deuteronomy 33:17; figurative of princes of Edom Isaiah 34:7 ( +אַבִּירִים עִם מָּרִים‎); of powerful foes, רֵמִים מִקַּרְנֵי‎ Psalm 22:22; in simile of skipping, leaping, בֶּןרְֿאֵמִים‎ 29:6 ("" עֵגֶּל‎).