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(one-horned). A fabulous animal pictured as having one horn on its forehead and the body of a horse. The Hebrew word re’em, which is translated “unicorn” (
Num. 23:22; 24:8
22
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. (Numbers 23:22)
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. (Numbers 24:8)
;
Deut. 33:17
17
His 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. (Deuteronomy 33:17)
;
Job 39:9
9
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? (Job 39:9)
;
Psa. 22:21; 29:6
21
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. (Psalm 22:21)
6
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. (Psalm 29:6)
;
Isa. 34:7
7
And 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. (Isaiah 34:7)
), does not refer to the one-horned creature of fable, but evidently to a two-horned animal (
Deut. 33:17
17
His 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. (Deuteronomy 33:17)
), possibly the now nearly extinct wild ox, auroch or urus of naturalists.
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