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smith:

UNICORN - U>@ - the rendering of the Authorized Version of the Hebrew reem , a word which occurs seven times in the Old Testament as the name of some large wild animal. The reem of the Hebrew Bible, however, has nothing at all to do with the one-horned animal of the Greek and Roman writers, as is evident from (33:17) where in the blessing of Joseph it is said; "his glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of a unicorn ;" not, as the text of the Authorized Version renders it, "the horns of unicorns ." The two horns of the ram are "the ten thousands of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh." This text puts a one-horned animal entirely out of the question. Considering that the reem is spoken of as a two-horned animal of great strength and ferocity, that it was evidently well known and often seen by the Jews, that it is mentioned as an animal fit for sacrificial purposes, and that it is frequently associated with bulls and oxen we think there can be no doubt that, some species of wild ox is intended. The allusion in kjv@Psalms:92:10) "But thou shalt lift up, as a reeym , my horn," seems to point to the mode in which the Bovidae use their horns, lowering the head and then tossing it up. But it is impossible to determine what particular species of wild ox is signified probably some gigantic urus is intended. (It is probable that it was the gigantic Bos primigeniua , or aurochs, now extinct, but of which Caesar says, "These uri are scarcely less than elephants in size, but in their nature, color and form are bulls. Great is their strength and great their speed; they spare neither man nor beast when once; they have caught sight of them"
Bell. Gall. 6:20.

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easton:

Unicorn @ described as an animal of great ferocity and strength kjv@Numbers:23:22, R.V., "wild ox," marg., "ox-antelope;" 24:8; kjv@Isaiah:34:7, R.V., "wild oxen"), and untamable kjv@Job:39:9). It was in reality a two-horned animal; but the exact reference of the word so rendered (reem) is doubtful. Some have supposed it to be the buffalo; others, the white antelope, called by the Arabs rim. Most probably, however, the word denotes the Bos primigenius ("primitive ox"), which is now extinct all over the world. This was the auerochs of the Germans, and the urus described by Caesar (Gal. Bel., kjv@6:28) as inhabiting the Hercynian forest. The word thus rendered has been found in an Assyrian inscription written over the wild ox or bison, which some also suppose to be the animal intended (comp. kjv@Deuteronomy:33:17; kjv@Psalms:22:21 kjv@Psalms:29:6 kjv@Psalms:92:10 ).

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torrey:

Unicorn @ Generally had a single horn kjv@Psalms:92:10
Sometimes found with two horns kjv@Deuteronomy:33:17
Described as
Intractable in disposition kjv@Job:39:9 kjv@Job:39:10 kjv@Job:39:12
Of vast strength kjv@Job:39:11
The young of, remarkable for agility kjv@Psalms:29:6
Illustrative
Of God as the strength of Israel kjv@Numbers:23:22 kjv@Numbers:24:8
Of the wicked kjv@Isaiah:34:7
(Horns of,) of the strength of the descendants of Joseph kjv@Deuteronomy:33:17
(Horns of,) of the strength of powerful enemies kjv@Psalms:22:21
(The position of its horns,) of the exaltation of saints kjv@Psalms:92:10

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UNICORN (WILD OX, R. V.) @
- Intractable kjv@Job:39:9-12
- Horned kjv@Deuteronomy:33:17; kjv@Psalms:22:21; kjv@Psalms:92:10
- Great strength of kjv@Numbers:24:8; kjv@Job:39:10-11

- FIGURATIVE .Of the judgments of God kjv@Isaiah:34:7

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strongs:

H7214 <STRHEB>@ רם רים ראים ראם re'êm re'êym rêym rêm {reh-ame'} {reh-ame'} {rame} rame From H7213; a wild bull (from its conspicuousness): - unicorn.