Dict: smith - ROE, ROEBUCK

smith:

ROE, ROEBUCK - R>@ - The Hebrew words thus translated denote some species of antelope, probably the Gazella arabica of Syria and Arabia. The gazelle was allowed as food, (12:15,22) etc.; it is mentioned as very fleet of foot, (2 Samuel kjv@2:18; 1Chronicles:12:8) it was hunted, kjv@Isaiah:13:14; kjv@Proverbs:6:5) it was celebrated for its loveliness. (Solomon 2:9,17; kjv@8:14)