רְאֵםrᵉʼêm

wild ox (Job 39:10; Deuteronomy 33:17; Isaiah 34:7; Numbers 23:22; Psalms 92:11)

Pronunciation: reh-ame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7214

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Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
  • Numbers 24:8 God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
  • Deuteronomy 33:17 Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox. He will gore distant nations, even to the ends of the earth. This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.”
  • Job 39:9 “Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?
  • Job 39:10 Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?
  • Psalms 22:21 Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these wild oxen.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).