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To: imardmd1
The King James Version of the Book of Job followed the Greek Old Testament and Jerome Vulgate in the translation of re'em into unicorn:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%27em#:~:text=A%20re'em%2C%20also%20re%C3%ABm,unicorn%20or%20a%20wild%20ox.

68 posted on 12/09/2020 3:20:45 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
Brow, Driver, Briggs lexicon definition:
probably the great aurochs or wild bulls which are now extinct. The exact meaning is not known.
The Vulgate: rinoceros

The Greek OT: μονοκερως (mo-no-keh-rohss)

Jamieson, Fausset,Brown Commentary:

unicorn — Pliny [Natural History, 8.21], mentions such an animal; its figure is found depicted in the ruins of Persepolis. The Hebrew reem conveys the idea of loftiness and power (compare Ramah; Indian, Ram; Latin, Roma). The rhinoceros was perhaps the original type of the unicorn. The Arab rim is a two-horned animal. Sometimes “unicorn” or reem is a mere poetical symbol or abstraction; but the buffalo is the animal referred to here, from the contrast to the tame ox, used in ploughing (Job 39:10, Job 39:12).
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So, what is that all about? Romans? Bull-headed?

70 posted on 12/09/2020 8:22:30 AM PST by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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