Unicorn(s) is used 9 times in KJV

[The Hour IS AT HAND]

Something I discovered the other day was that the word "unicorn" appears in the KJV a total of 9 times!
Interestingly enough, other versions like the ESV translate it to a young ox.

The Hebrew word used is H7214

What do yall think about this?

 

[HTacianas]

Something I discovered the other day was that the word "unicorn" appears in the KJV a total of 9 times!
Interestingly enough, other versions like the ESV translate it to a young ox.

The Hebrew word used is H7214

What do yall think about this?

It comes from the Septuagint's use of monokeros, meaning "one horn". Someone at some time found the same Hebrew word used to describe a wild ox. So, it is either a wild ox or it is this thing:

 

[The Hour IS AT HAND]

It comes from the Septuagint's use of monokeros, meaning "one horn". Someone at some time found the same Hebrew word used to describe a wild ox. So, it is either a wild ox or it is this thing:

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Very interesting considering this verse

Num 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

 

[HTacianas]

Very interesting considering this verse

Num 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

That's the reason rhinoceros fits in the text. But there are a lot of words in the KJV that don't make sense at all. I don't know if the translators didn't understand what the original words meant or if they just wanted to jazz up the text. One of them is cockatrice. There's no such thing as a cockatrice so I don't know why they would have used that word.

 

[The Hour IS AT HAND]

That's the reason rhinoceros fits in the text. But there are a lot of words in the KJV that don't make sense at all. I don't know if the translators didn't understand what the original words meant or if they just wanted to jazz up the text. One of them is cockatrice. There's no such thing as a cockatrice so I don't know why they would have used that word.

Seems like we would want to make those extinct ASAP if they did...

Isa_14:29 Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

 

[Sheila Davis]

Something I discovered the other day was that the word "unicorn" appears in the KJV a total of 9 times!
Interestingly enough, other versions like the ESV translate it to a young ox.

The Hebrew word used is H7214

What do yall think about this?

Today's version of the unicorn is a Sci-Fi / fairy tale / made up by man to be a horse with or without wings and a horn on his head with magical properties.
That version of the unicorn is a fairy tale there was actually a Siberian unicorn and it's supposedly walk the earth with man.

'Siberian unicorn' walked Earth with humans

A giant rhino that may have been the origin of the unicorn myth survived until about 35,000 years ago.

www.bbc.com

 

[ViaCrucis]

Something I discovered the other day was that the word "unicorn" appears in the KJV a total of 9 times!
Interestingly enough, other versions like the ESV translate it to a young ox.

The Hebrew word used is H7214

What do yall think about this?

The Hebrew word is considered vague, but roughly corresponds to the idea of "horn". The LXX, on this basis, renders the word with the Greek monokeros, the Vulgate borrows this by using the literal Latin translation of monokeros, unicornis. The translators of the KJV simply chose to retain the Vulgate's translation, leaving the word un-translated as "unicorn".

This isn't strange, considering that ancient people had no trouble imagining the existence of a one-horned creature, even in the late middle ages bestiaries spoke of unicorns as though they were real creatures. However the unicorn is a creature of myth and folklore, and has never been a real animal. Legends and folklore may have been influenced by stories of real creatures, but we know today that no such creature as described in legends, myths, and folklore actually existed.

Early scholars thought that the Hebrew word might be referring to a rhinoceros, possibly because the Semitic people living in the Levant, such as the ancient Hebrews, would have had some experience seeing this kind of African creature, but later Jews and people living in antiquity around the Mediteranean would have been less familiar.

Many modern scholars think the word may be a reference to the aurochs, also known as the wild ox. The aurochs is the wild ancestor of all modern domesticated cattle, the last known living specimen died in Poland in the 1600's. It used to have an extensive range across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, and Central Asia. But over time its range shrank, its population dwindled, until finally becoming extinct around 400 years ago.

Whether the Hebrew word refers to the aurochs, a rhinoceros, or some other horned or antlered animal is still up for debate. Though it certainly doesn't refer to a legendary and mythical "unicorn".

-CryptoLutheran

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Something I discovered the other day was that the word "unicorn" appears in the KJV a total of 9 times!
Interestingly enough, other versions like the ESV translate it to a young ox.

The Hebrew word used is H7214

What do yall think about this?

I don't know what translations everyone is using but I do not see unicorn anywhere. Blessings.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

I don't know what translations everyone is using but I do not see unicorn anywhere. Blessings.

I think it is only found in the KJV.

Job 39:9-10 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

In the NKJV, it is "wild ox".

 

[Maria Billingsley]

I think it is only found in the KJV.

Job 39:9-10 9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

In the NKJV, it is "wild ox".

Ah! Thanks. I use the NKJV.
Blessings!