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Is “Unicorn” in the Bible?

Only in the King James Bible. “Unicorn” appears 9 times in the King James Bible, but not in modern translations like the Lumin Translation.

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Is “Unicorn” in the Bible?

King James only

Only in the King James Bible.

“Unicorn” appears 9 times in the King James Bible, but not in modern translations like the Lumin Translation.

The King James Version says unicorn six times, and unicorns three more, for a Hebrew animal (re’em) that modern translations call a wild ox, as in Numbers 23:22.

In two Bibles

Lumin Translation: not found.

King James Version: 9 times, first in Numbers 23:22.

Other forms: unicorns (King James only, 3 times).

How Numbers 23:22 reads in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible:

God brings them out of Egypt; he has the strength of a wild ox.
Numbers 23:22 · open the chapter →

Counted in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, and the King James Version (1769), with the same index as the Bible word checker. Counts are of exact word forms.

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Is “Unicorn” in the Bible?

Only in the King James Bible. “Unicorn” appears 9 times in the King James Bible, but not in modern translations like the Lumin Translation. The King James Version says unicorn six times, and unicorns three more, for a Hebrew animal (re’em) that modern translations call a wild ox, as in Numbers 23:22.

How many times is “Unicorn” in the Bible?

Unicorn is not in the Lumin Translation and 9 times in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms, counting unicorn and unicorns.

Where is “Unicorn” first mentioned in the Bible?

In the King James Bible, unicorn first appears in Numbers 23:22.

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