Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
the Fifth Sunday of Lent
There are 14 days til Easter!
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort! Bible Encyclopedias
Roe; Roebuck
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Search for…
or
rō , rō´buk : the King James Version has "roe" and "roebuck" for צבי , cebhı̄ , צביּה , cebhı̄yāh . the Revised Version (British and American) usually substitutes "gazelle" in the text ( Deuteronomy 12:15 , etc.) or margin (Proverbs 6:5 , etc.), but retains "roe" in 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8; Song of Solomon 3:5; Song of Solomon 7:3 . So the Revised Version (British and American) has "gazelle" for the King James Version "roe" in Sirach 27:20 (dorkás ). the Revised Version (British and American) has "roe-buck" for יחמוּר , yaḥmūr (Deuteronomy 14:5; 1 Kings 4:23 ), where the King James Version has "fallow deer." In the opinion of the writer, איּל , 'ayyāl English Versions of the Bible "hart," should be translated "roe-buck," yaḥmūr "fallow deer," and cebhı̄ "gazelle." See DEER; GAZELLE .
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain and were generously provided by the folks at WordSearch Software.
Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Roe; Roebuck'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/r/roe-roebuck.html. 1915.
