Ox (2)

Ox, the different terms denoting this family, or part of it, in the A.V. are the renderings of the following Hebrew words:

1. Abbir', אִבַּיר, is translated "bulls" in Ps 22:12; Ps 1; Ps 13; Ps 68:30; Isa 34:7; Jer 1:11. This word is properly an adjective, derived from אָבִר, to be strong, and means mighty; hence transferred to the bull in allusion to his strength. But in Ps 68:30 it should probably be rendered princes (see Gesenius, Thesaur. s.v. אָבִר).