Roe
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
ROE or ROEBUCK. Υaalah , "chamois" (Proverbs 5:19) or ibex, the female of the wild goat. Τsebi (masculine), tsebiah (feminine), from whence Τabitha (Greek Dorkas ), "loving and beloved": Acts 9:36. The beautiful antelope or gazelle, the Αntelope dorcas and Αntelope Αrabica . Slender, graceful, shy, and timid; the image of feminine loveliness (Song of Solomon 4:5; Song of Solomon 2:9; Song of Solomon 2:17; Song of Solomon 8:14).
The eye is large, soft, liquid, languishing, and of deepest black; image of swift footedness (2 Samuel 1:19; 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 12:8). Israel ate the gazelle in the wilderness, and the flesh of flocks and herds only when offered in sacrifice; but in Canaan they might eat the flesh, "even as the gazelle" (Deuteronomy 12:15; Deuteronomy 12:22); Isaac's venison was front it (Genesis 27). The valley of Gerar and the Beersheba plains are still frequented by it. Egyptian paintings represent it hunted by hounds.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]
Deuteronomy 14:5Deuteronomy 12:15,2215:221 Kings 4:232 Samuel 2:181 Chronicles 12:8Song of Solomon 2:97:38:14
The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is found in great numbers in Palestine. "Among the gray hills of Galilee it is still 'the roe upon the mountains of Bether,' and I have seen a little troop of gazelles feeding on the Mount of Olives close to Jerusalem itself" (Tristram).
The Hebrew word ('ayyalah) in Proverbs 5 :: 19 thus rendered (RSV, "doe"), is properly the "wild she-goat," the mountain goat, the ibex. (See 1 Samuel 24:2; Psalm 104:18; Job 39:1 .)
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1):
(n.) The ova or spawn of fishes and amphibians, especially when still inclosed in the ovarian membranes. Sometimes applied, loosely, to the sperm and the testes of the male.
(2):
(n.) A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany.
(3):
(n.) A roebuck. See Roebuck.
(4):
(n.) The female of any species of deer.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Roe. See Roebuck.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
Bibliography InformationMcClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Roe'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/r/roe.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [6]
The Arabian gazelle is probably denoted by the Hebrew word translated 'roe' in the Authorized Version.
