A deer-like animal or wild goat with two horns that eats plants. It was considered ceremonially clean to eat.
About Addax
The Septuagint renders this word as pugargos (transliterated as “pygarg” by the King James Version [KJV ]) which means “white rump.” This Greek name could refer to an antelope of the Kobus family which includes the Waterbuck, the Defassa Waterbuck Kobus defassa and the White-eared Kob Kobus megaceros all of which have a white ring around their rump. The latter two species were well known in biblical times. Most types of gazelle also have a white rump.
Key References
the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.
All Scripture References (1)
Deuteronomy (1)
the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep.