How many times is fox mentioned in the Bible?
The word fox appears 2 times in the King James Version, in 2 verses. Counting every form (fox, foxes), it appears 10 times in 9 verses across 8 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses fox 2 times (9 with every form).
Fox in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of fox counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| fox | 2 | 2 |
| foxes | 8 | 7 |
| Total | 10 | 9 |
Which books mention fox most
Fox appears in 8 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Song of Solomon and Luke share the most, 2 each.
First and last mention of fox
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.
The verse that uses it most is Song of Solomon 2:15, 2 times:
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Psalm 63:10: counted in the KJV only
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
They shall be given over to the power of the sword. They shall be jackal food.
Common questions
How many times is fox in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 7 of the 10 uses are in the Old Testament and 3 in the New Testament. Fox appears in 8 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Song of Solomon and Luke share the most, 2 each.
Where is fox first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Judges 15:4: "And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails." The last is Luke 13:32.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.