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Strong's #7393 - רֶכֶב
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- a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders
- chariotry, chariots
- chariot (single)
- upper millstone (as riding on lower millstone)
- riders, troop (of riders), horsemen, pair of horsemen, men riding, ass-riders, camel-riders
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2769) bkr (רכב RKB) AC: Ride CO: Chariot AB: ?: [from: hr- traveling]
V) bkr (רכב RKB) - Ride: To ride an animal, wagon or chariot. KJV (78): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) ride, rider, horseback, put, set, carry - Strongs: H7392 (רָכַב)
Nm) bkr (רכב RKB) - I. Chariot:For riding in. II. Charioteer:The driver of the chariot. III. Millstone:In the sense of the top stone riding on the lower one. KJV (123): ride, rider, horseback, put, set, carry - Strongs: H7393 (רֶכֶב), H7395 (רַכָּב)
dm) bfkr (רכוב RKWB) - Chariot: KJV (1): chariot - Strongs: H7398 (רְכוּב)
ef1) ebkir (ריכבה RYKBH) - Chariot: KJV (1): chariot - Strongs: H7396 (רִכְבָּה)
km) bkrm (מרכב MRKB) - I. Chariot: II. Saddle:KJV (3): chariot, saddle, covering - Strongs: H4817 (מֶרְכָּב)
kf1) ebkrm (מרכבה MRKBH) - Chariot: KJV (44): chariot - Strongs: H4818 (מֶרְכָּבָה)
ncf1) ebfkra (ארכובה ARKWBH) - Knee: In the sense of bending the knee to ride. KJV (1): knee - Strongs: H755 (אַרְכֻבָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1109 collective chariotry, chariots [sometimes of specific no. 2 Kings 13:7; 2 Samuel 8:4; Exodus 14:7 etc.; often + מָּרָשִׁים, (ים) סוּס], especially war-chariots : in Egypt Exodus 14:7 (J), Joshua 24:6 (E) +; early Canaan Joshua 11:4; Judges 4:7,13; Judges 5:28 (not singular; "" מַרְכְּבוֺתָיו) +, called כַּרְוֶל׳ר (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, compare GFM Judges 1:2 19and references), Joshua 17:16,18; Judges 1:19; Judges 4:3,13; Philistine, according to 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 1:6; Aram 2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Samuel 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David's time, compare 2 Samuel 8:4) 1 Kings 9:19,22; 1 Kings 10:26 +, read also בְּרִכְבְּךָ Hosea 10:13 (for בְּדַרְכְּךָ) ᵐ5 B We Now GASm; Assyria 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Nahum 2:4; Nahum 2:5; Nahum 2:14 (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babylon Jeremiah 47:3 (on title Jeremiah 47:1, see Gf Gie), Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:21; Ezekiel 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Kings 5:9; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 22:4; Isaiah 66:20, compare Genesis 50:9 (J), (compare also 1 Kings 9:19,22; 1 Kings 10:26, etc.); figurative of Elijah, יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשׁיו׳ר 2 Kings 2:12, of elisha 2 Kings 13:14; רֶכֶב אֵשׁ 2 Kings 2:11 chariotry of fire (at Elijah's translation); אֵל׳ר Psalm 68:18 chariots of El, i.e. his heavenly host, compare vision 2 Kings 6:17, and also 2 Kings 7:6; ׳ר meton, for chariot- horses 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4.
2 of single chariot 1 Kings 22:35,38; 2 Kings 9:21 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 9:24; 2 Kings 10:16; 2 Chronicles 35:24, probably also Exodus 14:6; plural רִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה Song of Solomon 1:9.
3 upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Deuteronomy 24:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21.
4 apparently = riders (collective), troop (of riders): שְׁנֵירֶכֶב סוּסִים 2 Kings 7:14 ** read perhaps רֹכְבֵי, compare ᵐ5 and 2 Kings 9:16 Bur.; two riders of horses, horsemen (ro two chariots drawn by horses ?); in following text dubious: גָּמֶל׳חֲמוֺר ר ׳צֶמֶד פָרָשִׁים ר׳ד Isaiah 21:7 riders, namely a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-rides; compare אִישׁ צֶמֶד מָּרָשִׁים׳ר Isaiah 21:9i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; אָדָם מָּרָשִׁים׳בְּד Isaiah 22:6 with riders (consisting of) men, horsemen, but use of אָדָם very improbable; attractive is with chariotry of (drawn by) steeds (׳א as gloss) Du Che Hpt Di-Kit but ׳פ hardly steeds here (compare ׳פ horsemen, Isaiah 22:7); read perhaps simply ׳וּפ׳בְּר.
רֶכֶב m. (f. Nahum 2:5)
(1) riders, cavalry, Isaiah 21:7 and the beasts themselves; whence, verse Isaiah 21:9, רֶכֶב אִישׁ horses with (horse-) men.
(2) a chariot, i.q. מֶרְבָּבָה Judges 5:28 pl. Song of Solomon 1:9 but commonly collect. Genesis 50:9. Especially military chariots, Exodus 14:9, 17 Exodus 14:17, 15:19 1 Kings 1:5, 10:26 20:21, and often. רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל chariots with scythes, Joshua 17:18. עָרֵי חָרֶכֶב towns where war-chariots were placed, 2 Chronicles 1:14, 8:6 9:25.-Often רֶכֶב (like ἅρμα, in Hom.) refers mostly to the horses yoked to the chariots, and to the soldiers riding in the chariots, as 2 Samuel 8:4, “and David hamstrung all the chariots,” i.e. the horses of them; 2 Samuel 10:18, “and David slew seven hundred chariots of the Aramean s,” i.e. the horses and men of so many chariots; Ezekiel 39:20; 2 Kings 7:14, שְׁנֵי רֶכֶב סוּסִים “two pairs of horses.”
(3) the upper millstone, Germ. der Laufer, Deuteronomy 24:6; 2 Samuel 11:21.