רֶכֶב
rekeb · H7393 · Hebrew · 119 occurrences
A word for 2 things
- ChariotWarfare165 verses
- Millstones, millHousehold14 verses
Meanings
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upper millstone
Upper stone of two stones, that are used to grind grain into flour; the grain was placed on the stationary bottom stone, and the top stone was pressed down on top of the grain and scraped back and forth
ExamplesDeuteronomy 24:6 “No one shall seize a handmill or an upper millstone as a pledge for a loan, since he would be seizing the debtor’s means of life as a pledge.
Judges 9:53 But a woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
2 Samuel 11:21 ‘Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did a woman not throw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you move against the wall?’—then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite also died.’”
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chariot
Open vehicle with two or four wheels, pulled by one or more horses; made of wood and iron; used in war or for travelling
ExamplesExodus 14:6 So he had horses harnessed to his chariot and took his people with him;
1 Kings 20:25 and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and we will certainly be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.
1 Kings 22:35 The battle raged on that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot in front of the Arameans, and he died at evening, and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot.
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chariotry
A group of chariots, usually owned by one single person
ExamplesGenesis 50:9 Chariots with teams of horses also went up with him; and it was a very great company.
Exodus 14:7 and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them.
Exodus 14:9 Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
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chariot horses
Chariot horses, horses used to pull chariots
Examples1 Chronicles 18:4 David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and David hamstrung almost all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for a hundred chariots.
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riders
People, riding a horse or donkey
ExamplesPsalm 76:6 At Your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.
Isaiah 21:7 “When he sees a column of chariots, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, He is to pay close attention, very close attention.”
Isaiah 21:9 “Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground.”
How it’s used In 9 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
40 occurrences in 13 groups
- הוּhis 20
- בַּרְזֶלiron 5
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (15) 15
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
17 occurrences in 12 groups
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- רֶכֶבchariot, chariots 2
What it doesIt is the subject
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 2
- דָּבַקto cling, to cleave 1
- הָלַלto praise 1
- עָלָהto go up 1
- רָדַםto lie in a deep sleep 1
- בּוֹאto come, to go in, to bring 1
What is done to itIt is the object
32 occurrences in 24 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 3
- Other words · 23 groups that occur once or twice (29) 29
What it is said to bePredicate
7 occurrences in 7 groups
- וֹhim 2
- בַּתdaughter 1
- עֵמֶקvalley 1
- רִבּוֹten thousand 1
- אֵשׁfire 1
- כֶםyou 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֶרֶבsword 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
29 occurrences in 7 groups
- בin/on/with 21
- עַלon, upon, over, against 5
- לto/for 5
- עִםwith 2
- אַחַרafter, behind 1
- אֵלto, toward 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
26 occurrences in 10 groups
- שַׂרcommander, chief, official 10
- עִירcity, town 5
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עֲגָלָה ʻăgâlâh · H5699 · cart, wagon, chariot
- Both words denote wheeled transport vehicles and overlap in sense (chariot, wagon); they are two distinct Hebrew words for similar conveyances.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἅρμα hárma · G716 · chariot
- Greek ἅρμα is the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew רֶכֶב in its primary sense of "chariot," a wheeled vehicle used in war or transport.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Tools001003001001017
- This noun's secondary sense of an upper millstone reflects an implement used for grinding, though the sampled citations here (Genesis 50:9; Exodus 14:6, 7, 9, 17) all attest the chariot sense rather than this tool sense.
- Vehicles001003001001019
- Genesis 50:9 describes "chariots" accompanying Joseph's funeral procession, and Exodus 14:6, 7, 9, and 17 repeatedly describe Pharaoh's "chariots" pursuing Israel, richly and directly attesting the sense of a wheeled vehicle.
- Domestic Animals001001002002
- A chariot is customarily drawn by horses, so this word's usage can imply the animals harnessed to it, though the sampled citations attest the vehicle itself rather than the animals specifically.
- People001001003
- This word can by extension refer to the charioteers or riding force as a body of people, though the sampled citations (Genesis 50:9; Exodus 14:6-17) attest the vehicles themselves rather than the people who ride them.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7393. rekeb רֶ֫כֶב noun masculine2Ki 13:7 [even Nah 2:5, where read מַרְאֵיהֶם (for…
רֶ֫כֶב noun masculine2Ki 13:7 [even Nah 2:5, where read מַרְאֵיהֶם (for הֶן-) We Now AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 90] chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; apparently also riders (compare LagBN 151); — absolute ׳ר Gen 50:9 +, רָ֑כֶב 2Sa 8:4 +; construct דֶכֶב Exo 14:9 +; suffix דִכְבִּי Jdg 4:7 +, רִכְבּוֺ 2Ki 5:9 +, דִכְבָּהּ Nahum 2:14; plural construct רִכְבֵי Son 1:9; — Hos 10:13 see below; —
1109 collective chariotry, chariots [sometimes of specific no. 2Ki 13:7; 2Sa 8:4; Exo 14:7 etc.; often + מָּרָשִׁים, (ים) סוּס], especially war-chariots : in Egypt Exo 14:7 (J), Jos 24:6 (E) +; early Canaan Jos 11:4; Jdg 4:7, Jdg 4:13; Jdg 5:28 (not singular; || מַרְכְּבוֺתָיו) +, called ׳ר כַּרְוֶל (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, compare GFMJdg 1:2 Jdg 1:19and references), Jos 17:16, Jos 17:18; Jdg 1:19; Jdg 4:3, Jdg 4:13 ; Philistine, according to 1Sa 13:5; 2Sa 1:6; Aram 2Sa 8:4; 2Sa 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David's time, compare 2Sa 8:4) 1Ki 9:19, 1Ki 9:22; 1Ki 10:26 +, read also בְּרִכְבְּךָ Hos 10:13 (for בְּדַרְכְּךָ) ᵐ5B We Now GASm; Assyria 2Ki 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Nah 2:4; Nah 2:5; Nahum 2:14 (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babylon Jer 47:3 (on title Jer 47:1, see Gf Gie), Jer 50:37; Jer 51:21; Eze 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1Ki 1:5; 2Ki 5:9; Jer 17:25; Jer 22:4; Isa 66:20, compare Gen 50:9 (J), (compare also 1Ki 9:19, 1Ki 9:22; 1Ki 10:26, etc.); figurative of Elijah, ׳ר וּפָרָשׁיו יִשְׂרָאֵל 2Ki 2:12, of elisha 2Ki 13:14; אֵשׁ רֶכֶב 2Ki 2:11 chariotry of fire (at Elijah's translation); ׳ר אֵל Psa 68:18 chariots of El, i.e. his heavenly host, compare vision 2Ki 6:17, and also 2Ki 7:6; ׳ר meton, for chariot-horses 2Sa 8:4 = 1Ch 18:4.
2 of single chariot 1Ki 22:35, 1Ki 22:38; 2Ki 9:21 (twice in verse); 2Ki 9:24; 2Ki 10:16; 2Ch 35:24, probably also Exo 14:6; plural פַרְעֹה רִכְבֵי Son 1:9.
3 upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Deu 24:6; Jdg 9:53; 2Sa 11:21.
4 apparently = riders (collective), troop (of riders): סוּסִים רֶכֶב שְׁנֵי 2Ki 7:14 **read perhaps רֹכְבֵי, compare ᵐ5 and 2Ki 9:16 Bur.; two riders of horses, horsemen (ro two chariots drawn by horses ?); in following text dubious: ׳ד ר פָרָשִׁים ׳צֶמֶד ר ׳חֲמוֺר גָּמֶל Isa 21:7 riders, namely a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-rides; compare ׳ר מָּרָשִׁים צֶמֶד אִישׁ Isa 21:9 i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; ׳בְּד מָּרָשִׁים אָדָם Isa 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 CheHpt Di-Kit but ׳פ hardly steeds here (compare ׳פ horsemen, Isa 22:7); read perhaps simply ׳בְּר ׳וּפ.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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