ἵππος hippos

Greek word for “horse” · Strong’s G2462 · used 17 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

ἵππος, -ου, ὁ; a horse:, ff. ff. 18:13 19:11 ff,†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for hippos in context, with how often each is used:

• horses 9
• horse 7
• horses were 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 19 (5), Revelation 6 (4), Revelation 9 (4), James 3 (1), Revelation 14 (1), Revelation 18 (1)

Forms

• ἵππων 7
• ἵππος 5
• ἵπποις 2
• ἵππου 2
• ἵππους 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hippos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κάθημαι kathēmai “to sit” 9
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 4
• πόλεμος polemos “war” 3
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 6
• λευκός leukos “white” 3
• χαλινός chalinos “bridle” 2
• θώραξ thōrax “breastplate” 2
• ἰδού idou “look!” 4
• ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai “to go out” 4
• κεφαλή kephalē “head” 3
• ῥομφαία rhomphaia “sword” 2
• στράτευμα strateuma “troops” 2

Key verses

The verses using hippos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Revelation 6:2 — And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
• Revelation 6:4 — And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:…
• Revelation 6:5 — And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of…
• Revelation 6:8 — And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part…
• Revelation 9:17 — And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses…
• Revelation 14:20 — And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred…
• Revelation 18:13 — And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and…
• Revelation 19:11 — And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
• Revelation 19:14 — And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
• Revelation 19:18 — That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the…
• Revelation 19:19 — And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
• Revelation 19:21 — And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.