מֶרְכָּבָה merkavah

Hebrew word for “chariot” · Strong’s H4818 · used 44 times in 41 verses

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Meaning

chariot

How it is translated

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

• chariot 25
• chariots 18
• chariotry 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Zechariah 6 (3), Joshua 11 (2), 2 Kings 5 (2), Genesis 41 (1), Genesis 46 (1), Exodus 14 (1), Exodus 15 (1), Judges 4 (1), Judges 5 (1), 1 Samuel 8 (1)

Forms

• המרכבה 9
• במרכבה 5
• מרכבות 5
• מרכבה 4
• מרכבתו 3
• ובמרכבה 3
• מרכבתיו 2
• מרכבתיהם 2
• מרכבותיו 2
• ומרכבות 2

Words used with it

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

• סוּס sus “horse” 15
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 10
• רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 5
• נוּס nus “to flee” 5
• מוּת mut “to die” 7
• רָכַב rakhav “to ride” 4
• אוֹפָן ophan “wheel” 3
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 5
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 4
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 4
• כֶּסֶף keseph “silver” 4
• רוּץ ruts “to run” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 14:25 — And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for…
• Joshua 11:6 — And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough…
• 1 Samuel 8:11 — And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be…
• 2 Kings 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive…
• 2 Kings 10:15 — And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my…
• 2 Chronicles 14:9 — And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
• Isaiah 66:15 — For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
• Jeremiah 4:13 — Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
• Micah 1:13 — O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel…
• Habakkuk 3:8 — Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy…
• Haggai 2:22 — And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that…
• Zechariah 6:1 — And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of…

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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.