סוּס sus

Hebrew word for “horse” · Strong’s H5483 · used 140 times in 131 verses

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Meaning

1) horse; 1a) chariot horses

Senses in the lexicon

• horse (136)
• Horse (Gate) (2)
• swallow (2)

How it is translated

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

• horses 100
• horse 33
• like the horse 2
• like a horse 2
• like horse 1
• like a swallow 1
• swift 1

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 7 (5), 1 Kings 20 (4), Esther 6 (4), Ezekiel 23 (4), Exodus 15 (3), Joshua 11 (3), 1 Kings 10 (3), 2 Kings 6 (3), 2 Kings 9 (3), 2 Chronicles 9 (3)

Forms

• סוסים 34
• סוס 22
• הסוסים 15
• וסוס 11
• הסוס 11
• סוסיו 7
• בסוסים 6
• כסוס 6
• סוסיהם 5
• לסוס 3

Words used with it

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

• רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 32
• רָכַב rakhav “to ride” 29
• פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 17
• מֶרְכָּבָה merkavah “chariot” 15
• פֶּרֶד pered “mule” 9
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 12
• יָם yam “sea” 12
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 11
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 13
• לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 8
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 8
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 7

Key verses

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

• Exodus 15:1 — Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse…
• Deuteronomy 20:1 — When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God…
• 2 Kings 7:6 — For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another,…
• Psalms 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
• Isaiah 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;…
• Jeremiah 51:27 — Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni,…
• Ezekiel 17:15 — But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that…
• Hosea 1:7 — But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses,…
• Hosea 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless…
• Zechariah 9:10 — And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and…
• Zechariah 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them,…
• Zechariah 14:20 — In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

See all 131 verses in the Word Atlas

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.