פָּרָשׁ parash

Hebrew word for “horseman” · Strong’s H6571 · used 57 times in 54 verses

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Meaning

horseman

Senses in the lexicon

• horseman (52)
• horse (5)

How it is translated

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

• horsemen 44
• horses 4
• warhorses 4
• horseman 3
• among horsemen 1
• like horsemen 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 14 (6), 1 Kings 9 (2), 2 Kings 13 (2), 2 Chronicles 8 (2), Isaiah 21 (2), Isaiah 22 (2), Ezekiel 23 (2), Ezekiel 26 (2), Genesis 50 (1), Exodus 15 (1)

Forms

• פרשׁים 17
• ופרשׁים 9
• ופרשׁיו 8
• הפרשׁים 5
• ובפרשׁיו 4
• ובפרשׁים 4
• ולפרשׁים 3
• פרשׁ 3
• פרשׁיו 2
• והפרשׁים 1

Words used with it

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

• רֶכֶב rekhev “chariot” 38
• סוּס sus “horse” 17
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 11
• שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh “Solomon” 8
• פֶּחָה pechah “governor” 5
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 7
• מִצְרִי mitsri “Egyptian” 5
• יָם yam “sea” 7
• עִם im “with” 9
• פַּרְעֹה paroh “Pharaoh” 6
• מֵאָה meah “hundred” 6
• רַגְלִי ragli “on foot” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 14:17 — And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his…
• 1 Samuel 13:5 — And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on…
• 1 Kings 1:5 — Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
• 2 Kings 2:12 — And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own…
• 2 Kings 13:7 — Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and…
• 2 Kings 13:14 — Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my…
• Ezra 8:22 — For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying,…
• Isaiah 21:9 — And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her…
• 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;…
• Ezekiel 26:7 — For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots,…
• Daniel 11:40 — And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with…
• 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,…

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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.