רֶכֶב rekhev

Hebrew word for “chariot” · Strong’s H7393 · used 119 times in 104 verses

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Meaning

: chariot; 1) a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders;

Senses in the lexicon

• chariot (116)
• chariot: millstone (3)

How it is translated

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

• chariotry 68
• chariots 26
• chariot 13
• rider 4
• charioteers 2
• upper mill-stone 2
• like the chariotry 1
• among the chariots 1
• charioteer 1
• upper millstone 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 14 (8), Judges 4 (5), 1 Kings 22 (5), 1 Kings 20 (3), 2 Kings 6 (3), 1 Chronicles 19 (3), 2 Chronicles 18 (3), Nahum 2 (3), Joshua 17 (2), 1 Kings 9 (2)

Forms

• רכב 42
• הרכב 29
• ורכב 12
• רכבו 11
• ברכבו 6
• ברכב 6
• לרכב 3
• רכבי 2
• וברכב 2
• ולרכבו 1

Words used with it

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

• פָּרָשׁ parash “horseman” 38
• סוּס sus “horse” 32
• שַׂר sar “ruler” 16
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 11
• אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 14
• חַיִל chayil “strength” 12
• יָם yam “sea” 10
• עִם im “with” 13
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 10
• סִיסְרָא sisra “Sisera” 5
• אַחַר achar “after” 10
• עִיר ir “city” 11

Key verses

The verses using rekhev 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…
• 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…
• 1 Kings 16:9 — And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his…
• 1 Kings 20:1 — And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots: and he went up and…
• 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.
• Psalms 68:17 — The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
• 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;…
• Isaiah 37:24 — By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of…
• 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…
• Nahum 2:13 — Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off…
• 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…

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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.