This word comes from the name of Horse Gate.
Definition
or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
Traditional renderings: crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571.
Traditional renderings: crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
139 total
- Genesis 47:17בַּסּוּסִ֗ים · in exchange for their horsesSo they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
- Genesis 49:17ס֔וּס · the horse’sHe will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- Exodus 9:3בַּסּוּסִ֤ים · on your horses…then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.
- Exodus 14:9סוּס֙ · horsesThe Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.
- Exodus 14:23ס֣וּס · horsesAnd the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
- Exodus 15:1ס֥וּס · The horseThen Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:19ס֨וּס · horsesFor when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
- Exodus 15:21ס֥וּס · the horseAnd Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Deuteronomy 11:4לְסוּסָ֣יו · and horses…what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;
- Deuteronomy 17:16 (2×)סוּסִים֒ · horses; ס֑וּס · horsesBut the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
- Deuteronomy 20:1ס֤וּס · horsesWhen you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
- Joshua 11:4וְס֥וּס · of horsesSo these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
- Joshua 11:6סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם · their horsesThen the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”
- Joshua 11:9סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם · their horsesJoshua treated them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned up their chariots.
- Judges 5:22ס֑וּס · of horsesThen the hooves of horses thundered—the mad galloping of his stallions.
- 2 Samuel 15:1וְסֻסִ֑ים · with horsesSome time later, Absalom provided for himself a chariot with horses and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 1 Kings 4:26סוּסִ֖ים · horsesSolomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- 1 Kings 4:28לַסּוּסִ֖ים · and other horsesEach one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
- 1 Kings 10:25סוּסִ֖ים · horsesYear after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
- 1 Kings 10:28הַסּוּסִ֛ים · horsesSolomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
- 1 Kings 10:29וְס֖וּס · and a horseA chariot could be imported from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty. Likewise, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
- 1 Kings 18:5ס֣וּס · to keep the horsesThen Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- 1 Kings 20:1וְס֣וּס · with their horsesNow Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army. Accompanied by thirty-two kings with their horses and chariots, he marched up, besieged Samaria, and waged war against it.
- 1 Kings 20:20ס֖וּס · horseback…and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
- 1 Kings 20:21הַסּ֖וּס · the horsesThen the king of Israel marched out and attacked the horses and chariots, inflicting a great slaughter on the Arameans.
- 1 Kings 20:25 (2×)וְס֣וּס · horse; כַּסּ֣וּס׀ · for horseAnd you must raise an army like the one you have lost—horse for horse and chariot for chariot—so we can fight the Israelites on the plain, where we will surely prevail.” And the king approved their plan and acted accordingly.
- 1 Kings 22:4 (2×)כְּסוּסַ֥י · [and] my horses [are]; כְּסוּסֶֽיךָ׃ · your horsesSo he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight against Ramoth-gilead?” Jehoshaphat answered the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 2 Kings 2:11וְס֣וּסֵי · with horsesAs they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.
- 2 Kings 3:7 (2×)כְּסוּסַ֥י · and my horses [are]; כְּסוּסֶֽיךָ׃ · your horsesAnd he sent a message to Jehoshaphat king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” “I will go,” replied Jehoshaphat. “I am as you are, my people are your people, and my horses are your horses.”
- 2 Kings 5:9בְּסוּסוֹ · with his horsesSo Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha’s house.
- 2 Kings 6:14סוּסִ֥ים · horses…the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
- 2 Kings 6:15וְס֣וּס · with horsesWhen the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
- 2 Kings 6:17סוּסִ֥ים · horsesThen Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
- 2 Kings 7:6ס֔וּס · horsesFor the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of chariots, horses, and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel must have hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to attack us.”
- 2 Kings 7:7סֽוּסֵיהֶם֙ · horsesThus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.
- 2 Kings 7:10הַסּ֤וּס · horsesSo they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
- 2 Kings 7:13הַסּוּסִים֮ · the horsesBut one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”
- 2 Kings 7:14סוּסִ֑ים · with horsesThen the scouts took two chariots with horses, and the king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, “Go and see.”
- 2 Kings 9:18הַסּ֜וּסSo a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
- 2 Kings 9:19סוּס֮So the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
- 2 Kings 9:33הַסּוּסִ֖ים · the horses“Throw her down!” yelled Jehu. So they threw her down, and her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses as they trampled her underfoot.
- 2 Kings 10:2וְהַסּוּסִ֔ים · and horses“When this letter arrives, since your master’s sons are with you and you have chariots and horses, a fortified city and weaponry,
- 2 Kings 11:16הַסּוּסִ֖ים · the horses’So they seized Athaliah as she reached the horses’ entrance to the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.
- 2 Kings 14:20הַסּוּסִ֑ים · horsesThey carried him back on horses and buried him in Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David.
- 2 Kings 18:23סוּסִ֔ים · horsesNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- 2 Kings 23:11הַסּוּסִ֗ים · the horsesAnd he removed from the entrance to the house of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court near the chamber of an official named Nathan-melech. And Josiah burned up the chariots of the sun.