סוּס

susswallow
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine139 occurrences27 books130 verses
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.

Glossary entries

Horse Gate

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

139 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 1:16הַסּוּסִ֛ים · horses
    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
  2. 2 Chronicles 1:17וְס֖וּס · and a horse
    A 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.
  3. 2 Chronicles 9:24סוּסִ֖ים · horses
    Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
  4. 2 Chronicles 9:25סוּסִים֙ · for horses
    Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
  5. 2 Chronicles 9:28סוּסִ֧ים · horses
    Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and from all the lands.
  6. 2 Chronicles 23:15הַסּוּסִ֖ים · of the Horse
    So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.
  7. 2 Chronicles 25:28הַסּוּסִ֑ים · horses
    They carried him back on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.
  8. Ezra 2:66סוּסֵיהֶ֕ם · horses
    They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
  9. Nehemiah 3:28הַסּוּסִ֗ים · the Horse
    Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.
  10. Esther 6:8וְס֗וּס · and a horse
    …have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
  11. Esther 6:9 (2×)וְהַסּ֗וּס · and the horse; הַסּוּס֙ · the horse
    Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
  12. Esther 6:10הַסּוּס֙ · the horse
    “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
  13. Esther 6:11הַסּ֔וּס · and the horse
    So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
  14. Esther 8:10בַּסּוּסִ֜ים · mounted
    Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
  15. Job 39:18לַ֝סּ֗וּס · at the horse
    Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
  16. Job 39:19לַסּ֣וּס · to the horse
    Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?
  17. Psalm 20:7בַסּוּסִ֑ים · in horses
    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
  18. Psalm 32:9כְּס֥וּס · like the horse
    Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
  19. Psalm 33:17הַ֭סּוּס · A horse
    A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
  20. Psalm 76:6וָסֽוּס׃ · both horse
    At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both horse and rider lie stunned.
  21. Psalm 147:10הַסּ֣וּס · of the horse
    He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  22. Proverbs 21:31ס֗וּס · A horse
    A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
  23. Proverbs 26:3לַ֭סּוּס · for the horse
    A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
  24. Ecclesiastes 10:7סוּסִ֑ים · horseback
    I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.
  25. Isaiah 2:7סוּסִ֔ים · horses
    Their land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
  26. Isaiah 5:28סוּסָיו֙ · of their horses
    Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind.
  27. Isaiah 30:16ס֥וּס · horses
    “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
  28. Isaiah 31:1סוּסִ֖ים · horses
    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
  29. Isaiah 31:3וְסוּסֵיהֶ֥ם · their horses
    But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
  30. Isaiah 36:8סוּסִ֔ים · horses
    Now, 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!
  31. Isaiah 38:14כְּס֤וּס · like a swallow
    I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
  32. Isaiah 43:17וָס֖וּס · and horses
    …who brings out the chariots and horses, the armies and warriors together, to lie down, never to rise again; to be extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
  33. Isaiah 63:13כַּסּ֥וּס · like a horse
    …who led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?
  34. Isaiah 66:20בַּסּוּסִ֡ים · on horses
    And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
  35. Jeremiah 4:13סוּסָ֑יו · His horses
    Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
  36. Jeremiah 5:8סוּסִ֥ים · stallions
    They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife.
  37. Jeremiah 6:23סוּסִ֖ים · horses
    They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
  38. Jeremiah 8:6כְּס֥וּס · like a horse
    I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  39. Jeremiah 8:7וְסוּס · the swift
    Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  40. Jeremiah 8:16סוּסָ֗יו · of [enemy] horses
    The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
  41. Jeremiah 12:5הַסּוּסִ֑ים · horses
    “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in a peaceful land, how will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?
  42. Jeremiah 17:25וּבַסּוּסִ֗ים · and on horses
    …then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
  43. Jeremiah 22:4וּבַסּוּסִ֔ים · and horses
    For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.
  44. Jeremiah 31:40הַסּוּסִים֙ · of the Horse
    The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
  45. Jeremiah 46:4הַסּוּסִ֗ים · the horses
    Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
  46. Jeremiah 46:9הַסּוּסִים֙ · O horses
    Advance, O horses! Race furiously, O chariots! Let the warriors come forth—Cush and Put carrying their shields, men of Lydia drawing the bow.
  47. Jeremiah 50:37סוּסָ֣יו · her horses
    A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.
  48. Jeremiah 50:42סוּסִ֖ים · horses
    They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
  49. Jeremiah 51:21ס֖וּס · the horse
    With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver.