פָּרָשׁ
pa.rashhorseHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine57 occurrences19 books54 verses
Definition
from H6567; (compare H5483) a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
Traditional renderings: horseman.
Traditional renderings: horseman.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders פָּרָשׁ:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
57 total
- Ezekiel 38:4וּפָרָשִׁ֗ים · your horsemenI will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
- Daniel 11:40וּבְפָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים · horsemenAt the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
- Hosea 1:7וּבְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ · and cavalryYet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- Joel 2:4וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖ים · like swift steedsTheir appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
- Nahum 3:3פָּרָ֣שׁ · horsemanCharging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
- Habakkuk 1:8פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו · Their horsemen; וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ · and their cavalryTheir horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.