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Lexicon :: Strong's H5483 - sûs

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סוּס
Transliteration
sûs
Pronunciation
soos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy)
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TWOT Reference: 1476,1477

Strong’s Definitions

סוּס çûwç, soos; or סֻס çuç; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight):—crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 140x

The KJV translates Strong's H5483 in the following manner: horse (133x), crane (2x), horseback (2x), horseback (with H7392) (2x), horsehoofs (with H6119) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 140x
The KJV translates Strong's H5483 in the following manner: horse (133x), crane (2x), horseback (2x), horseback (with H7392) (2x), horsehoofs (with H6119) (1x).

  1. swallow, swift

  2. horse

    1. chariot horses

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סוּס çûwç, soos; or סֻס çuç; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight):—crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571.
STRONGS H5483: Abbreviations
† I. סוּס noun [masculine] swallow or swift (cypselus, TristrFFP 82 ff.) (Targum סוּסָיָא Isaiah 38:14); — as twittering Isaiah 38:14 (in simile); Greek Version of the LXX χελιδών, Vulgate pullus hirundinis; so Jeremiah 8:7 Kt (Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from following, so Gie), Greek Version of the LXX id., Vulgate hirundo.

II. סוּס 138 noun masculineExodus 15:1 horse (Late Hebrew סוּס, סוּסָה Aramaic סוּסְיָא bdb069207 Mandean סוסיא, Sinaitic id., Lzb328; Assyrian sisû (sisû ?) DlHWB 506; Tel Amarna su-u[su] WklTA.191, 24; probably foreign word compare NöM 147 ErmanÄgypten 649; English tr. 490); — ס׳ absolute 1 Kings 20:20 +; construct Exodus 15:19 +; plural סוּסִים Genesis 47:17 +, סֻסִים 2 Samuel 15:1; construct סוּסֵי 2 Kings 2:11; suffix סוּסַי 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7. סוּסֶיךָ Micah 5:9 + 4 times, סוּסָיו Isaiah 5:28 +, סוּסֵיכֶס Amos 4:10, סוּסֵיהֶם Joshua 11:6+; — horse:
1. non-Israel; chariot-horses of Canaanites Judges 5:22 (compare Judges 5:28; Judges 4:3, 13; עִקְבֵי ס׳; ס׳ collective, as often), Joshua 11:4, 6, 9 (JE); horses as property of Egyptians Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (both J), compare Zechariah 14:15; merchandise of Tyre Ezekiel 27:14; chariot-horses of Egypt [compare Hom11.ix.384], Exodus 14:9, 23 (Psalms), Exodus 15:1, 21 (poem), Exodus 15:19 (Psalms; on all see Di), Deuteronomy 11:4; Isaiah 31:1, 3; Jeremiah 46:4, 9; Ezekiel 17:15; of Aram 1 Kings 20:1 + 11 times Kings (1 Kings 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians Isaiah 5:28 + 3 times, Chaldeans Jeremiah 4:13 + 6 times; other nations Nahum 3:2; Jeremiah 50:42 + 5 times; as ridden 1 Kings 20:20 (see above), Jeremiah 8:23; Ezekiel 38:4, 15 + 13 times (late).
2. in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom 2 Samuel 15:1, especially of Solomon, and later, 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Kings 5:8; 1 Kings 10:25, 28, 29, and || Chronicles; 1 Kings 18:5 and.(as war-equipment) 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 9:33; 2 Kings 10:2; Proverbs 21:31; סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 Kings 2:11 (Elijah), compare 2 Kings 6:17; consecration to sun 2 Kings 23:11 (compare RSSemitic 275; 2nd ed. 293); sign of luxury and apostasy Amos 4:10; Hosea 1:7; Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 2:7; Micah 5:9; Zechariah 9:10, compare Deuteronomy 17:6, 16, but see Zechariah 14:20; in vision Zechariah 6:2 (twice in verse); Zechariah 6:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 6:6; ridden 2 Kings 9:18, 19; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; Amos 2:15 + 4 times Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision Zechariah 1:8 (twice in verse); שַׁעַר הַס׳ Jeremiah 31:40; Nehemiah 3:28, compare 2 Kings 11:16 2 Chronicles 23:15; belongings of returned exiles Ezra 2:56 = Nehemiah 7:68 van d. H. (omitted by Masora Baer Ginsb which see); description of horse Job 39:19; in various simile and figurative Amos 6:12; Jeremiah 5:8; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 12:5; Ezekiel 23:20; Isaiah 63:13; Joel 2:4; Proverbs 27:3; Psalm 32:9; Psalm 147:10.
3. chariot-horses of י׳ Habakkuk 3:15 (figurative of clouds), compare Zechariah 10:3. — compare also חֲצַר סוּסִים, and פָּרָשׁ, רֶכֶשׁ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

47:17; 47:17

Exodus

9:3; 14:9; 14:23; 15:1; 15:1; 15:19; 15:19; 15:21

Deuteronomy

11:4; 17:6; 17:16

Joshua

11:4; 11:6; 11:6; 11:9

Judges

4:3; 4:13; 5:22; 5:28

2 Samuel

15:1; 15:1

1 Kings

5:6; 5:8; 10:25; 10:28; 10:29; 18:5; 20:1; 20:20; 20:20; 20:20; 22:4; 22:4

2 Kings

2:11; 2:11; 3:7; 3:7; 6:17; 9:18; 9:19; 9:33; 10:2; 11:16; 18:23; 23:11

2 Chronicles

23:15

Ezra

2:56

Nehemiah

3:28; 7:68

Job

39:19

Psalms

32:9; 147:10

Proverbs

21:31; 27:3

Isaiah

2:7; 5:28; 5:28; 31:1; 31:3; 36:8; 38:14; 38:14; 63:13

Jeremiah

4:13; 5:8; 8:6; 8:7; 12:5; 31:40; 46:4; 46:9; 50:42

Ezekiel

17:15; 23:20; 27:14; 38:4; 38:15

Hosea

1:7; 14:4

Joel

2:4

Amos

2:15; 4:10; 4:10; 6:12

Micah

5:9; 5:9

Nahum

3:2

Habakkuk

3:15

Zechariah

1:8; 6:2; 6:3; 6:6; 9:10; 10:3; 14:15; 14:20

H5483

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Strong's Number H5483 matches the Hebrew סוּס (sûs),
which occurs 141 times in 130 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 47:17–2Ch 9:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:17 - So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them [fn]food in exchange for the horses H5483 and the [fn]flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he [fn]fed them with [fn]food in exchange for all their livestock [fn]that year.

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“Dan shall be a serpent in the way,

A horned snake in the path,

That bites the horse’s H5483 heels,

So that his rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of Yahweh [fn]will come with a very heavy pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses H5483, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians pursued them with all the horses H5483 and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:23 - Then the Egyptians pursued them, and all Pharaoh’s horses H5483, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.

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Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to Yahweh [fn]and said,

“[fn]I will sing to Yahweh, for He [fn]is highly exalted;

The horse H5483 and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

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For the horses H5483 of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:21 - And Miriam answered them,

“Sing to Yahweh, for He [fn]is highly exalted;

The horse H5483 and his rider He has hurled into the sea.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses H5483 and its chariots, when He made the water of the [fn]Red Sea to [fn]engulf them while they were pursuing you, and Yahweh made them perish [fn]utterly;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - “Moreover, he shall not multiply horses H5483 for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses H5483. Yahweh has said to you, ‘You shall never again return that way.’

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“If you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses H5483 and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - Then they came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses H5483 and chariots.

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Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give all of them over, slain, before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses H5483 and burn their chariots with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - And Joshua did to them as Yahweh had said to him; he hamstrung their horses H5483 and burned their chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 -

“Then the horses’ H5483 hoofs beat

From the dashing, the dashing of his [fn]valiant steeds.

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Now it happened afterwards, that Absalom prepared for himself a chariot and horses H5483 and fifty men as runners before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:26 - Solomon had [fn]40,000 stalls of horses H5483 for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:28 - They also brought barley and straw for the horses H5483 and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to the legal judgment for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - And they brought every man his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses H5483, and mules, a set amount year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - Solomon’s import of horses H5483 was from Egypt and Kue; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - And a chariot [fn]was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse H5483 for 150; and [fn]by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses H5483 and mules alive, and not have to cut down some of the cattle.”

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Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his military force, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses H5483 and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - And they each struck his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse H5483 with horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21 - And the king of Israel went out and struck down the horses H5483 and chariots, and struck the Arameans with a great slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - and you shall number a military force like the military force that you have lost, horse H5483 for horse H5483, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they.” And he listened to their voice and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?” And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses H5483 as your horses H5483.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11 - As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses H5483 of fire, and it separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a [fn]whirlwind to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” And he said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses H5483 as your horses H5483.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman came with his horses H5483 and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - So he sent horses H5483 and chariots and a heavy military force there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

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Then the attendant of the man of God arose early and went out, and behold, a military force with horses H5483 and chariots was all around the city. And his young man said to him, “Alas, my master! [fn]What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed and said, “O Yahweh, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses H5483 and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - Now the Lord had caused the camp of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses H5483, even the sound of a great military force, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and forsook their tents and their horses H5483 and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses H5483 tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - And one of his servants answered and said, “Please, let some men take five of the remaining horses H5483, which remain [fn]in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who remain in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already come to an end, so let us send and see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 - They took therefore two chariots with horses H5483, and the king sent after the camp of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman H5483 went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” And the watchman declared saying, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 - Then he sent out a second horseman H5483. And he came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu [fn]answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33 - And he said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses H5483, and he trampled her under foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “So now, when this letter comes to you, [fn]since your master’s sons are with you, [fn]as well as the chariots and horses H5483 and a fortified city and the weapons,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - So they [fn]laid hands on her, and she arrived at the horses’ H5483 entrance of the king’s house and was put to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - Then they carried him on horses H5483, and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “So now, [fn]come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses H5483, if you are able on your part to give riders for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he did away with the horses H5483 which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - Solomon’s import of horses H5483 was from Egypt and from Kue; the king’s merchants procured them from Kue for a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they [fn]imported a chariot from Egypt for [fn]600 shekels of silver and a horse H5483 for [fn]150; and [fn]by the same means they [fn]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - And they brought every man his present, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses H5483 and mules, a set amount year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 -

And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses H5483 and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.


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