Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5483 - sûs

Aa
סוּס
Transliteration
sûs
Pronunciation
soos
Listen
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy)
Dictionary Aids

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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 2 / 3 (2Ch 9:28–Eze 23:20)

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:28 - And they brought horses to Solomon from Egypt and from all lands.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15 - So they seized her; and she went by way of the entrance of the Horse Gate into the king’s house, and they killed her there.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:28 - Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of Judah.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66 - Their horses were seven hundred and thirty-six, their mules two hundred and forty-five,

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:28 - Beyond the Horse Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - “let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - “Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses bred from swift steeds.[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 - When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19 - “Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with thunder?[fn]

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:7 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;
But we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9 - Do not be like the horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:17 - A horse is a vain hope for safety;
Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:6 - At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both the chariot and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 - The horse is prepared for the day of battle,
But deliverance is of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 - A whip for the horse,
A bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the fool’s back.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:7 - I have seen servants on horses,
While princes walk on the ground like servants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 - Their land is also full of silver and gold,
And there is no end to their treasures;
Their land is also full of horses,
And there is no end to their chariots.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 - Whose arrows are sharp,
And all their bows bent;
Their horses’ hooves will seem like flint,
And their wheels like a whirlwind.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses”—
Therefore you shall flee!
And, “We will ride on swift horses”—
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,
And rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
Nor seek the LORD!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 - Now the Egyptians are men, and not God;
And their horses are flesh, and not spirit.
When the LORD stretches out His hand,
Both he who helps will fall,
And he who is helped will fall down;
They all will perish together.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “Now therefore, I urge you, give a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 - Like a crane or a swallow, so I chattered;
I mourned like a dove;
My eyes fail from looking upward.
O LORD,[fn] I am oppressed;
Undertake for me!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:17 - Who brings forth the chariot and horse,
The army and the power
(They shall lie down together, they shall not rise;
They are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 - Who led them through the deep,
As a horse in the wilderness,
That they might not stumble?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - “Then they shall bring all your brethren for an offering to the LORD out of all nations, on horses and in chariots and in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - “Behold, he shall come up like clouds,
And his chariots like a whirlwind.
His horses are swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are plundered!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8 - They were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 - They will lay hold on bow and spear;
They are cruel and have no mercy;
Their voice roars like the sea;
And they ride on horses,
As men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 - I listened and heard,
But they do not speak aright.
No man repented of his wickedness,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his own course,
As the horse rushes into the battle.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 - “Even the stork in the heavens
Knows her appointed times;
And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow
Observe the time of their coming.
But My people do not know the judgment of the LORD.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 - The snorting of His horses was heard from Dan.
The whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of His strong ones;
For they have come and devoured the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell in it.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in the floodplain[fn] of the Jordan?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - “then shall enter the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, accompanied by the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - “For if you indeed do this thing, then shall enter the gates of this house, riding on horses and in chariots, accompanied by servants and people, kings who sit on the throne of David.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:40 - “And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD. It shall not be plucked up or thrown down anymore forever.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 - Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
Put on the armor!

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 - Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
The Ethiopians and the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians who handle and bend the bow.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 - A sword is against their horses,
Against their chariots,
And against all the mixed peoples who are in her midst;
And they will become like women.
A sword is against her treasures, and they will be robbed.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 - They shall hold the bow and the lance;
They are cruel and shall not show mercy.
Their voice shall roar like the sea;
They shall ride on horses,
Set in array, like a man for the battle,
Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:21 - With you I will break in pieces the horse and its rider;
With you I will break in pieces the chariot and its rider;

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 - Set up a banner in the land,
Blow the trumpet among the nations!
Prepare the nations against her,
Call the kingdoms together against her:
Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.
Appoint a general against her;
Cause the horses to come up like the bristling locusts.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - ‘But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - Who were clothed in purple,
Captains and rulers,
All of them desirable young men,
Horsemen riding on horses.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted for the neighboring Assyrians,
Captains and rulers,
Clothed most gorgeously,
Horsemen riding on horses,
All of them desirable young men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - For she lusted for her paramours,
Whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys,
And whose issue is like the issue of horses.

Search Results Continued...

1. LOAD PAGE 1 Gen 47:17–2Ch 9:25

2. Currently on page 2/3 (2Ch 9:28–Eze 23:20) 2Ch 9:28–Eze 23:20

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Eze 23:23–Zec 14:20

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
NKJV
Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan