רָכַבrâkab
mount and ride, ride
Pronunciation: raw-kab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7392
Meanings
Qal: active (Esther 6:8; Numbers 22:30; 1 Samuel 30:17)
1. mount, mount and sit, or ride (Genesis 24:61; 1 Samuel 30:17; 1 Samuel 25:42)
2. ride, be riding (2 Samuel 18:9; Numbers 22:22; 2 Kings 4:24)
3. rider, participle רֹכֵב etc., as substantive (Judges 5:10; Amos 2:15; 2 Kings 9:18)
Hiph`il
1. cause to (mount and) ride (Exodus 4:20; 1 Kings 1:33; 1 Kings 1:38)
2. cause to draw (Hosea 10:11)
3. cause hand to ride upon, bow (2 Kings 13:16)
Same root
- אַרְכֻבָהʼarkubâh · H755the knee
- מֶרְכָּבmerkâb · H4817a chariot; also a seat (in a vehicle)
- רֶכֶבrekeb · H7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
- רֵכָבRêkâb · H7394Rekab, the name of two Arabs and of two Israelites
- רַכָּבrakkâb · H7395a charioteer
- רְכוּבrᵉkûwb · H7398a vehicle (as ridden on)
Where it appears
Appears 78 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 24:61 Then Rebekah and her servant girls mounted the camels and followed the man. So Abraham’s servant took Rebekah and went on his way.
- Genesis 41:43 Then he had Joseph ride in the chariot reserved for his second-in-command. And wherever Joseph went, the command was shouted, “Kneel down!” So Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of all Egypt.
- Genesis 49:17 Dan will be a snake beside the road, a poisonous viper along the path that bites the horse’s hooves so its rider is thrown off.
- Exodus 4:20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff of God.
- Exodus 15:1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
- Exodus 15:21 And Miriam sang this song: “Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.”
See every passage
- Genesis 24:61, 41:43, 49:17
- Exodus 4:20, 15:1, 15:21
- Leviticus 15:9
- Numbers 22:22, 22:30
- Deuteronomy 32:13, 33:26
- Judges 5:10, 10:4, 12:14
- 1 Samuel 25:20, 25:42, 30:17
- 2 Samuel 6:3, 13:29, 16:2, 18:9, 19:26, 22:11
- 1 Kings 1:33, 1:38, 1:44, 13:13, 18:45
- 2 Kings 4:24, 9:16, 9:18, 9:19, 9:25, 9:28, 10:16, 13:16, 18:23, 23:30
- 1 Chronicles 13:7
- 2 Chronicles 35:24
- Nehemiah 2:12
- Esther 6:8, 6:9, 6:11, 8:10, 8:14
- Job 30:22, 39:18
- Psalms 18:10, 45:4, 66:12, 68:4, 68:33
- Isaiah 19:1, 30:16, 36:8, 58:14
- Jeremiah 6:23, 17:25, 22:4, 50:42, 51:21
- Ezekiel 23:6, 23:12, 23:23, 38:15
- Hosea 10:11, 14:3
- Amos 2:15
- Habakkuk 3:8
- Haggai 2:22
- Zechariah 1:8, 9:9, 10:5, 12:4
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).