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Lexicon :: Strong's H4818 - merkāḇâ

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מֶרְכָּבָה
Transliteration
merkāḇâ
Pronunciation
mer-kaw-baw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2163f

Strong’s Definitions

מֶרְכָּבָה merkâbâh, mer-kaw-baw'; feminine of H4817; a chariot:—chariot. See also H1024.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H4818 in the following manner: chariot (44x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H4818 in the following manner: chariot (44x).

  1. chariot

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֶרְכָּבָה merkâbâh, mer-kaw-baw'; feminine of H4817; a chariot:—chariot. See also H1024.
STRONGS H4818: Abbreviations
† מֶרְכָּבָה noun feminine chariot; — absolute מ׳ Judges 4:13 +, construct מִרְכֶּ֫בֶת † Genesis 41:43; suffix מֶרְבַּבְתּוֺ Genesis 46:29 +; plural מַרְכָּבוֺת Zechariah 6:1 +; construct מַרְכְּבוֺת 2 Kings 23:11 +, בֹת - Exodus 15:4; suffix מַרְכְּבֹתֶיךָ Micah 5:10; Habakkuk 3:8, etc.; — chariot (often || סוּס(ים), 1 Samuel 8:11 פָרָשִׁים): especially war-chariot, Egyptian, Exodus 14:25 (J), Exodus 15:4 (song), 2 Chron 14:8; from Muṣri in North Syria (according to Wkl, see מצרים near the end, compare Kit 1 Kings 10:28 Benzib.) 1 Kings 10:29 2 Chronicles 1:17; Songs, Joshua 11:6, 9 (JE), Judges 4:15 (|| רֶכֶב), Judges 5:28 (|| id.); Assyria, Isaiah 2:7; Nahum 3:2; foe from north Jeremiah 4:13, nations in general Haggai 2:22; Israel and Judah 1 Kings 20:33; 1 Kings 22:35 2 Chronicles 18:34; 2 Kings 9:27; 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Chronicles 35:24; Micah 5:10; figurative of י׳'s chariots Isaiah 66:15; Habakkuk 3:8, compare (in vision) Zechariah 6:1, 2(twice in verse); Zechariah 6:3 (twice in verse); מ׳ for dignity and display Genesis 41:43 (E), Genesis 46:29 (J), 1 Samuel 8:11 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:1; 2 Kings 5:21, 26, מַדְכְּבוֺת בְּבוֺדֶ֑ךָ Isaiah 22:18 (iron.); used in flight 2 Kings 23:11 (idolatrous); הַמּ׳ הַכְּרוּבִים (read מִדְכֶּבֶת הַכּ׳, Greek Version of the LXX Benz) 1 Chronicles 28:18 (on this conception of cherubin in temple see Benz); מ׳ in similes: כְּמַעֲשֵׂה אוֺפַן הַמּ׳ 1 Kings 7:33, בְּקוֺל מ׳ Joel 2:3; on the obscure עַמִּי נָדִיב מַר׳ Songs 6:12 chariots of my people, a prince (?) see especially Bu.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:43; 41:43; 46:29; 46:29

Exodus

14:25; 15:4; 15:4

Joshua

11:6; 11:9

Judges

4:13; 4:15; 5:28

1 Samuel

8:11; 8:11

2 Samuel

15:1

1 Kings

7:33; 10:28; 10:29; 20:33; 22:35

2 Kings

5:21; 5:26; 9:27; 10:15; 23:11; 23:11

1 Chronicles

28:18

2 Chronicles

1:17; 14:8; 18:34; 35:24

Song of Songs

6:12

Isaiah

2:7; 22:18; 66:15

Jeremiah

4:13

Joel

2:3

Micah

5:10; 5:10

Nahum

3:2

Habakkuk

3:8; 3:8

Haggai

2:22

Zechariah

6:1; 6:1; 6:2; 6:3

H4818

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4818 matches the Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkāḇâ),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - And he made him ride in his second chariot. And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!”[fn] Thus he set him over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - clogging[fn] their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - “Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea,
and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give over all of them, slain, to Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - And Joshua did to them just as the LORD said to him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “Out of the window she peered,
the mother of Sisera wailed through the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - The wheels were made like a chariot wheel; their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - A chariot could be imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver and a horse for 150, and so through the king’s traders they were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam hurried to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men were watching for a sign, and they quickly took it up from him and said, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go and bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - And the battle continued that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, until at evening he died. And the blood of the wound flowed into the bottom of the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi followed Naaman. And when Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and said, “Is all well?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - But he said to him, “Did not my heart go when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money and garments, olive orchards and vineyards, sheep and oxen, male servants and female servants?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled in the direction of Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Shoot him also.” And they shot him[fn] in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - And when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him. And he greeted him and said to him, “Is your heart true to my heart as mine is to yours?” And Jehonadab answered, “It is.” Jehu said,[fn] “If it is, give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts.[fn] And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - They imported a chariot from Egypt for 600 shekels[fn] of silver, and a horse for 150. Likewise through them these were exported to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram,[fn] who was taskmaster over the forced labor, and the people of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And King Rehoboam quickly mounted his chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - And the battle continued that day, and the king of Israel was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians until evening. Then at sunset he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:12 - Before I was aware, my desire set me
among the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:18 - and whirl you around and around, and throw you like a ball into a wide land. There you shall die, and there shall be your glorious chariots, you shame of your master’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - “For behold, the LORD will come in fire,
and his chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Behold, he comes up like clouds;
his chariots like the whirlwind;
his horses are swifter than eagles—
woe to us, for we are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 - As with the rumbling of chariots,
they leap on the tops of the mountains,
like the crackling of a flame of fire
devouring the stubble,
like a powerful army
drawn up for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - Harness the steeds to the chariots,
inhabitants of Lachish;
it was the beginning of sin
to the daughter of Zion,
for in you were found
the transgressions of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:10 - And in that day, declares the LORD,
I will cut off your horses from among you
and will destroy your chariots;

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - The crack of the whip, and rumble of the wheel,
galloping horse and bounding chariot!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:8 - Was your wrath against the rivers, O LORD?
Was your anger against the rivers,
or your indignation against the sea,
when you rode on your horses,
on your chariot of salvation?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms. I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations, and overthrow the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 - Again I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains. And the mountains were mountains of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:2 - The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - the third white horses, and the fourth chariot dappled horses—all of them strong.[fn]
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