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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 139 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 - And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - And let Dan be a serpent in the way, besetting the path, biting the heel of the horse (and the rider shall fall backward),

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:3 - behold, the hand of the Lord shall be upon thy cattle in the fields, both on the horses, and on the asses, and on the camels and oxen and sheep, a very great [fn]mortality.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - And the Egyptians pursued after them, and found them encamped by the sea; and all the cavalry and the chariots of Pharao, and the horsemen, and his host were before the village, over against Beel-sepphon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:23 - And the Egyptians pursued them and went in after them, and every horse of Pharao, and his chariots, and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:1 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to God, and spoke, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he is very greatly glorified: horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:19 - For the horse of Pharao went in with the chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, but the children of Israel walked through dry land in the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:21 - And Mariam led them, saying, Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been very greatly glorified: the horse and rider has he cast into the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what he did to the host of the Egyptians, and to their chariots, and their cavalry, and their host; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overwhelm the face of them as they pursued after you, and the Lord destroyed them until this day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:16 - For he shall not multiply to himself horses, and he shall by no means turn the people back to Egypt, lest he should multiply to himself horses; for the Lord said, Ye shall not any more turn back by that way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:1 - And if thou shouldest go forth to war against thine enemies, and shouldest see horse, and rider, and a people more numerous than thyself; thou shalt not be afraid of them, for the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:4 - And they and their kings with them went forth, as the sand of the sea in multitude, and horses, and very many chariots.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - And the Lord said to Joshua, Be not afraid of them, for to-morrow at this time I will put them to flight before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - And Joshua did to them, as the Lord commanded him: he houghed their horses, and burned their chariots with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:22 - When the hoofs of the horse were entangled, his mighty ones earnestly hasted

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - And it came to pass after this that Abessalom [fn]prepared for himself chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:25 - And they brought every one their gifts, vessels of gold, and raiment, and stacte, and spices, and horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:28 - And the goings forth of Solomon's horsemen was also out of Egypt, and the king's merchants were of Thecue; and they received them out of Thecue at a price.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - And that which proceeded out of Egypt went up thus, even a chariot for a hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for fifty shekels of silver: and thus for all the kings of the Chettians, and the kings of Syria, they came out by sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - And Achaab said to Abdiu, Come, and let us go through the land, and to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, if by any means we may find grass, and may save the horses and mules, and so they will not perish from the tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:1 - (LXX 21:1) And the son of Ader gathered all his forces, and went up and besieged Samaria, he and thirty-two kings with him, and all his horse and [fn]chariots: and they went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - (LXX 21:20) smote each one the man next to him; and each one a second time smote the man next to him: and Syria fled, and Israel pursued them; and the son of Ader, even the king of Syria, escapes on the horse of a horseman.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:21 - (LXX 21:21) And the king of Israel went forth, and took all the horses and the chariots, and smote the enemy with a great slaughter in Syria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:25 - (LXX 21:25) And we will [fn]give thee another army according to the army that was destroyed, and cavalry according to the cavalry, and chariots according to the chariots, and we will fight against them in the plain, and we shall prevail against them. And he hearkened to [fn]their voice, and did so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:4 - And the king of Israel said to Josaphat, Wilt thou go up with us to Remmath Galaad to battle?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11 - And it came to pass as they were going, they [fn]went on talking; and, behold, a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and it separated between them both; and Eliu was taken up in a whirlwind as it were into heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - And he went and sent to Josaphat king of Juda, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to war? And he said, I will go up: thou art as I, I am as thou; as my people, so is thy people, as my horses, so are thy horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naiman came with horse and chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisaie.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - And he sent thither horses, and chariots, and a mighty host: and they came by night, and compassed about the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - And the servant of Elisaie [fn]rose up early and went out; and, behold, a host compassed the city, and horses and chariots: and the servant said to him, O master, [fn]what shall we do?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - And Elisaie prayed, and said, Lord, open, I pray thee, the eyes of the servant, and let him see. And the Lord opened his eyes, and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses, and there were chariots of fire round about Elisaie.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - [fn]For the Lord had made the army of Syria to hear a sound of chariots, and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great host: and each man said to his fellow, Now has the king of Israel hired against us the kings of the Chettites, and the kings of Egypt, to come against us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - And they arose and fled while it was yet dark, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses in the camp, [fn]as they were, and fled [fn]for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they [fn]went and cried toward the gate of the city, and reported to them, saying, We went into the camp of Syria, and, behold, there is not there a man, nor voice of man, only [fn]horses tied and [fn]asses, and their tents as they were.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - And one of his servants answered and said, Let them now take five of the horses that were left, which were left here; behold, they are the number left to all the multitude of Israel; and we will send thither and see.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 - So they took two horsemen; and the king of Israel sent after the king of Syria, saying, Go, and see.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - And there went a horseman to meet them, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me. And the watchman reported, saying, The messenger came up to them, and has not returned.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 - And he sent another horseman, and he came to him, and said, Thus says the king, Peace. And Ju said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn behind me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - Now then, as soon as this letter shall have reached you, whereas there are with you the sons of your master, and with you [fn]chariots and horses, and strong cities, and arms,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - And they laid hands upon her, and went in by the way of the horses' entrance into the house of the Lord, and she was slain there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - And they [fn]brought him upon horses; and he was buried in Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - And now, I pray you, make an agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou shalt be able on thy part to [fn]set riders upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he burned the horses which the kings of Juda had given to the sun in the entrance of the house of the Lord, [fn]by the treasury of Nathan the [fn]king's eunuch, in the [fn]suburbs; and he burned the chariot of the sun with fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:16 - And Solomon imported horses from Egypt, and the charge of the king's merchants for going was as follows, and they traded,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - and went and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty pieces of silver: and so they brought for all the kings of the Chettites, and for the kings of Syria by their means.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:24 - And they brought every one his gifts, silver vessels and golden vessels, and raiment, myrrh and spices, horses and mules, a rate every year.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he put them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.

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