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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)
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.
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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 2 / 3 (2Ch 9:28–Eze 23:20)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:28 - And they were importing horses H5483 for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:15 - So they laid hands on her, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse H5483 Gate of the king’s house, they put her to death there.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:28 - Then they carried him on horses H5483 and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:66 -

Their horses H5483 were 736; their mules, 245;

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:28 -

Above the Horse H5483 Gate the priests made repairs, each in front of his house.

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:8 - let them bring a royal robe which the king clothes himself in, and the horse H5483 on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed;
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:9 - and let the robe and the horse H5483 be given over to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, and let them clothe the man whom the king delights to honor and lead him on horseback H5483 through the city square and call out before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 -

Then the king said to Haman, “Take quickly the robes and the horse H5483 as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have spoken.”

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:11 - So Haman took the robe and the horse H5483 and clothed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square and called out before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring and sent letters by the hand of couriers on horses H5483, riding on steeds sired by the [fn]royal stud.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:18 -

“When she raises herself up high,

She laughs at the horse H5483 and his rider.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:19 -

“Do you give the horse H5483 his might?

Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:7 -

Some boast in chariots and some in horses H5483,

But we will [fn]boast in the name of Yahweh, our God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:9 -

Do not be as the horse H5483 or as the mule which have no understanding,

Whose harness are bit and bridle to control them,

Otherwise they will not come near you.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:17 -

A horse H5483 is a false hope for salvation;

Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:6 -

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

Both chariot rider and horse H5483 slumbered into a deep sleep.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 -

He does not delight in the might of the horse H5483;

He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:31 -

The horse H5483 is set for the day of battle,

But salvation belongs to Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:3 -

A whip is for the horse H5483, a bridle for the donkey,

And a rod for the back of fools.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:7 - I have seen slaves riding on horses H5483 and princes walking like slaves on the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:7 -

Their land has also been filled with silver and gold,

And there is no end to their treasures;

Their land has also been filled with horses H5483,

And there is no end to their chariots.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:28 -

[fn]Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent;

The hoofs of its horses H5483 [fn]seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 -

And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses H5483,”

Therefore you shall flee!

“And we will ride on swift horses,”

Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 -

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help

And rely on horses H5483,

And trust in chariots because they are many

And in horsemen because they are very mighty,

But they do not regard at the Holy One of Israel, nor seek Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:3 -

Now the Egyptians are men and not God,

And their horses H5483 are flesh and not spirit;

So Yahweh will stretch out His hand,

And he who helps will stumble,

And he who is helped will fall,

And all of them will come to an end together.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:8 - “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.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 38:14 -

“Like a swallow H5483, like a crane, so I chirped;

I moan like a dove;

My eyes look wistfully to the heights;

O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:17 -

Who brings forth the chariot and the horse H5483,

The military force and the mighty man;

They will lie down together and not rise again;

They have been extinguished and quenched like a wick:

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:13 -

Who led them through the depths?

Like the horse H5483 in the wilderness, they did not stumble;

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:20 - “Then they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as a grain offering to Yahweh, on horses H5483, in chariots, in litters, on mules, and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says Yahweh, “just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 -

“Behold, he goes up like clouds,

And his chariots like the whirlwind;

His horses H5483 are swifter than eagles.

Woe to us, for we are devastated!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8 -

“They were well-fed lusty horses H5483,

Each one neighing after his neighbor’s wife.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:23 -

“They take hold of bow and spear;

They are cruel and have no compassion;

Their voice roars like the sea,

And they ride on horses H5483,

Arranged as a man for the battle

Against you, O daughter of Zion!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:6 -

“I have given heed and heard,

They have spoken what is not right;

No man regretted his evil,

Saying, ‘What have I done?’

Everyone turned to his course,

Like a horse H5483 charging into the battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 -

“Even the stork in the sky

Knows her seasons;

And the turtledove and the swift H5483 and the crane

Keep the time of their [fn]migration;

But My people do not know

The legal judgment of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:16 -

From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses H5483;

At the sound of the neighing of his valiant steeds

The whole land quakes;

And they come and devour the land as well as its fullness,

The city and its inhabitants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 -

“If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out,

Then how can you compete with horses H5483?

If you fall down in a land of peace,

How will you do in the [fn]thicket of the Jordan?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 - then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes [fn]sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses H5483, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:4 - “For if you men will indeed do this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting for David on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses H5483, even the king himself and his servants and his people.
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 H5483 Gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it will not be uprooted or pulled down anymore forever.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 -

“Harness the horses H5483,

And [fn]mount the steeds,

And take your stand with helmets on!

Polish the spears,

Put on the scale-armor!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:9 -

Go up, you horses H5483, and [fn]drive madly, you chariots,

That the mighty men may go forth:

[fn]Ethiopia and [fn]Put, who seize the shield,

And the [fn]Lydians, who seize and bend the bow.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:37 -

“A sword against [fn]their horses H5483 and against [fn]their chariots

And against all the [fn]foreigners who are in the midst of her,

And they will become women!

A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:42 -

“They seize their bow and [fn]javelin;

They are cruel and have no compassion.

Their voice roars like the sea;

And they ride on horses H5483,

Arranged like a man for the battle

Against you, O daughter of Babylon.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:21 -

“With you I shatter the horse H5483 and his rider,

And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 -

Lift up a standard in the land,

Blow a trumpet among the nations!

Set apart the nations against her;

Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz;

Appoint a marshal against her;

Bring up the horses H5483 like bristly locusts.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:15 - ‘But he rebelled against him by sending his messengers to Egypt that they might give him horses H5483 and many [fn]troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:6 - who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses H5483.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:12 - “She lusted after the [fn]Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses H5483, all of them desirable choice men.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:20 - “She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses H5483.

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