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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 20 times in 19 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:11 - As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses H5483 of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a [fn]whirlwind to heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:7 - Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?” And he said, “I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses H5483 as your horses.” H5483

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:9 - So Naaman came with his horses H5483 and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:14 - He sent horses H5483 and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 - Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses H5483 and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, “Alas, my master! [fn]What shall we do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:17 - Then Elisha prayed and said, “O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the servant’s eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses H5483 and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:6 - For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, H5483 even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses H5483 and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:10 - So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, “We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses H5483 tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - One of his servants said, “Please, let some men take five of the horses H5483 which remain, which are left [fn]in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:14 - They took therefore two chariots with horses, H5483 and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, “Go and see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman H5483 went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” And the watchman [fn]reported, “The messenger came to them, but he did not return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 - Then he sent out a second horseman, H5483 who came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu [fn]answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:33 - He said, “Throw her down.” So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, H5483 and he trampled her under foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:2 - “Now, when this letter comes to you, since your master’s sons are with you, [fn]as well as the chariots and horses H5483 and a fortified city and the weapons,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - So they [fn]seized her, and when she arrived at the horses’ H5483 entrance of the king’s house, she was put to death there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:20 - Then they brought him on horses H5483 and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:23 - “Now therefore, [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 set riders on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - He did away with the horses H5483 which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
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