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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 מִרְכֶּ֫בֶתGenesis 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:43 - And he had him ride in [fn]his second chariot H4818; and they called out before him, “[fn]Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - And Joseph harnessed his chariot H4818 and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared [fn]before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - And He [fn]caused their chariot H4818 wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, “Let [fn]us flee from Israel, for Yahweh is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 -

“Pharaoh’s chariots H4818 and his army He has cast into the sea;

And the choicest of his officers are sunk in the [fn]Red Sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 -

Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will give all of them over, slain, before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots H4818 with fire.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - And Joshua did to them as Yahweh had said to him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots H4818 with fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And Yahweh threw Sisera and all his chariots and all his camp into confusion with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera came down from his chariot H4818 and fled away on foot.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 -

“Out of the window she looked and lamented,

The mother of Sisera through the [fn]lattice,

‘Why does his chariot delay in coming?

Why do the [fn]hoofbeats of his chariots H4818 tarry?’

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - And he said, “This will be the [fn]custom of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them for himself in his chariots H4818 and among his horsemen, and they will run before his chariots H4818.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that Absalom prepared for himself a chariot H4818 and horses and fifty men as runners before him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - Now the workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot H4818 wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - And a chariot H4818 [fn]was imported from Egypt for 600 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and [fn]by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel [fn]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot H4818 to flee to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - Now the men interpreted this as an omen, and hastily [fn]catching his word said, “Your brother Ben-hadad.” Then he said, “Go, bring him.” Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he [fn]took him up into the chariot H4818.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - Now the battle [fn]raged that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot H4818 in front of the Arameans, and died at evening, and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And Naaman saw one running after him, so he came down from the chariot H4818 to meet him and said, “Is all at peace?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 -

Then he said to him, “Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot H4818 to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female slaves?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 -

And Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, “Strike him down too, in the chariot H4818.” So they struck him down at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 -

Then he went from there and found Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he [fn]blessed him and said to him, “Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?” And Jehonadab [fn]answered, “It is.” Jehu said, “If it is, give me your hand.” And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot H4818.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - And he did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots H4818 of the sun with fire.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot H4818, even the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they [fn]imported a chariot H4818 from Egypt for [fn]600 shekels of silver and a horse for [fn]150; and [fn]by the same means they [fn]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 -

And Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots H4818 and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel [fn]stoned him and he died. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot H4818 to flee to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 -

Then Zerah the Ethiopian went out against them with a military force of one million men and 300 chariots H4818, and he came to Mareshah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - Now the battle raged that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot H4818 in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset he died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot H4818 and drove him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem [fn]where he died, and he was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:12 -

“I did not know it, but my soul set me

Among the chariots H4818 of [fn]my noble people.”

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,

And there is no end to their chariots H4818.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:18 -

And He will surely roll you tightly like a ball,

To be cast into a vast country;

There you will die,

And there your glorious chariots H4818 will be,

You disgrace of your master’s house.’

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 -

For behold, Yahweh will come in fire

And His chariots H4818 like the whirlwind,

To return His anger with wrath,

And His rebuke with flames of fire.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 -

“Behold, he goes up like clouds,

And his chariots H4818 like the whirlwind;

His horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe to us, for we are devastated!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 -

[fn]With a noise as of chariots H4818

They leap on the tops of the mountains,

Like the [fn]crackling of a flame of fire consumes the stubble,

Like a mighty people arranged for battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 -

Harness the chariot H4818 to the team of horses,

O inhabitant of Lachish

She was the beginning of sin

To the daughter of Zion

Because in you were found

The transgressions of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:10 -

“And it will be in that day,” declares Yahweh,

“That I will cut off your horses from among you

And destroy your chariots H4818.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 -

The sound of the whip,

And the sound of the rumbling of the wheel,

Galloping horses,

And [fn]bounding chariots H4818!

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:8 -

Did Yahweh’s fury burn against the rivers,

Or was Your anger against the rivers,

Or was Your wrath against the sea,

That You rode on Your horses,

On Your chariots H4818 of salvation?

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - ‘I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the [fn]nations; and I will overthrow the chariots H4818 and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.’
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 -

Then I lifted up my eyes again and saw, and behold, four chariots H4818 were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:2 - With the first chariot H4818 were red horses, with the second chariot H4818 black horses,
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - with the third chariot H4818 white horses, and with the fourth chariot H4818 dappled horsesall of them mighty.
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