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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 - He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,[fn] and people shouted before him, “Make way[fn]!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - Joseph had his chariot made ready and went to Goshen to meet his father Israel. As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father[fn] and wept for a long time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - He jammed[fn] the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving. And the Egyptians said, “Let’s get away from the Israelites! The LORD is fighting for them against Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:4 - Pharaoh’s chariots and his army he has hurled into the sea. The best of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:6 - The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because by this time tomorrow I will hand all of them, slain, over to Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn their chariots.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:9 - Joshua did to them as the LORD had directed: He hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - At Barak’s advance, the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and army by the sword, and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:28 - “Through the window peered Sisera’s mother; behind the lattice she cried out, ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - He said, “This is what the king who will reign over you will claim as his rights: He will take your sons and make them serve with his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - In the course of time, Absalom provided himself with a chariot and horses and with fifty men to run ahead of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:33 - The wheels were made like chariot wheels; the axles, rims, spokes and hubs were all of cast metal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - They imported a chariot from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[fn] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of forced labor, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:33 - The men took this as a good sign and were quick to pick up his word. “Yes, your brother Ben-Hadad!” they said. “Go and get him,” the king said. When Ben-Hadad came out, Ahab had him come up into his chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:35 - All day long the battle raged, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. The blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot, and that evening he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi hurried after Naaman. When Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him. “Is everything all right?” he asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - But Elisha said to him, “Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or to accept clothes—or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[fn] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:15 - After he left there, he came upon Jehonadab son of Rekab, who was on his way to meet him. Jehu greeted him and said, “Are you in accord with me, as I am with you?” “I am,” Jehonadab answered. “If so,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he did, and Jehu helped him up into the chariot.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:11 - He removed from the entrance to the temple of the LORD the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun. They were in the court[fn] near the room of an official named Nathan-Melek. Josiah then burned the chariots dedicated to the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:18 - and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow 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 six hundred shekels[fn] of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty.[fn] They also exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and of the Arameans.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horses,[fn] which he kept in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - Zerah the Cushite marched out against them with an army of thousands upon thousands and three hundred chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:34 - All day long the battle raged, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot facing the Arameans until evening. Then at sunset he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:12 - Before I realized it, my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:18 - He will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die and there the chariots you were so proud of will become a disgrace to your master’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:15 - See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:5 - With a noise like that of chariots they leap over the mountaintops, like a crackling fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army drawn up for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:13 - You who live in Lachish, harness fast horses to the chariot. You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:10 - “In that day,” declares the LORD, “I will destroy your horses from among you and demolish your chariots.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:2 - The crack of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses and jolting chariots!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:8 - Were you angry with the rivers, LORD? Was your wrath against the streams? Did you rage against the sea when you rode your horses and your chariots to victory?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:22 - I will overturn royal thrones and shatter the power of the foreign kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and their drivers; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:1 - I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:3 - the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful.
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