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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 17 times in 16 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 -

Look, he advances like clouds;

his chariots are like a storm.

His horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe to us, for we are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:8 -

They are well-fed,[fn] eager[fn] stallions,

each neighing after someone else’s wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:23

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They grasp bow and javelin.

They are cruel and show no mercy.

Their voice roars like the sea,

and they ride on horses,

lined up like men in battle formation

against you, Daughter Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:6

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“I have paid careful attention.

They do not speak what is right.

No one regrets his evil,

asking, ‘What have I done? ’

Everyone has stayed his course

like a horse rushing into battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:7

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“Even storks in the sky

know their seasons.

Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes[fn]

are aware of their migration,

but my people do not know

the requirements of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:16

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From Dan, the snorting of horses is heard.

At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds,

the whole land quakes.

They come to devour the land and everything in it,

the city and all its residents.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 -

If you have raced with runners

and they have worn you out,

how can you compete with horses?

If you stumble[fn] in a peaceful land,

what will you do in the thickets of the Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:25 -

“kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David; they will ride in chariots and on horses with their officials, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem. This city will be inhabited forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:4

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“For if you conscientiously carry out this word, then kings sitting on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses ​— ​they, their officers, and their people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:40

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“The whole valley ​— ​the corpses, the ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east ​— ​will be holy to the LORD. It will never be uprooted or demolished again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:4 -

Harness the horses;

mount the steeds;[fn]

take your positions with helmets on!

Polish the lances;

put on armor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:9

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Rise up, you cavalry!

Race furiously, you chariots!

Let the warriors march out —

Cush and Put,

who are able to handle shields,

and the men of Lud,

who are able to handle and string the bow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:37

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A sword is against his horses and chariots

and against all the foreigners among them,

and they will be like women.

A sword is against her treasuries,

and they will be plundered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:42

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They grasp bow and javelin.

They are cruel and show no mercy.

Their voice roars like the sea,

and they ride on horses,

lined up like men in battle formation

against you, Daughter Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:21 -

With you I will smash the horse and its rider;

with you I will smash the chariot and its rider.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:27 -

Raise a signal flag in the land;

blow a ram’s horn among the nations;

set apart the nations against her.

Summon kingdoms against her —

Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.

Appoint a marshal against her;

bring up horses like a swarm[fn] of locusts.

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