רֶ֫כֶשׁ
re.khesh
“steed”
Definition
a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser
from H7408 (רָכַשׁ);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
רֶ֫כֶשׁ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
Harness your chariot horses,O dweller of Lachish.You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion,for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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