HebrewH5483Noun (Masculine)

סוּס

sus

124Occurrences
H5483Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
swallow, swift

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

סוּס appears 124 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
19
Jeremiah
16
Ezk
12
Isaiah
10
Zechariah
10
1 Kings
9
2 Chronicles
7
Exodus
6

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:25BSB

Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.

2 Kings 6:14BSB

the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.

Exodus 14:9BSB

The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

Haggai 2:22BSB

I will overturn royal thronesand destroy the powerof the kingdoms of the nations.I will overturn chariots and their riders;horses and their riders will fall,each by the sword of his brother.

Jeremiah 51:27BSB

“Raise a banner in the land!Blow the ram’s horn among the nations!Prepare the nations against her.Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.Appoint a captain against her;bring up horses like swarming locusts.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.