סוּס
sus
“swallow”
Definition
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
סוּס appears 124 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Year after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.
the king of Aram sent horses, chariots, and a great army. They went there by night and surrounded the city.
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.
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.
“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.
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