סוּס
horse
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
104 distinct verses where H5483 appears in the Absolute state, across 24 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 2 verses
- Genesis 47:17 בַּ/סּוּסִ֗ים prep det + n c mp They brought their cattle to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
- Genesis 49:17 ס֔וּס n c ms Dan will be a serpent in the way, An adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward.
Exodus 3 verses
- Exodus 9:3 בַּ/סּוּסִ֤ים prep det + n c mp behold, the hand of Yahweh is on your cattle which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks with a very grievous pestilence.
- Exodus 15:1 ס֥וּס n c ms Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to Yahweh, and said, "I will sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:21 ס֥וּס n c ms Miriam answered them, "Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 17:16 סוּסִים֒ ס֑וּס n c mp n c ms Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, You shall henceforth return no more that way.
- Deuteronomy 20:1 ס֤וּס n c ms When you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Joshua 1 verse
Judges 1 verse
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 10 verses
- 1 Kings 4:26 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- 1 Kings 4:28 לַ/סּוּסִ֖ים prep det + n c mp Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
- 1 Kings 10:25 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 1 Kings 10:28 הַ/סּוּסִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price.
- 1 Kings 10:29 וְ/ס֖וּס conj + n c ms A chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty; and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 1 Kings 18:5 ס֣וּס n c ms Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we not lose all the animals.
- 1 Kings 20:1 וְ/ס֣וּס conj + n c ms Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.
- 1 Kings 20:20 ס֖וּס n c ms They killed everyone his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them: and Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
- 1 Kings 20:21 הַ/סּ֖וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms The king of Israel went out, and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Syrians with a great slaughter.
- 1 Kings 20:25 וְ/ס֣וּס כַּ/סּ֣וּס conj + n c ms prep det + n c ms and number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot; and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. He listened to their voice, and did so.
2 Kings 15 verses
- 2 Kings 6:14 סוּסִ֥ים n c mp Therefore sent he there horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and surrounded the city.
- 2 Kings 6:15 וְ/ס֣וּס conj + n c ms When the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. His servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
- 2 Kings 6:17 סוּסִ֥ים n c mp Elisha prayed, and said, Yahweh, Please open his eyes, that he may see. Yahweh opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
- 2 Kings 7:6 ס֔וּס n c ms For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.
- 2 Kings 7:10 הַ/סּ֤וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 7:13 הַ/סּוּסִים֮ ptcl def.art + n c mp One of his servants answered, Please let some take five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel who are consumed); and let us send and see.
- 2 Kings 7:14 סוּסִ֑ים n c mp They took therefore two chariots with horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see.
- 2 Kings 9:18 הַ/סּ֜וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.
- 2 Kings 9:19 סוּס֮ n c ms Then he sent out a second on horseback, who came to them, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me.
- 2 Kings 9:33 הַ/סּוּסִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He said, Throw her down. So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trod her under foot.
- 2 Kings 10:2 וְ/הַ/סּוּסִ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fortified city also, and armor;
- 2 Kings 11:16 הַ/סּוּסִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
- 2 Kings 14:20 הַ/סּוּסִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp They brought him on horses; and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David.
- 2 Kings 18:23 סוּסִ֔ים n c mp Now therefore, Please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- 2 Kings 23:11 הַ/סּוּסִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
2 Chronicles 7 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:16 הַ/סּוּסִ֛ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt and from Kue; the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.
- 2 Chronicles 1:17 וְ/ס֖וּס conj + n c ms They brought up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred pieces of silver, and a horse for one hundred fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
- 2 Chronicles 9:24 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp They brought every man his tribute, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and clothing, armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
- 2 Chronicles 9:25 סוּסִים֙ n c mp Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, that he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 9:28 סוּסִ֧ים n c mp They brought horses for Solomon out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
- 2 Chronicles 23:15 הַ/סּוּסִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp So they made way for her; and she went to the entrance of the horse gate to the king's house: and they killed her there.
- 2 Chronicles 25:28 הַ/סּוּסִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp They brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 5 verses
- Esther 6:8 וְ/ס֗וּס conj + n c ms let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:
- Esther 6:9 וְ/הַ/סּ֗וּס הַ/סּוּס֙ conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms and let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
- Esther 6:10 הַ/סּוּס֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.
- Esther 6:11 הַ/סּ֔וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms Then took Haman the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.
- Esther 8:10 בַּ/סּוּסִ֜ים prep det + n c mp He wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud:
Job 2 verses
Psalms 5 verses
- Psalms 20:7 בַ/סּוּסִ֑ים prep det + n c mp Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, But we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Psalms 32:9 כְּ/ס֥וּס prep + n c ms Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
- Psalms 33:17 הַ֭/סּוּס ptcl def.art + n c ms A horse is a vain thing for safety, Neither does he deliver any by his great power.
- Psalms 76:6 וָ/סֽוּס conj + n c ms At your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
- Psalms 147:10 הַ/סּ֣וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Proverbs 2 verses
Ecclesiastes 1 verse
Isaiah 7 verses
- Isaiah 2:7 סוּסִ֔ים n c mp Their land is full of silver and gold, Neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, Neither is there any end of their chariots.
- Isaiah 30:16 ס֥וּס n c ms but you said, No, for we will flee on horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride on the swift; therefore shall those who pursue you be swift.
- Isaiah 31:1 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Yahweh!
- Isaiah 36:8 סוּסִ֔ים n c mp Now therefore, please give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Isaiah 43:17 וָ/ס֖וּס conj + n c ms who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick):
- Isaiah 63:13 כַּ/סּ֥וּס prep det + n c ms who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, so that they didn't stumble?
- Isaiah 66:20 בַּ/סּוּסִ֡ים prep det + n c mp They shall bring all your brothers out of all the nations for an offering to Yahweh, on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says Yahweh, as the children of Israel bring their offering in a clean vessel into the house of Yahweh.
Jeremiah 13 verses
- Jeremiah 5:8 סוּסִ֥ים n c mp They were as fed horses roaming at large; everyone neighed after his neighbor's wife.
- Jeremiah 6:23 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea, and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Zion.
- Jeremiah 8:6 כְּ/ס֥וּס prep + n c ms I listened and heard, but they didn't speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
- Jeremiah 8:7 ו/סוס וְ/סִיס֙ conj + n c ms conj + n c ms Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
- Jeremiah 12:5 הַ/סּוּסִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?
- Jeremiah 17:25 וּ/בַ/סּוּסִ֗ים conj + prep det + n c mp then shall there enter in by the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city shall remain forever.
- Jeremiah 22:4 וּ/בַ/סּוּסִ֔ים conj + prep det + n c mp For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.
- Jeremiah 31:40 הַ/סּוּסִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp The whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to Yahweh; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more forever.
- Jeremiah 46:4 הַ/סּוּסִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Harness the horses, and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, put on the coats of mail.
- Jeremiah 46:9 הַ/סּוּסִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.
- Jeremiah 50:42 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, everyone set in array, as a man to the battle, against you, daughter of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:21 ס֖וּס n c ms and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
- Jeremiah 51:27 ס֖וּס n c ms Set up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz: appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough canker-worm.
Ezekiel 10 verses
- Ezekiel 17:15 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape who does such things? shall he break the covenant, and yet escape?
- Ezekiel 23:6 סוּסִֽים n c mp who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
- Ezekiel 23:12 סוּסִ֑ים n c mp She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, [her] neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:20 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp She doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of donkeys, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
- Ezekiel 23:23 סוּסִ֖ים n c mp the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, [and] all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and rulers all of them, princes and men of renown, all of them riding on horses.
- Ezekiel 26:7 בְּ/ס֛וּס prep + n c ms For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will bring on Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.
- Ezekiel 27:14 סוּסִ֤ים n c mp They of the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses and war-horses and mules.
- Ezekiel 38:4 סוּסִ֣ים n c mp and I will turn you about, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
- Ezekiel 38:15 סוּסִים֙ n c mp You shall come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you, and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army;
- Ezekiel 39:20 ס֣וּס n c ms You shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, says the Lord Yahweh.
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 1:7 בְּ/סוּסִ֖ים prep + n c mp But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen."
- Hosea 14:3 סוּס֙ n c ms Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; Neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' For in you the fatherless finds mercy."
Joel 1 verse
Amos 2 verses
- Amos 2:15 הַ/סּ֔וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms Neither shall he stand who handles the bow; And he who is swift of foot won't escape; Neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
- Amos 6:12 סוּסִ֔ים n c mp Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, And the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
Nahum 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 9 verses
- Zechariah 1:8 ס֣וּס סוּסִ֣ים n c ms n c mp "I had a vision in the night, and, behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.
- Zechariah 6:2 סוּסִ֣ים סוּסִ֥ים n c mp n c mp In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;
- Zechariah 6:3 סוּסִ֣ים סוּסִ֥ים n c mp n c mp in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot dappled horses, all of them powerful.
- Zechariah 6:6 הַ/סּוּסִ֣ים ptcl def.art + n c mp The one with the black horses goes out toward the north country; and the white went out after them; and the dappled went forth toward the south country."
- Zechariah 9:10 וְ/סוּס֙ conj + n c ms I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, And the horse from Jerusalem; And the battle bow will be cut off; And he will speak peace to the nations: And his dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 10:5 סוּסִֽים n c mp They shall be as mighty men, Treading down muddy streets in the battle; And they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them; And the riders on horses will be confounded.
- Zechariah 12:4 סוּס֙ ס֣וּס n c ms n c ms cs In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
- Zechariah 14:15 הַ/סּ֗וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms So will be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the donkey, and of all the animals that will be in those camps, as that plague.
- Zechariah 14:20 הַ/סּ֔וּס ptcl def.art + n c ms In that day there will be on the bells of the horses, "HOLY TO YAHWEH;" and the pots in Yahweh's house will be like the bowls before the altar.
About this entry
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At its core, סוס (çûwç) means “horse.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 47:17. It turns up in 130 verses across 27 books, a common footprint. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. It shares a root with סוסה, סס and סוסי. Dig into 130-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5483 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 130
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 130 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #318
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 318 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 130 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 130 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 95 verses · 73%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 24 verses · 18%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 11 verses · 8%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Horses 86×, Horse 31×, Every horse 2×
- American Standard Version†: Horses 76×, Horse 29×, All of them riding upon horses 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Horses 90×, Horse 25×, Horseback 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Horses 74×, Horse 38×, Were 4×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5483 across 137† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 14 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5483 across 137† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5483 across 135† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 12 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5483 across 143† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 3 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
סוס I [m.] swallow or swift (cypselus, TristrFFP 82 ff.) (𝔗 סוּסְיָא Is 38
סוס II
- 1. non-Isr.; chariot-horses of Canaanites Ju 5:22 (cf. v 28 4:3, 13; עִקְבֵי ס׳; ס׳ coll., as often), Jos 11:4, 6, 9 (JE); horses as property of Egyptians Gn 47:17; Ex 9:3 (both J), cf. Zc 14:15; merchandise of Tyre Ez 27:14; chariot-horses of Egypt [cf. Hom Il. ix. 384], Ex 14:9, 23 (P), 15:1, 21 (poem), v 19 (P; on all v. Di), Dt 11:4; Is 31:1, 3; Je 46:4, 9; Ez 17:15; of Aram 1 K 20:1 + 11 times K (1 K 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyr. Is 5:28 + 3 times, Chaldeans Je 4:13 + 6 times; other nations Na 3:2; Je 50:42 + 5 times; as ridden 1 K 20:20 (v. supr.), Je 8:23; Ez 38:4, 15 + 13 times (late). e.g. Judges 5:22
- 2. in Isr.; chariot-horses of Absalom 2 S 15:1, especially of Sol., and later, 1 K 5:6, 8; 10:25, 28, 29, and ‖ Chr; 18:5 and (as war-equipment) 22:4 2 K 3:7; 9:33; 10:2 Pr 21:31; סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 K 2:11 (Elijah), cf. 6:17; consecr. to sun 2 K 23:11 (cf. RSSem. 275; 2nd ed. 293); sign of luxury and apostasy Am 4:10; Ho 1:7; 1:4 Is 2:7 Mi 5:9 Zc 9:10, cf. Dt 17:6, 16, but v. Zc 14:20; in vision Zc 6:2(×2), 3(×2), 6; ridden 2 K 9:18, 19; 18:23 = Is 36:8, Am 2:15 + 4 times Is Je; in vision Zc 1:8(×2); שַׁעַר הַסּ׳ Je 31:40; Ne 3:28, cf. 2 K 11:16 = 2 Ch 23:15; property of returned exiles Ezr 2:66 = Ne 7:68 van d. H. (om. Mass. Baer Ginsb q.v.); description of horse Jb 39:19; in various sim. and fig. Am 6:12; Je 5:8; 8:6; 12:5; Ez 23:20; Is 63:13; Jo 2:4; Pr 27:3 ψ 32:9; 147:10. e.g. 2 Samuel 15:1
- 3. chariot-horses of י׳ Hb 3:15 (fig. of clouds), cf. Zc 10:3.—Cf. also חֲצַר סוּסִים, and פָּרָשׁ, רֶכֶשׁ. e.g. Habakkuk 3:15
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.[m.] swallow or swift (cypselus, TristrFFP 82 ff.) (𝔗 סוּסְיָא Is 38:14);—as twittering Is 38:14 (in sim.); 𝔊 χελιδών, 𝔙 pullus hirundinis; so Je 8:7 Kt (Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from foll., so Gie), 𝔊 id., 𝔙 hirundo.
II. n.m. Ex 15:1 horse (NH סוּס, סוּסָה, Aramaic סוּסְיָא, ܣܽܘܣܝܳܐ, Mand. סוסיא, Sin. id., Lzb 328; Assyrian sisû (sîsû?) DlHWB 506; Tel Am. su-u[su] WklTA. 191, 24; prob. foreign word cf. NöM 147 Erman Ägypten 649; Eng. tr. 490);—ס׳ abs. 1 K 20:20 +; cstr. Ex 15:19 +; pl. סוּסִים Gn 47:17 +, סֻסִים 2 S 15:1; cstr. סוּסֵי 2 K 2:11; sf. סוּסַי 1 K 22:4; 2 K 3:7, סוּסֶיךָ Mi 5:9 + 4 times, סוּסָיו Is 5:28 +, סוּסֵיכֶם Am 4:10, סוּסֵיהֶם Jos 11:6 +;—horse:
I. Je 8:7 Qr v. I. סוּס.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy)
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
סוּס
- to be bright, glad, v. שׂוּשׂ.
סוּס ²
- v. Nöld. Mand. Gr. p. 147) horse. Pes. 113ᵇ. Succ. 26ᵇ שינת הס׳ the (short) sleep of the horse, v. נִשְׁמָא. Cant. R. to VIII, 9 אם ראית ס׳ פרסי וכ׳ when thou seest the Persian horse (Parthian cavalry) tied &c. Snh. II, 5 על סוּסוֹ on the king’s horse; a. fr.—[Gen. R. s. 95, end הס׳ לקבלי (read: לקבלך) the horse is before thee (has been surrendered), v. בּוּצְלָא.]—Pl. סוּסִים, סוּסִין. Snh. II, 4. Ib. 21ᵇ ס׳ הבטלנין, v. בַּטְלָן; a. fr.—Cant. R. to I, 9 ס׳ נקבות mares.—Fem. סוּסָה. Ib. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XLII; סוּסְיָא.—Pl. סוּסְיוֹת. Ex. R. s. 23, end ס׳ נקבות, v. supra.
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The 84 distinct written forms H5483 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 123 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 130 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 47:17
- Exodus 9:3
- Deuteronomy 11:4
- Joshua 11:4
- Judges 5:22
- 2 Samuel 15:1
- 1 Kings 10:25
- 2 Kings 2:11
- 2 Chronicles 1:16
- Ezra 2:66
- Esther 6:8
- Job 39:18
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
