רָכַב
to ride
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘mount’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to’
Form
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms 29 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct 10 times (13%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Construct 10 times (13%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 9 times (12%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 8 times (10%)
- Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 7 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 5 times (6%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 4 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 2 times (3%)
+21 more forms (23 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 78 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H7392 appears — 75 distinct verses across 24 books. 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 3 verses
- Genesis 24:61 וַ/תִּרְכַּ֨בְנָה֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fp Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
- Genesis 41:43 וַ/יַּרְכֵּ֣ב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 49:17 רֹכְב֖/וֹ Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms 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 4:20 וַ/יַּרְכִּבֵ/ם֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses took God's rod in his hand.
- Exodus 15:1 וְ/רֹכְב֖/וֹ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms 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 וְ/רֹכְב֖/וֹ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Miriam answered them, "Sing to Yahweh, for he has triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 2 verses
- Numbers 22:22 רֹכֵ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:30 רָכַ֣בְתָּ Qal pf 2ms The donkey said to Balaam, Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? was I ever wont to do so to you? and he said, No.
Deuteronomy 2 verses
- Deuteronomy 32:13 יַרְכִּבֵ֨/הוּ֙ Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms He made him ride on the high places of the earth, He ate the increase of the field; He made him to suck honey out of the rock, Oil out of the flinty rock;
- Deuteronomy 33:26 רֹכֵ֤ב Qal ptcp.act ms There is none like God, Jeshurun, Who rides on the heavens for your help, In his excellency on the skies.
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 5:10 רֹכְבֵי֩ Qal ptcp.act mp cs Tell [of it], you who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, You who walk by the way.
- Judges 10:4 רֹֽכְבִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth Jair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- Judges 12:14 רֹכְבִ֖ים Qal ptcp.act mp He had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
1 Samuel 3 verses
- 1 Samuel 25:20 רֹכֶ֣בֶת Qal ptcp.act fs It was so, as she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her; and she met them.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 וַ/תִּרְכַּב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- 1 Samuel 30:17 רָכְב֥וּ Qal pf 3cp David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
2 Samuel 6 verses
- 2 Samuel 6:3 וַ/יַּרְכִּ֜בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
- 2 Samuel 13:29 וַֽ/יִּרְכְּב֛וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled.
- 2 Samuel 16:2 לִ/רְכֹּ֗ב prep + Qal inf.cs The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as are faint in the wilderness may drink.
- 2 Samuel 18:9 רֹכֵ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the sky and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.
- 2 Samuel 19:26 וְ/אֶרְכַּ֤ב conj + Qal impf 1cs He answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for your servant said, I will saddle me a donkey, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because your servant is lame.
- 2 Samuel 22:11 וַ/יִּרְכַּ֥ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He rode on a cherub, and did fly; Yes, he was seen on the wings of the wind.
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 1:33 וְ/הִרְכַּבְתֶּם֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 2mp The king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
- 1 Kings 1:38 וַ/יַּרְכִּ֨בוּ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44 וַ/יַּרְכִּ֣בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp and the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have caused him to ride on the king's mule;
- 1 Kings 13:13 וַ/יִּרְכַּ֖ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He said to his sons, Saddle me the donkey. So they saddled him the donkey; and he rode thereon.
- 1 Kings 18:45 וַ/יִּרְכַּ֥ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It happened in a little while, that the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel:
2 Kings 10 verses
- 2 Kings 4:24 לִ/רְכֹּ֔ב prep + Qal inf.cs Then she saddled a donkey, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; don't slacken me the riding, except I bid you.
- 2 Kings 9:16 וַ/יִּרְכַּ֤ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
- 2 Kings 9:18 רֹכֵ֨ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs 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 רֹכֵ֣ב Qal ptcp.act ms cs 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 9:25 רֹכְבִ֤ים Qal ptcp.act mp Then said [Jehu] to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, Yahweh laid this burden on him:
- 2 Kings 9:28 וַ/יַּרְכִּ֧בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
- 2 Kings 10:16 וַ/יַּרְכִּ֥בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp He said, Come with me, and see my zeal for Yahweh. So they made him ride in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 13:16 הַרְכֵּ֤ב וַ/יַּרְכֵּ֖ב Hiphil impv 2ms conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms He said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow; and he put his hand [on it]. Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.
- 2 Kings 18:23 רֹכְבִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act 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 23:30 וַ/יַּרְכִּבֻ֨/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 5 verses
- Esther 6:8 רָכַ֤ב Qal pf 3ms 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/הִרְכִּיבֻ֤/הוּ conj + Hiphil wpf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms 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 6:11 וַ/יַּרְכִּיבֵ֨/הוּ֙ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms 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 רֹכְבֵ֤י Qal ptcp.act mp cs 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:
- Esther 8:14 רֹכְבֵ֤י Qal ptcp.act mp cs So the posts who rode on swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hurried and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.
Job 2 verses
Psalms 5 verses
- Psalms 18:10 וַ/יִּרְכַּ֣ב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He rode on a cherub, and flew. Yes, he soared on the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 45:4 רְכַ֗ב Qal impv 2ms In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
- Psalms 66:12 הִרְכַּ֥בְתָּ Hiphil pf 2ms You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, But you brought us to the place of abundance.
- Psalms 68:4 לָ/רֹכֵ֣ב prep det + Qal ptcp.act ms Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: To Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
- Psalms 68:33 לָ֭/רֹכֵב prep det + Qal ptcp.act ms To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
Isaiah 4 verses
- Isaiah 19:1 רֹכֵ֨ב Qal ptcp.act ms The burden of Egypt. Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
- Isaiah 30:16 נִרְכָּ֔ב Qal impf 1cp 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 36:8 רֹכְבִ֥ים Qal ptcp.act 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 58:14 וְ/הִרְכַּבְתִּ֖י/ךָ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms then shall you delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
Jeremiah 5 verses
- Jeremiah 6:23 יִרְכָּ֑בוּ Qal impf 3mp 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 17:25 רֹכְבִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act 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 רֹֽכְבִים֙ Qal ptcp.act 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 50:42 יִרְכָּ֑בוּ Qal impf 3mp 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 וְ/רֹֽכְב֑/וֹ וְ/רֹכְבֽ/וֹ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms conj + Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
Ezekiel 4 verses
- Ezekiel 23:6 רֹכְבֵ֖י Qal ptcp.act mp cs who were clothed with blue, governors and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses.
- Ezekiel 23:12 רֹכְבֵ֣י Qal ptcp.act mp cs She doted on the Assyrians, governors and rulers, [her] neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.
- Ezekiel 23:23 רֹכְבֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs 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 38:15 רֹכְבֵ֤י Qal ptcp.act mp cs 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;
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 10:11 אַרְכִּ֤יב Hiphil impf 1cs Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; So I will put a yoke on her beautiful neck. I will set a rider on Ephraim. Judah will plow. Jacob will break his clods.
- Hosea 14:3 נִרְכָּ֔ב Qal impf 1cp 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."
Amos 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 4 verses
- Zechariah 1:8 רֹכֵב֙ Qal ptcp.act ms "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 9:9 וְ/רֹכֵ֣ב conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; Lowly, and riding on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Zechariah 10:5 רֹכְבֵ֥י Qal ptcp.act mp cs 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 וְ/רֹכְב֖/וֹ conj + Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms 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.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
רכב (râkab) is a Hebrew verb most often rendered “to ride.” Its English rendering has broadened — “rider” classically, “ride” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) in modern versions; see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 75 verses in 24 books, it ranks among the moderately common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 24:61. As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 2 stems (Qal, Hiphil, and more). The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7392 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 →
- 75
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 75 distinct verses.
- 24 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 24 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #514
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 514 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 75 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 75 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 49 verses · 65%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 15 verses · 20%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 11 verses · 15%
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).
- King James Version: Rider 7×, Riding 7×, Rode 7×
- American Standard Version: Riding 7×, Rider 6×, Rideth 6×
- Berean Standard Bible: Rider 6×, Rides 5×, Riding 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Ride 14×, Riding 9×, And 5×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7392 across 78 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 37 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7392 across 78 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 41 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 H7392 across 77 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 34 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 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7392 across 92 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 29 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each.
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 8 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.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ר׳ Est 6:8; 2 ms. רָכַבְתָּ Nu 22:30; 3 pl. רָֽכְבוּ 1 S 30:17; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְכַּב Lv 15:9, etc.; Imv. ms. רְכַב ψ 45:5; Inf. cstr. לִרְכֹּב 2 S 16:2 2 K 4:24; Pt. act. רֹכֵב abs. Nu 22:22 +, cstr. Am 2:15; sf. רֹכְבוֹ Gn 49:17 +; fs. abs. רֹכֶ֫בֶת 1 S 25:30; mpl. רֹכְבִים 2 K 9:25 +, etc.;— e.g. Esther 6:8
- 1. mount, mount and sit, or ride, c. עַל of camel Gn 24:61 (J), 1 S 30:17, of ass (חֲמוֹר) 1 S 25:42; 25:20 2 S 16:2 (עַל obj. om.), 19:27 1 K 13:13, of mule (פֶּרֶד) 2 S 13:29; abs. of mounting (and riding in) chariot 1 K 18:45 2 K 9:16. e.g. Genesis 24:61
- 2. ride, be riding, c. עַל of mule (פֶּרֶד) 2 S 18:9, of ass, אָתוֹן Nu 22:22 (J), so (עַל obj. om.) 2 K 4:24, of חֲמוֹר Zc 9:9, of horse Zc 1:8; c. עַל־מֶרְכָּב (v מ׳) Lv 15:9; c. ב of animal (בְּהֵמָה) Ne 2:12; ב of chariotry and horses Je 17:25 = 22:4; abs. (perhaps in chariot) ψ 45:5 ride on! ride (habitually) c. עַל of אָתוֹן Nu 22:30 (J), of עֲיָרִים Ju 10:4; 12:14, of סוּם Ho 14:4 (fig. of alliance with Egypt), Je 6:23; 50:42 Est 6:8, Hb 3:8 (fig. of י׳; poss. add sf. ref. to יָם, cf. Dt 33:26), עַל־קַל (‖ סוּם) Is 30:16; of י׳, עַל־כְּרוּב 2 S 22:11 = ψ 18:11, עַל־עָב קַל Is 19:1, c. acc. שָׁמַיִם ride through Dt 33:26, but also c. ב loc. in, through, ψ 68:5, 34. e.g. 2 Samuel 18:9
- 3. pt. רֹכֵב etc., as subst., rider: רֹכְבֵי אֲתֹנוֹת Ju 5:10; ר׳ (ה)סוּם Am 2:15 2 K 9:18, 19 Ez 23:23; 38:15 Zc 10:5, so (appos. פָּרָשִׁים) Ez 23:6, 12; sf. of סוּם Gn 49:17 Ex 15:1, 21 Je 51:21a Zc 12:4 Jb 39:18 Hg 2:22b; עַל of סוּם 2 K 18:23 = Is 36:8; רֹכְבֵי רֶכֶשׁ Est 8:10, 14; sf. of chariot Je 51:21 b Hg 2:22. e.g. Judges 5:10
Hiphil
- Pf. 2 ms. הִרְכַּבְתָּ ψ 66:12, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיַּרְכֵּב Gn 41:43 2 K 13:16, sf. יַרְכִּבֵהוּ Dt 32:13, etc.; Imv. ms. הַרְכֵּב 2 K 13:16;— e.g. Psalms 66:12
- 1. cause to (mount and) ride: c. acc. pers. + עַל of חֲמוֹר Ex 4:20 (J), of פִּרְדָּה 1 K 1:33, 38, 44, of סוּם Est 6:9, cf. (עַל־סוּם om.) v 11; c. acc. pers. + ב of chariot Gn 41:43 (E), 2 K 10:16; ב of chariot om. 2 K 9:28; 23:30 = (c. עֶל־רֶכֶב) 2 Ch 35:24; fig. Jb 30:22 (sc. on the wind); c. acc. rei + אֶל־עֲגָלָה 2 S 6:3 = 1 Ch 13:7; fig., c. acc. pers. + עַל loc. (על־במותי ארץ) Dt 32:13 so Is 58:14, + לְרֹאשֵׁנוּ ψ 66:12 over our heads. e.g. Exodus 4:20
- 2. cause to draw (plough, etc.) Ho 10:11, obj. Ephr. under fig. of heifer. e.g. Hosea 10:11
- 3. fig. (עַל־הַקֶשֶׁת) הַרְכֵּב יָֽדְךָ 2 K 13:16(×2) cause hand to ride upon (grasp) bow. e.g. 2 Kings 13:16
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
vb. mount and ride, ride (NH = BH; Assyrian rakâbu, Arabic رَكِبَ,, Aramaic רְכֵיב, ܪܟܶܒ, all id.; cf. Zinj. רכב war-chariot, n.pr. div. רכבאל (Cook108); Sab. רכבהו = his rider MordtmHim. Inschr. 25 (of horse; but his trappings CISiv. no. 306, 5); Ethiopic ረከበ: is attain, acquire);—
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Origin: a primitive root
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.
רָכב
- (b. h.) [to be joined,] to ride. B. Mets. I, 2 היו רוֹכְבִין … אחד רוֹכֵב וכ׳ if two persons (each claiming to be the finder of an object) were riding …, or one was riding and one leading. Ḥag. I, 1; Y. ib. I, 76ᵃ top כל שאינו יכול לִרְכּוֹב וכ׳ a child too young to be carried on his father’s shoulder. Ber. 56ᵇ רְכָבוֹ if he dreamt that he rode on him. Gen. R. s. 75 רוֹכְבֵי סוסים riders on horses; a. fr.—Part. pass. רָכוּב; f. רְכוּבָה &c. riding. Ex. R. s. 26 תינוק שהיה ר׳ על וכ׳ a child that was riding on his father’s shoulder. Y. B. Mets. I, beg. 7ᵈ אשה … ר׳ וכ׳ if a woman rides on a beast led by two men; a. fr.—[Pesik. Vayhi, p. 4ᵃ רכובים, read דב׳, v. דָּבַב II.]
- 1. to cause to ride, put on. Snh. 91ᵇ, a. e. ה׳ חיגר על וכ׳ he made the lame ride on the blind man. Ib. בא והַרְכִּיבֵנִי come and carry me on thy back; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּרְכָּב. Ib. 52ᵇ I remember when I was a child ומ׳ על כתיפו וכ׳ and rode on my father’s shoulder &c.; (Tosef. ib. IX, 11 רכוב); a. e.
- 2. to join, combine. Tosef. Sabb. XII (XIII), 14 המַרְכִּיב קנה וכ׳ if one inserts the branch of a candlestick; (Sabb. 47ᵃ המחזיר). Y. ib. XII, beg. 13ᶜ המרכיב מיטה וכ׳ he who sets up a folding couch; a. e.—Esp. to inoculate, engraft. Shebi. II, 6 אין … ואין מַרְכִּיבִין וכ׳ we must not plant, nor sink a vine, nor engraft before the Sabbatical year &c. Pes. IV, 8; a. fr.—Part. pass. as ab. Y. B. Bath. IV, end, 14ᵈ החרוב המ׳ a newly inoculated carob tree; a. e.
רְכַב
- Targ. O. Gen. XXIV, 61. Targ. Lev. XV, 9.—Part. רָכֵיב, רָכֵב; part. pass. רְכִיב, f. רְכִיבָא; pl. רְכִיבִין, רָכְבִּין; רְכִיבָן, רָכְבָּן. Targ. Y. Gen. l. c. Targ. Num. XXII, 22. Targ. I Sam. XXV, 20. Targ. Jud. X, 4; a. fr.—Koh. R. to I, 8 ועלון יתיה ר׳ חמרא וכ׳ and they brought him riding on an ass on the Sabbath. Gen. R. s. 65. Ber. 56ᵇ דר׳ הוא לתורא when he dreamt that he was riding on an ox; דר׳ תורא לדידיה that the ox was riding on him; a. fr.
- 1. to cause to ride. Targ. Gen. XLI, 43. Targ. Esth. VI, 9; a. fr.—Gen. R. l. c. חמי סוסא דאַרְכְּבִי … דאַרְכְּבָךְ מרך see the horse on which my master makes me ride, and see the horse (the gallows) on which thy master (the Lord) makes thee ride. Y. Kidd. I, 60ᶜ bot., a. e. אַרְכְּבֵיה וכ׳, v. בַּרְקָא II; a. fr.
- 2. to let gender; to inoculate. Targ. O. Lev. XIX, 19.—Y. Yeb. XV, 15ᵃ top אילין … דלא צריכין מַרְכְּבָא the Babylonian palms which require no inoculation.
רַכָּב
- preced.) rider. Mekh. B’shall., Shir., s. 2 (ref. to Ex. XV, 1) הסוס קשור ברַכָּבוֹ ורכבו בסוס וכ׳ the horse was tied to his rider, and the rider to his horse; Yalk. Ex. 243. e.g. Exodus 15:1
רֶכֶב
- preced.)
- 1. wagon, chariot; (collect. noun) chariots. Ex. R. s. 22 על רִכְבּוֹ ועל פרשיו over his (Pharaoh’s) chariots and over his horsemen; a. e.
- 2. upper millstone. B. Mets. IX, 13, v. רֵחַיִים. B. Bath. II, 1 מרחיקין … מן הר׳ you must keep the mill removed (from the neighbor’s wall) three handbreadths counting from the lower millstone, which makes four from the upper millstone; a. e.
- 3. branch for inoculation, set. Tosef. Kil. I, 10 אין מרכיבין זתים בר׳ תמרה you must not inoculate olive trees with a shoot of a palm; Y. ib. I, 27ᵇ
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Forms in the corpus
The 64 distinct written forms H7392 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 4 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7392, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- ארכבה ʼarkubâh H755 knee
- מרכב merkâb H4817 chariot
- רכב rekeb H7393 chariot
- רכב rakkâb H7395 horseman
- רכוב rᵉkûwb H7398 chariot
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 72 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 75 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 24:61
- Exodus 4:20
- Leviticus 15:9
- Numbers 22:22
- Deuteronomy 32:13
- Judges 5:10
- 1 Samuel 25:20
- 2 Samuel 6:3
- 1 Kings 1:33
- 2 Kings 4:24
- 1 Chronicles 13:7
- 2 Chronicles 35:24
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.
