סוּס
çûwç · soos
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
Lexicon
Derivation: or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
- a horse (as leaping)
- also, a swallow (from its rapid flight)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ).
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold
To support and uphold that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סוּס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
140 occurrences · 140 OT · 0 NT · 83 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- horses19 · 19%
- upon horses10 · 10%
- the horse8 · 8%
- of horses6 · 6%
- their horses6 · 6%
- with horses5 · 5%
- of the horse4 · 4%
- the horses4 · 4%
- and the horse4 · 4%
- and horses3 · 3%
- of his horses3 · 3%
- and horse3 · 3%
- horse3 · 3%
- had horses2 · 2%
- for the horse2 · 2%
- and on horses2 · 2%
- on horses2 · 2%
- on horseback2 · 2%
- of the horses2 · 2%
- and their horses2 · 2%
- as thy horses2 · 2%
- every horse2 · 2%
- and an horse2 · 2%
- upon the horses1 · 1%
- in exchange for horses1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.