פָּרָשׁ
pârâsh · paw-rawsh'
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6567 (פָּרָשׁ); (compare H5483 (סוּס))
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
- a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting )
- also, (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: horseman.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to consume, to destroy
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פָּרָשׁ 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
57 occurrences · 57 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and horsemen14 · 25%
- horsemen12 · 21%
- and the horsemen4 · 7%
- and his horsemen3 · 5%
- of the horsemen3 · 5%
- and upon his horsemen2 · 4%
- and for horsemen2 · 4%
- of horsemen2 · 4%
- and with horsemen2 · 4%
- and upon their horsemen1 · 2%
- and with his horsemen1 · 2%
- and to be his horsemen1 · 2%
- for his horsemen1 · 2%
- with the horsemen1 · 2%
- it with his horsemen1 · 2%
- and in horsemen1 · 2%
- ye horsemen1 · 2%
- nor by horsemen1 · 2%
- and as horsemen1 · 2%
- the horseman1 · 2%
- and their horsemen1 · 2%
- themselves, and their horsemen1 · 2%
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.