רָכַב
râkab · raw-kab'
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
- to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle)
- causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the open hand that covers › the house, what is within
The head, the highest of the open hand that covers of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָכַב 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
78 occurrences · 78 OT · 0 NT · 64 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and his rider6 · 14%
- riding5 · 11%
- to ride4 · 9%
- and he rode3 · 7%
- that rode3 · 7%
- riders2 · 5%
- rode2 · 5%
- rideth2 · 5%
- against him. now he was riding1 · 2%
- to ride on1 · 2%
- soever he rideth1 · 2%
- and set1 · 2%
- and they set1 · 2%
- upon which thou hast ridden1 · 2%
- and rode1 · 2%
- so that his rider1 · 2%
- and it was so, as she rode1 · 2%
- ye that ride1 · 2%
- who rideth1 · 2%
- which rode1 · 2%
- he made him ride1 · 2%
- gat him up1 · 2%
- and he made him to ride1 · 2%
- that i may ride1 · 2%
- and they rode1 · 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.