רֶכֶב
rekeb · reh'-keb
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7392 (רָכַב);
a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
- a vehicle
- by implication, a team
- by extension, cavalry
- by analogy, a rider, i.e. the upper millstone
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.
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 רֶכֶב 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
119 occurrences · 119 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- chariots18 · 20%
- and chariots9 · 10%
- of the chariots7 · 8%
- the chariot6 · 7%
- the chariots5 · 6%
- of his chariots4 · 4%
- with chariots3 · 3%
- in chariots3 · 3%
- a chariot3 · 3%
- of my chariots3 · 3%
- in his chariot3 · 3%
- for chariots3 · 3%
- his chariots2 · 2%
- upon his chariots2 · 2%
- of chariots2 · 2%
- chariot2 · 2%
- with his chariots2 · 2%
- all the chariot2 · 2%
- of a millstone2 · 2%
- and all his chariots2 · 2%
- and all the chariots2 · 2%
- in the chariot2 · 2%
- upon their chariots1 · 1%
- his chariot1 · 1%
- with him both chariots1 · 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.