רֶכֶשׁ
rechesh · steeds
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7409 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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rechesh (רֶכֶשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “steeds”.
Swift horses, for chariots or for the post. A rare word.
How to say it
re·chesh
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Swift horses, like those ridden by the king's couriers.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- steeds ×3
- steed ×1
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 1 Kings 4:28
And the barley and the straw for the horses and for the steeds they brought to the place where it should be, each according to his rule.
- Esther 8:10
And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by the hand of the couriers on horses, riding the royal steeds, sons of the mares,
- Esther 8:14
The couriers, riding the royal steeds, went out hurried and urged on by the word of the king; and the law was given in Susa, the fortress.
- Micah 1:13
Harness the chariot to the steed, inhabitant of Lachish; she was the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, for in you were found the transgressions of Israel.