hippos · horse

What it means

hippos (ἵππος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “horse”.

How to say it

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

1. An animal for riding and war, strong and swift.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• horses ×10
• horse ×7

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• James×1
• Revelation×16

• James 3:3

  And if we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we steer also their whole body.

• Revelation 6:2

  And I looked, and look, a white horse, and the one who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

• Revelation 6:4

  And another horse went out, fiery red; and to the one who sat on it it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that people would slaughter one another; and a great sword was given to him.

• Revelation 6:5

  And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come!” And I looked, and look, a black horse, and the one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.

• Revelation 6:8

  And I looked, and look, a pale horse, and the one who sat on it, his name was Death, and Hades was following with him; and authority was given to them over the fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild animals of the earth.

• Revelation 9:7

  And the appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads were what looked like crowns like gold, and their faces were like human faces;

• Revelation 9:9

  and they had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots with many horses rushing into battle.

• Revelation 9:17

  And this is how I saw the horses in the vision and those who sat on them, having breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of sulfur; and the heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths come fire and smoke and sulfur.

• Revelation 9:19

  For the authority of the horses is in their mouth and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents, having heads, and with them they do harm.

• Revelation 14:20

  And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and blood came out of the winepress, up to the bridles of the horses, for one thousand six hundred stadia.

• Revelation 18:13

  and cinnamon and amomum and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and horses and carriages and bodies, and souls of human beings.

• Revelation 19:11

  And I saw heaven opened, and look, a white horse, and the one who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

• Revelation 19:14

  And the armies that are in heaven were following him on white horses, clothed in white, pure fine linen.

• Revelation 19:18

  so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of the mighty and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free and slave, and small and great.”

• Revelation 19:19

  And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered to make war against the one who sat on the horse and against his army.

• Revelation 19:21

  And the rest were killed with the sword of the one who sat on the horse, the sword that came out of his mouth; and all the birds were gorged with their flesh.

And 1 more times.