רֶ֫כֶשׁ

re.khesh · steed

Hebrew · Strong's H7409 · Noun · Sounds like: reh'-kesh · 4 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from רָכַשׁ; a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser; dromedary, mule, swift beast.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
רֶ֫כֶשׁ n.m. coll. steeds

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Kings 4:28 וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ ve.la.Ra.khesh · A person, place or thing

    Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

  2. Esther 8:10 הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ ha.Re.khesh · A person, place or thing

    And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud:

  3. Esther 8:14 הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙ ha.Re.khesh · A person, place or thing

    So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.

  4. Micah 1:13 לָרֶ֖כֶשׁ la.Re.khesh · A person, place or thing

    Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

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