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. 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:

  2. 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.

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