Lexical Definition

‎סוּס‎ çûwç (soos) swallow ^H:N-M
or סֻס çuç (soos); from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy)

crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare ‎פָּרָשׁ‎.

• a horse (as leaping)
• also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

1) swallow, swift
2) horse
2a) chariot horses

See Greek: ἐπισκέπτομαι · εὐφροσύνη · ἱππεύς · ἵππος

Extended Information

• This name means horse

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎סוּס‎ noun [masculine] swallow or swift (cypselus, Tristr^{FFP 82 ff.}) (ᵑ7 ‎סוּסָיָא‎ Isa 38:14); — as twittering Isa 38:14 (in simile); ᵐ5 χελιδών, ᵑ9 pullus hirundinis;; so Jer 8:7 Kt (Qr ‎סִיס‎ wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from following, so Gie), ᵐ5 id., ᵑ9 hirundo.

II. ‎סוּס‎₁₃₈ noun masculine^{Exod 15:1} horse (Late Hebrew ‎סוּס‎, ‎סוּסָה‎ Aramaic ‎סוּסְיָא‎ Mandean ‎סוסיא‎, Sinaitic id., Lzb³²⁸; Assyrian sisû (sisû ?) Dl^{HWB 506}; Tel Amarna su-u[su] Wkl^{TA.191, 24}; probably foreign word compare Nö^{M 147} Erman^{Ägypten 649; English tr. 490}); — ‎׳‎‎ס‎ absolute 1Kgs 20:20 +; construct Exod 15:19 +; plural ‎סוּסִים‎ Gen 47:17 +, ‎סֻסִים‎ 2Sam 15:1 construct ‎סוּסֵי‎ 2Kgs 2:11 suffix ‎סוּסַי‎ 1Kgs 22:4; 2Kgs 3:7. ‎סוּסֶיךָ‎ Mic 5:9* + 4t., ‎סוּסָיו‎ Isa 5:28 +, ‎סוּסֵיכֶס‎ Amos 4:10, ‎סוּסֵיהֶם‎ Josh 11:6+; — horse:

1. non-Israel; chariot-horses of Canaanites Judg 5:22 (compare vJudg 5:28; Judg 4:3; Judg 4:13 ‎׳‎‎עִקְבֵי ס‎; ‎׳‎‎ס‎ collective, as often), Josh 11:4; Josh 11:6; Josh 11:9 (JE); horses as property of Egyptians Gen 47:17; Exod 9:3 (both J), compare Zech 14:15 merchandise of Tyre Ezek 27:14 chariot-horses of Egypt [compare Hom^11.ix.384], Exod 14:9; Exod 14:23 (Psalms), Exod 15:1; Exod 15:21 (poem), vExod 15:19 (Psalms; on all see Di), Deut 11:4; Isa 31:1; Isa 31:3; Jer 46:4; Jer 46:9; Ezek 17:15 of Aram 1Kgs 20:1 + 11 t. Kings (1Kgs 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians Isa 5:28 + 3 t., Chaldeans Jer 4:13 + 6 t.; other nations Nah 3:2; Jer 50:42 + 5 t.; as ridden 1Kgs 20:20 (see above), Jer 8:23*; Ezek 38:4; Ezek 38:15 + 13 t. (late).

2. in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom 2Sam 15:1, especially of Solomon, and later, 1Kgs 5:6*; 1Kgs 5:8*; 1Kgs 10:25; 1Kgs 10:28; 1Kgs 10:29, and || Chronicles; 1Kgs 18:5 and .(as war-equipment) 1Kgs 22:4; 2Kgs 3:7; 2Kgs 9:33; 2Kgs 10:2; Prov 21:31 ‎סוּסֵי אֵשׁ‎ 2Kgs 2:11 (Elijah), compare 2Kgs 6:17 consecration to sun 2Kgs 23:11 (compare RS^{Semitic 275; 2nd ed. 293}); sign of luxury and apostasy Amos 4:10; Hos 1:7; Hos 14:4*; Isa 2:7; Mic 5:9*; Zech 9:10, compare Deut 17:6; Deut 17:16, but see Zech 14:20 in vision Zech 6:2 (twice in verse); Zech 6:3 (twice in verse); Zech 6:6 ridden 2Kgs 9:18; 2Kgs 9:19; 2Kgs 18:23 = Isa 36:8; Amos 2:15 + 4 t. Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision Zech 1:8 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎שַׁעַר הַס‎ Jer 31:40; Neh 3:28, compare 2Kgs 11:16 = 2Chr 23:15 belongings of returned exiles Ezra 2:56 = Neh 7:68* van d. H. (omitted by Masora Baer Ginsb q. v.); description of horse Job 39:19 in various simile and figurative Amos 6:12; Jer 5:8; Jer 8:6; Jer 12:5; Ezek 23:20; Isa 63:13; Joel 2:4; Prov 27:3; Ps 32:9; Ps 147:10.

3. chariot-horses of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Hab 3:15 (figurative of clouds), compare Zech 10:3. — compare also ‎חֲצַר סוּסִים‎, and ‎פָּרָשׁ‎, ‎רֶכֶשׁ‎ .

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

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Horse Gate • A gate in Jerusalem's wall near the temple

The Horse Gate, a gate in Jerusalem's wall near the temple.

• A location in Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם first mentioned at Neh.3.28;
• only referred to as Horse_Gate סוּס.
  

The Horse Gate was one of the gates in the wall of Jerusalem during the time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 3:28). It was located in the eastern part of the city, near the temple area. The gate's name suggests that it may have been used for horses to enter and exit the city, possibly in connection with the king's stables. In Nehemiah's account of rebuilding the wall, the priests made repairs to the wall near the Horse Gate, indicating its proximity to the temple. The Horse Gate is also mentioned in Jeremiah 31:40 as a landmark describing the future expansion and consecration of Jerusalem.

All entries for Horse Gate: סוּס