Lexical Definition

‎רֶכֶב‎ rekeb (reh'-keb) chariot ^H:N-M
from ‎רָכַב‎

chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.

• a vehicle
• by implication, a team
• by extension, cavalry
• by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone

1) a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders
1a) chariotry, chariots
1b) chariot (single)
1c) upper millstone (as riding on lower millstone)
1d) riders, troop (of riders), horsemen, pair of horsemen, men riding, ass-riders, camel-riders

See Greek: ἵππος

Extended Information

meaning of: רֶכֶב

• : millstone

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רֶ֫כֶב‎ noun masculine^{2Kgs 13:7} [even Nah 2:5*, where read ‎מַרְאֵיהֶם‎ (for ‎הֶן‎-) We Now Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 90}] chariotry, chariot, mill-stone; apparently also riders (compare Lag^{BN 151}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Gen 50:9 +, ‎רָ֑כֶב‎ 2Sam 8:4 +; construct ‎דֶכֶב‎ Exod 14:9 +; suffix ‎דִכְבִּי‎ Judg 4:7 +, ‎רִכְבּוֺ‎ 2Kgs 5:9 +, ‎דִכְבָּהּ‎ Nah 2:14* plural construct ‎רִכְבֵי‎ Song 1:9 — Hos 10:13 see below; —

1.₁₀₉ collective chariotry, chariots [sometimes of specific no. 2Kgs 13:7; 2Sam 8:4; Exod 14:7 etc.; often + ‎פָּרָשִׁים‎, (‎ים‎) ‎סוּס‎], especially war-chariots : in Egypt Exod 14:7 (J), Josh 24:6 (E) +; early Canaan Josh 11:4; Judg 4:7; Judg 4:13; Judg 5:28 (not singular; || ‎מַרְכְּבוֺתָיו‎) +, called ‎כַּרְוֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, compare GFM^{Judg 1:2 19 and references}), Josh 17:16; Josh 17:18; Judg 1:19; Judg 4:3; Judg 4:13 ; Philistine, according to 1Sam 13:5; 2Sam 1:6 Aram 2Sam 8:4; 2Sam 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David's time, compare 2Sam 8:4) 1Kgs 9:19; 1Kgs 9:22; 1Kgs 10:26 +, read also ‎בְּרִכְבְּךָ‎ Hos 10:13 (for ‎בְּדַרְכְּךָ‎) ᵐ5^B We Now GASm; Assyria 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:24; Nah 2:4*; Nah 2:5*; Nah 2:14* (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babylon Jer 47:3 (on title vJer 47:1, see Gf Gie), Jer 50:37; Jer 51:21; Ezek 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1Kgs 1:5; 2Kgs 5:9; Jer 17:25; Jer 22:4; Isa 66:20, compare Gen 50:9 (J), (compare also 1Kgs 9:19; 1Kgs 9:22; 1Kgs 10:26, etc.); figurative of Elijah, ‎יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשׁיו‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 2Kgs 2:12, of elisha 2Kgs 13:14 ‎רֶכֶב אֵשׁ‎ 2Kgs 2:11 chariotry of fire (at Elijah's translation); ‎אֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ Ps 68:18* chariots of El, i.e. his heavenly host, compare vision 2Kgs 6:17, and also 2Kgs 7:6 ‎׳‎‎ר‎ meton, for chariot-horses 2Sam 8:4 = 1Chr 18:4.

2. of single chariot 1Kgs 22:35; 1Kgs 22:38; 2Kgs 9:21 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 9:24; 2Kgs 10:16; 2Chr 35:24, probably also Exod 14:6 plural ‎רִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה‎ Song 1:9.

3. upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Deut 24:6; Judg 9:53; 2Sam 11:21.

4. apparently = riders (collective), troop (of riders): ‎שְׁנֵי‎ ‎רֶכֶב סוּסִים‎ 2Kgs 7:14 **read perhaps ‎רֹכְבֵי‎, compare ‎ᵐ5‎ and 2Kgs 9:16 Bur.; two riders of horses, horsemen (ro two chariots drawn by horses ?); in following text dubious: ‎גָּמֶל‎ ‎׳‎‎חֲמוֺר ר‎ ‎׳‎‎צֶמֶד פָרָשִׁים ר‎ ‎׳‎‎ד‎ Isa 21:7 riders, namely a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-rides; compare ‎אִישׁ צֶמֶד פָּרָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ vIsa 21:9 i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; ‎אָדָם פָּרָשִׁים‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּד‎ Isa 22:6 with riders (consisting of) men, horsemen, but use of ‎אָדָם‎ very improbable; attractive is with chariotry of (drawn by) steeds (‎׳‎‎א‎ as gloss) Du Che^Hpt Di-Kit but ‎׳‎‎פ‎ hardly steeds here (compare ‎׳‎‎פ‎ horsemen, vIsa 22:7); read perhaps simply ‎׳‎‎וּפ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּר‎.

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