What does ἵππος (híppos) mean in the Bible?
ἵππος (híppos) is a Greek word meaning "a horse".
Greek · G2462
ἵππος
A horse
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ἵππος G2462
Pronunciation híppos
What does ἵππος (híppos) mean in the Bible?
ἵππος (híppos) is a Greek word meaning "a horse".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2462?
The BSB source-word alignment has 17 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include horses (8), horse (7), horses [were] (1), of horses (1).
Where does ἵππος (híppos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at James 3:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (16), James (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It horses 8× James 3:3, Revelation 9:7, Revelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17
horse 7× Revelation 6:2, Revelation 6:4, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:8
horses [were] 1× Revelation 9:17
of horses 1× Revelation 19:18
Show sample aligned rows
James 3:3 ἵππων to horses Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Revelation 6:2 ἵππος to horse Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 6:4 ἵππος to horse Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 6:5 ἵππος to horse Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 6:8 ἵππος to horse Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:7 ἵπποις to horses Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Revelation 9:9 ἵππων to horses Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Revelation 9:17 ἵππους to horses Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Revelation 9:17 ἵππων to horses [were] Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Revelation 9:19 ἵππων to horses Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row James 3:3
Aligned rows 17
Books represented 2
James 1 Revelation 16
Source forms
ἵππων 7x hippōn James 3:3, Revelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17, Revelation 9:19
ἵππος 5x hippos Revelation 6:2, Revelation 6:4, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:8
ἵπποις 2x hippois Revelation 9:7, Revelation 19:14
ἵππου 2x hippou Revelation 19:19, Revelation 19:21
ἵππους 1x hippous Revelation 9:17
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 7x James 3:3, Revelation 9:9, Revelation 9:17, Revelation 9:19
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 5x Revelation 6:2, Revelation 6:4, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:8
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 2x Revelation 9:7, Revelation 19:14
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Revelation 19:19, Revelation 19:21
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 9:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a horse
Strong's G2462
Lexical occurrences 17 verses Greek text appearances 16 times Word forms 5 forms 17 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a horse
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
James 3:3 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἵππων ippwn
a horse
Read verse Revelation 6:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἵππος ippov
a horse
Read verse Revelation 6:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἵππος ippov
a horse
Read verse Revelation 6:5 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἵππος ippov
a horse
Read verse Revelation 6:8 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἵππος ippov
a horse
Read verse Revelation 9:7 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
ἵπποις ippoiv
a horse
Read verse Revelation 9:9 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἵππων ippwn
a horse
Read verse Revelation 9:17 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
ἵππους ippouv
a horse
Read verse Revelation 9:17 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἵππων ippwn
a horse
Read verse Revelation 14:20 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἵππων, ippwn
a horse
Read verse Revelation 18:13 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἵππων, ippwn
a horse
Read verse Revelation 19:11 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἵππος ippov
a horse
Read verse Revelation 19:14 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
ἵπποις ippoiv
a horse
Read verse Revelation 19:18 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
ἵππων ippwn
a horse
Read verse Revelation 19:19 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἵππου, ippou
a horse
Read verse Revelation 19:21 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἵππου, ippou
a horse
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 17 Case pattern Genitive (9) Number pattern Plural (10)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 6:2 · Rev 6:4 · Rev 6:5 · Rev 6:8 · Rev 19:11 5×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Jas 3:3 · Rev 9:9 · Rev 9:17 · Rev 9:19 · Rev 14:20 · Rev 18:13 · Rev 19:18 7×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 19:19 · Rev 19:21 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:7 · Rev 19:14 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:17 1×
Word Origins
ἵππος is of uncertain origin - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain