Hebrew · H7392

רָכַב

To ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch

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רָכַב H7392

What does רָכַב mean in the Bible?

רָכַב is a Hebrew word meaning "to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch".

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What does רָכַב mean in the Bible?

רָכַב is a Hebrew word meaning "to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch".

How does the BSB render H7392?

The BSB source-word alignment has 78 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include riding (4), and rider (3), was riding (3), and their riders (2), and they ride (2).

Where does רָכַב appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 24:61. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Kings (11), 2 Samuel (6), Jeremiah (6), 1 Kings (5).

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

riding 4× Jeremiah 17:25, Jeremiah 22:4, Ezekiel 38:15, Zechariah 1:8

and rider 3× Exodus 15:1, Exodus 15:21, Jeremiah 51:21

was riding 3× Numbers 22:22, 2 Samuel 18:9, Nehemiah 2:12

and their riders 2× Haggai 2:22

and they ride 2× Jeremiah 6:23, Jeremiah 50:42

He mounted 2× 2 Samuel 22:11, Psalms 18:10

mounted on 2× Ezekiel 23:6, Ezekiel 23:23

ride 2× Psalms 66:12, Hosea 14:3

riders 2× 2 Kings 18:23, Isaiah 36:8

rides 2× Leviticus 15:9, Isaiah 19:1

riding on 2× Esther 8:10, Ezekiel 23:12

who rode 2× Judges 10:4, Judges 12:14

. . . 1× 2 Samuel 13:29

and [every] rider 1× Zechariah 12:4

and drive me [before it] 1× Job 30:22

and driver 1× Jeremiah 51:21

and got on 1× 1 Samuel 25:42

and he mounted 1× 1 Kings 13:13

and I will make you ride 1× Isaiah 58:14

and its rider 1× Job 39:18

and parade him 1× Esther 6:9

and paraded him 1× Esther 6:11

and riding 1× Zechariah 9:9

and set 1× 1 Kings 1:38

and the horseman 1× Amos 2:15

and they have set 1× 1 Kings 1:44

and they will put the horsemen 1× Zechariah 10:5

came riding 1× 1 Samuel 25:20

carried him by chariot 1× 2 Kings 9:28

got into his chariot 1× 2 Kings 9:16

has ridden 1× Esther 6:8

He had Joseph ride 1× Genesis 41:43

He made him ride 1× Deuteronomy 32:13

Him who rides 1× Psalms 68:4

horseman 1× 2 Kings 9:19

I will harness 1× Hosea 10:11

in a chariot 1× 2 Kings 23:30

mounted 1× Genesis 24:61

Put 1× 2 Kings 13:16

put him 1× 2 Chronicles 35:24

put them 1× Exodus 4:20

ride forth 1× Psalms 45:4

riding off 1× 1 Samuel 30:17

rode 1× Esther 8:14

rode away 1× 1 Kings 18:45

Set 1× 1 Kings 1:33

So a horseman 1× 2 Kings 9:18

So he had him ride 1× 2 Kings 10:16

so that I may ride 1× 2 Samuel 19:26

so that its rider 1× Genesis 49:17

So the king put 1× 2 Kings 13:16

So they carried 1× 1 Chronicles 13:7

the pace 1× 2 Kings 4:24

They set 1× 2 Samuel 6:3

to Him who rides 1× Psalms 68:33

to ride 1× 2 Samuel 16:2

We will ride 1× Isaiah 30:16

were riding 1× 2 Kings 9:25

who rides 1× Deuteronomy 33:26

you have ridden 1× Numbers 22:30

You rode 1× Habakkuk 3:8

You who ride 1× Judges 5:10

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 24:61

Aligned rows 78

Books represented 24

Genesis 3 Exodus 3 Leviticus 1 Numbers 2 Deuteronomy 2 Judges 3 1 Samuel 3 2 Samuel 6 1 Kings 5 2 Kings 11 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 1 Nehemiah 1 Esther 5 Job 2 Psalms 5 Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 6 Ezekiel 4 Hosea 2 Amos 1 Habakkuk 1 Haggai 2 Zechariah 4

Source forms

וְרֹכְב֖וֹ 3x wə·rō·ḵə·ḇōw Exodus 15:1, Exodus 15:21, Zechariah 12:4

רֹכֵ֣ב 3x rō·ḵêḇ Numbers 22:22, 2 Samuel 18:9, 2 Kings 9:19

רֹכְבֵ֤י 3x rō·ḵə·ḇê Esther 8:10, Esther 8:14, Ezekiel 38:15

וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב 2x way·yir·kaḇ 2 Samuel 22:11, 1 Kings 18:45

וְרֹכֵ֣ב 2x wə·rō·ḵêḇ Amos 2:15, Zechariah 9:9

יִרְכָּ֑בוּ 2x yir·kā·ḇū Jeremiah 6:23, Jeremiah 50:42

נִרְכָּ֔ב 2x nir·kāḇ Isaiah 30:16, Hosea 14:3

רֹכֵ֨ב 2x rō·ḵêḇ 2 Kings 9:18, Isaiah 19:1

Parsing patterns

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct 8x Judges 5:10, Esther 8:10, Esther 8:14, Ezekiel 23:6

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural 7x Judges 10:4, Judges 12:14, 2 Kings 9:25, 2 Kings 18:23

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural 6x 2 Samuel 6:3, 1 Kings 1:38, 1 Kings 1:44, 2 Kings 9:28

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular 6x Numbers 22:22, Deuteronomy 33:26, 2 Samuel 18:9, Nehemiah 2:12

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 5x 2 Samuel 22:11, 1 Kings 13:13, 1 Kings 18:45, 2 Kings 9:16

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 5x Exodus 15:1, Exodus 15:21, Jeremiah 51:21, Zechariah 12:4

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular 2x 2 Kings 23:30, 2 Chronicles 35:24

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x Genesis 41:43, 2 Kings 13:16

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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What does רָכַב mean in the Bible?

What does רָכַב mean in the Bible?

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