Steed
אֲחַשְׁתְּרָןStrong’s H0327achashtaran (a-chash-ta-ran)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Achashtaran is the Hebrew word usually translated “royal”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:”
Meaning
- Royal (steeds)
How it's translated
- royal 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 2
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
אֲחַשְׁתְּרָן achashtaran · steed
royal (steeds)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “steed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STEED, noun
A horse, or a horse for state or war. [This word is not much used in common discourse. It is used in poetry and descriptive prose, and is elegant.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.