Chariot
מֶרְכָּבStrong’s H4817merkav (mer-kav)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merkav is the Hebrew word usually translated “saddle”, “chariotry his” and “seat its”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.”
Meaning
- Chariot, place to ride, riding seatchariot · seat (of a litter), saddle
How it's translated
- saddle 1
- for chariotry his 1
- seat its 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- 1 Kings 1
- Song of Solomon 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
מֶרְכָּב merkav · chariot
1) chariot, place to ride, riding seat 1a) chariot 1b) seat (of a litter), saddle
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “chariot” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHARIOT,noun
- A half coach; a carriage with four wheels and one seat behind, used for convenience and pleasure.
- A car or vehicle used formerly in war, drawn by two or more horses, and conveying two men each.
All definitions and other forms of “chariot”
CHARIOT, verb transitive
To convey in a chariot
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.