Chariot
מֶרְכָּבָהStrong’s H4818merkavah (mer-ka-vah)
Appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merkavah is the Hebrew word usually translated “chariot”, “chariots of” and “chariot his”. It appears in 41 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.”
Meaning
- Chariot
How it's translated
- the chariot 8
- chariots of 4
- in the chariot 4
- chariot his 3
- chariots his 3
- a chariot 3
- and with the chariot 3
- chariots their 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 6
- 1 Kings 5
- 2 Kings 5
- Isaiah 3
- Zechariah 3
- Genesis 2
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 6:2In contextIn the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
- Zechariah 6:3In contextAnd in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.
- Genesis 41:43And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 46:29And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Exodus 14:25And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
- Exodus 15:4Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
All 41 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מֶרְכָּבָה merkavah · chariot
chariot
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.