Swallow
סוּסStrong’s H5483sus
Appears in 131 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sus is the Hebrew word usually translated “horses”, “horse” and “horses their”. It appears in 131 verses of the Old Testament.
“I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.”
Meaning
- Swallow, swift
- This name means horse
- Horsechariot horses
How it's translated
- horses 37
- horse 15
- the horses 12
- the horse 9
- and horse 6
- a horse 5
- horses their 5
- and a horse 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 19
- Jeremiah 16
- Ezekiel 12
- 1 Kings 11
- Isaiah 10
- Zechariah 10
27 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.
- Zechariah 6:6In contextThe black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country.
- Zechariah 9:10In contextAnd I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
- Zechariah 10:3In contextMine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.
- Zechariah 10:5In contextAnd they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
All 131 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
סוּס sus · swallow
swallow, swift
סוּס sus · Horse (Gate)
This name means horse
סוּס sus · horse
1) horse 1a) chariot horses
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “swallow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWAL'LOW, noun
A bird of the genus Hirundo, of many species, among which are the chimney swallow and the martin.
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.