Horse
פָּרָשׁStrong’s H6571parash (pa-rash)
Appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Parash is the Hebrew word usually translated “horsemen”, “horsemen his” and “horsemen its”. It appears in 54 verses of the Old Testament.
“And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.”
Meaning
- Horse, steed, warhorse
- Horseman
How it's translated
- horsemen 14
- and horsemen 9
- and horsemen his 4
- the horsemen 3
- and with horsemen 3
- and horsemen its 3
- a horseman 3
- and by horsemen his 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 7
- Isaiah 7
- 1 Kings 6
- 2 Chronicles 6
- Ezekiel 6
- 2 Kings 4
19 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 50:9And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
- Exodus 14:9But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
- Exodus 14:17And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
- Exodus 14:18And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
- Exodus 14:23And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
- Exodus 14:26And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
All 54 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
פָּרָשׁ parash · horse
horse, steed, warhorse
פָּרָשׁ parash · horseman
horseman
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “horse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HORSE, noun
hors.
- A species of quadrupeds of the genus Equus, having six erect and parallel fore-teeth in the upper jaw, and six somewhat prominent in the under jaw; the dog teeth are solitary, and the feet consist of an undivided hoof.
- A constellation.
- Cavalry; a body of troops serving on horseback.
- A machine by which something is supported; usually a wooden frame with legs.
All definitions and other forms of “horse”
- A wooden machine on which soldiers ride by way of punishment; sometimes called a timber-mare.
- In seamen's language, a rope extending from the middle of a yard to its extremity, to support the sailors while they loose, reef or furl the sails, also, a thick rope extended near the mast for hoisting a yard or extending a sail on it.
- To be covered, as a mare.
HORSE, verb transitive
To mount on a horse
- To carry on the back.
- To ride astride; as ridges horsed.
- To cover a mare, as the male.
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.