Charioteer
רַכָּבStrong’s H7395rakkav (rak-kav)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rakkav is the Hebrew word usually translated “charioteer his”, “horseman” and “charioteer”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.”
Meaning
- Driver, charioteer, horsemancharioteer · horseman
How it's translated
- to charioteer his 1
- a horseman 1
- to the charioteer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 9:17And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
- 2 Chronicles 18:33And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
Hebrew dictionary
רַכָּב rakkav · charioteer
1) driver, charioteer, horseman 1a) charioteer 1b) horseman
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “charioteer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHARIOTEER, noun
The person who drives or conducts a chariot. It is used in speaking of military chariots and those in the ancient games, but not of modern drivers.
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.