Steed
רֶ֫כֶשׁStrong’s H7409rekhesh (re-khesh)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Rekhesh is the Hebrew word usually translated “steed”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.”
Meaning
- Steeds, horses
How it's translated
- the steed 2
- and for the steed 1
- to the steed 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 2
- 1 Kings 1
- Micah 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Esther 8:10And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
- Esther 8:14So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
- Micah 1:13O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Hebrew dictionary
רֶ֫כֶשׁ rekhesh · steed
steeds, horses
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “steed” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STEED, noun
A horse, or a horse for state or war. [This word is not much used in common discourse. It is used in poetry and descriptive prose, and is elegant.]
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.