The meaning of “רֶכֶב”
Understanding rekeb reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon. - a vehicle - by implication, a team - by extension, cav...
רֶכֶב
chariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon. - a vehicle - by implication, a team - by extension, cavalry - by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstone 1) a team, chariot, chariotry, mill-stone, riders 1a) chariotry, chariots 1b) chariot (single) 1c) upper millstone (as riding on lower millstone) 1d) riders, troop (of riders), horsemen, pair of horsemen, men riding, ass-riders, camel-riders
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 50:9 | “And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.” Word: רֶכֶב (rekeb) | |
| Joshua 17:18 | “But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. ” Word: רֶכֶב (rekeb) | |
| 2 Samuel 10:18 | “And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.” Word: רֶכֶב (rekeb) | |
| 1 Chronicles 19:7 | “So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.” Word: רֶכֶב (rekeb) | |
| Song of Solomon 1:9 | “I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.” Word: רֶכֶב (rekeb) |
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