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G2462 ἵππος (híppos)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

a horse

Strong's Definition

a horse

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;

KJV Usage: horse

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἵππος, ἵππου, ὁ (Curtius, § 624; Peile, Greek and Latin Etymol., Index under the word), a horse: Jas_3:3; Rev_6:2; Rev_6:4 ff,; , ( G L T Tr WH); . (From Homer down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἵππος hippos 17x a horse, Jas_3:3 ; Rev_6:2 ; Rev_6:4-5 ; Rev_6:8 ; Rev_9:7 ; Rev_9:17 ; Rev_18:13 ; Rev_19:11 ; Rev_19:14 horse.

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἵππος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX chiefly for H5483 , sometimes for H6571 , H7393 ;] a horse: Jas_3:3 , Rev_6:2 ff . Rev_9:7 ff . Rev_14:20 ; Rev_18:13 ; Rev_19:11 ff ,†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἵππος [page 306] In P Petr I. 11 .10 a cavalry officer bequeaths to a friend τὸν ἵππον καὶ τὰ ὅπλα : cf. ib. 12 .10 . See also P Tebt I. 208 (B.C. 95) πορείοις καὶ ἵπποι [ς εἰς Τ ]εβτῦνιν , and BGU II. 665 iii. 11 (i/A.D.) ἀηδῶς δὲ ἔσχον περὶ τοῦ ἵππου . A horse is included in the salutations of P Oxy XIV. 1772 .2 (late iii/A.D.) ἄσπ ]ασαι πολλὰ τὴν ἀγαθήν σου σύμβιον καὶ Ἰουλίαν καὶ τὸν ἵππον καὶ [Τίβ ]εριν . For the fem. = mare see P Grenf I. 43 .5 (ii/B.C.) τὴν ἵππον , PSI IV. 377 .8 (B.C. 250 49) τὰς ἵππους γ̄ ἐπιτόκους π̣αρέξω : but cf. ib. I. 39 .5 (A.D. 148) τυγχάνω ἠγορακέναι ἵπον ( l. ἵππον ) θήλειαν παρὰ Διοσκύρου , and P Fay 301 (A.D. 167), a contract for the sale of two horses θηλείας σιτοχρόους ( of the colour of ripe wheat ). See Mayser Gr. p. 261, and on the use of horses in Egypt see P Hamb I. p. 31.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἵππος ἵππος, ὁ, ἡ, "a horse, mare", Lat. equus, equa, Hom. , etc.:—the pl. ἵπποι in Hom. are the "chariot-horses", Il. :—hence ἵπποι is used for "the chariot" itself, καθ᾽ ἵππων ἅλλεσθαι, ἐξ ἵππων βῆσαι, ἵππων ἐπεβήσετο id=Il. :—the art of "riding", though known to Hom. , was an uncommon practice, cf. κέλης, κελητίζω, as Collective Noun, ἵππος, ἡ, "horse, cavalry", Lat. equitatus, Hdt. , attic; always in sg., as ἵππος χιλίη "a thousand" horse, Hdt. ὁ ἵππος ὁ ποτάμιος "the hippopotamus", id=Hdt. in Compos., it expressed "anything large or coarse", as in our "horsechestnut, horselaugh", v. ἱππόκρημνος, etc.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἵππος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for סוּס, sometimes for פָּרָשׁ, רֶכֶב ;] a horse: Jas.3:3, Rev.6:2 ff. Rev.9:7 ff. Rev.14:20 18:13 19:11 ff,† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (16)

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