Quick Definition
to ride
Strong's Definition
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
TWOT Reference: 2163
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָכַב (ra.khav) — to ride. 1) to mount and ride, ride 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mount, mount and sit or ride 1a2) to ride, be riding 1a3) rider (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to ride, cause to (mount and) ride 1b2) to cause to draw (plough, etc) 1b3) to cause to ride upon (fig)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֶרְכָּב · מֶרְכָּבָה · רֶכֶב · רַכָּב · רִכְבָּה · רְכוּב
Move | verb qal
to ride = action by which humans ride on a domestic animal such as a donkey or a horse or in a chariot
GEN 24:61 · GEN 49:17 · EXO 15:1 · EXO 15:21 · LEV 15:9 · NUM 22:22 · NUM 22:30 · DEU 33:26 · JDG 5:10 · JDG 10:4 · JDG 12:14 · 1SA 25:20 · 1SA 25:42 · 1SA 30:17 · 2SA 13:29 · 2SA 16:2 · 2SA 18:9 · 2SA 19:27 · 2SA 22:11 · 1KI 13:13 · 1KI 18:45 · 2KI 4:24 · 2KI 9:16 · 2KI 9:18 · 2KI 9:19 · 2KI 9:25 · 2KI 18:23 · NEH 2:12 · EST 6:8 · EST 8:10 · EST 8:14 · JOB 39:18 · PSA 18:11 · PSA 45:5 · PSA 68:5 · PSA 68:34 · ISA 19:1 · ISA 30:16 · ISA 36:8 · JER 6:23 · JER 17:25 · JER 22:4 · JER 50:42 · JER 51:21 · JER 51:21 · EZK 23:6 · EZK 23:12 · EZK 23:23 · EZK 38:15 · HOS 14:4 · AMO 2:15 · HAB 3:8 · HAG 2:22 · HAG 2:22 · ZEC 1:8 · ZEC 9:9 · ZEC 10:5 · ZEC 12:4
Move | verb hif
to make (someone) ride = causative action by which humans or deities make (other) humans ride on a domestic animal such as a donkey or a horse, in a chariot or on a cart
GEN 41:43 · EXO 4:20 · DEU 32:13 · 2SA 6:3 · 1KI 1:33 · 1KI 1:38 · 1KI 1:44 · 2KI 9:28 · 2KI 10:16 · 2KI 23:30 · 1CH 13:7 · 2CH 35:24 · EST 6:9 · EST 6:11 · JOB 30:22 · PSA 66:12 · ISA 58:14
Move | verb hif
to make pull, to make draw = causative action by which humans harness an animal to a chariot or plow in order to draw it
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָכַב vb. mount and ride, ride Qal mount, mount and sit or ride
ride, be riding
pt., as subst., rider
Hiph. cause to (mount and) ride
cause to draw (plough, etc.)
fig. cause hand to ride upon (grasp) bow
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