H7409 רֶכֶשׁ (rekesh) reh'-kesh

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

steed

Strong's Definition

a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser

Derivation: from H7408 (רָכַשׁ);

KJV Usage: dromedary, mule, swift beast.

TWOT Reference: 2167a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) steeds, horses

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G716

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רֶ֫כֶשׁ (re.khesh) — steed. steeds, horses

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֶכֶשׁ (H7409)

noun m · רכס

Domestic Animals

fast horse = a fast horse, selectively bred for speed

1KI 5:8 · EST 8:10 · EST 8:14 · MIC 1:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רֶ֫כֶשׁ n.m. coll. steeds base

Bible Occurrences (4)

4:28

8:10 8:14

1:13

1 Kings 4:28

Each one also brought to the required place... their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.

Esther 8:10

Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

Esther 8:14

The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

Micah 1:13

Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.