Strong's Hebrew · H4817

H4817 merkâb

מֶרְכָּב

mer-kawb'

chariot

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merkâb appears 3 times in Scripture, in Leviticus 15:9, 1 Kings 4:26 and Song of Solomon 3:10. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a chariot; also a seat (in a vehicle)

In the King James Version

chariot, covering, saddle.

Derivation

from H7392 (רָכַב);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Leviticus 15:9

“Any saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.”

Song of Solomon 3:10

“He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.”

1 Kings 4:26

“Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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