Strong's Hebrew · H5483

H5483 çûwç

סוּס

soos

swallow

Looking for Greek G5483 charízomai? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H5483. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

çûwç appears 139 times in Scripture, including Genesis 47:17 and Exodus 9:3. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)

In the King James Version

crane, horse (-back, -hoof). Compare H6571 (פָּרָשׁ).

Derivation

or סֻס; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy);

Appears 139 times in Scripture

Zechariah 14:15

“And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.”

Exodus 15:21

“And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.””

Exodus 9:3

“then the hand of the LORD will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, herds, and flocks.”

Genesis 49:17

“He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.”

Exodus 15:19

“For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.”

Genesis 47:17

“So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.”

Exodus 14:9

“The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.”

Exodus 15:1

“Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

Exodus 14:23

“And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.”

Zechariah 14:20

“On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.”

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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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