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Greek noun (masculine) · G2462

ἵππος

hippoship'-pos

horse

17 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: híppos

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2462is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 2 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 5
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2462

a horse

The King James renders it: horse.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

hippos is rendered "horse". It stands 17 times in the Greek text, across two books.

  • Sixteen of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.James 3:3When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.
  • The Greek text spells it five different ways.

The first use

When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

James 3:3ἵππων

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Sixteen of the word's seventeen uses are in Revelation.

The other 25 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • horses6
  • a horse4
  • horse3
  • of horses3
  • as horses1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 17, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

5 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἵππων7
  • ἵππος5
  • ἵπποις2
  • ἵππου2
  • ἵππους1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural7N-GPM
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular5N-NSM
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2N-DPM
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2N-GSM
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural1N-APM

James

one use
  • When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

    James 3:3

    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: horses

Revelation

sixteen uses
  • So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.

    Revelation 6:2

    • ἵπποςipposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a horse
  • Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

    Revelation 6:4

    • ἵπποςipposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: horse
  • And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.

    Revelation 6:5

    • ἵπποςipposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a horse
  • Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

    Revelation 6:8

    • ἵπποςipposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a horse
  • And the locusts looked like horses prepared for battle, with something like crowns of gold on their heads, and faces like the faces of men.

    Revelation 9:7

    • ἵπποιςippoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: as horses
  • They also had thoraxes like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the roar of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.

    Revelation 9:9

    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of horses
  • Now the horses and riders in my vision looked like this: The riders had breastplates the colors of fire, sapphire, and sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions, and out of their mouths proceeded fire, smoke, and sulfur.

    Revelation 9:17

    • ἵππουςippousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: horses
    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: horses
  • For the power of the horses was in their mouths and in their tails; indeed, their tails were like snakes, having heads with which to inflict harm.

    Revelation 9:19

    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: horses
  • And the winepress was trodden outside the city, and the blood that flowed from it rose as high as the bridles of the horses for a distance of 1,600 stadia.

    Revelation 14:20

    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: horses
  • of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.

    Revelation 18:13

    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of horses
  • Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.

    Revelation 19:11

    • ἵπποςipposnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: a horse
  • The armies of heaven, dressed in fine linen, white and pure, follow Him on white horses.

    Revelation 19:14

    • ἵπποιςippoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: horses
  • so that you may eat the flesh of kings and commanders and mighty men, of horses and riders, of everyone slave and free, small and great.”

    Revelation 19:18

    • ἵππωνipponnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: of horses
  • Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth with their armies assembled to wage war against the One seated on the horse, and against His army.

    Revelation 19:19

    • ἵππουippounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: horse
  • And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

    Revelation 19:21

    • ἵππουippounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: horse

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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