Hebrew noun (masculine) · H6571
פָּרָשׁ
parashpaw-rawsh'
horse; horseman
57 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: pârâsh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6571is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 19 of 39Old Testament books
- 40spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6571
a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting ); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry
The King James renders it: horseman.
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
parash is rendered "horse; horseman". It stands 57 times in the Hebrew text, across nineteen books.
- Seven of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "horse".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 50:9Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
- The Greek text spells it forty different ways.
The first use
Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
Genesis 50:9פָּרָשִׁ֑ים
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: horse, and horseman.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| horseStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 50:9Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession. |
| horsemanStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- horsemen14
- and horsemen8
- and horsemen his4
- a horseman3
- and horsemen its3
- and with horsemen3
- the horsemen3
- and by horsemen his2
- and for horsemen2
- horses2
- and among horsemen his1
- and by horsemen1
and 11 more, 57 uses in all
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| פָּרַשׂ | paras | to spread | Uses67 |
| פָּרַר | parar | to break | Uses50 |
| פָּרַץ | parats | to break through | Uses49 |
| פָּרַח | parach | to sprout | Uses36 |
| פָּרַע | para | to lead | Uses16 |
| פָּרַס | paras | to divide | Uses14 |
| פָּרַק | paraq | to tear | Uses10 |
| פָּרָשׁ | parash | to declare | Uses5 |
| פָּרַם | param | to tear | Uses3 |
| פָּרוּר | parur | pot | Uses3 |
| פָּרָשָׁה | parashah | declaration | Uses2 |
| פָּרָז | paraz | warrior | Uses1 |
and 2 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 57, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
40 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
- פָּרָשִׁ֑ים5
- פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים3
- הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים2
- הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים2
- וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃2
- וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים2
- וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃2
- וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו2
- וּפָרָשִׁים֒2
- וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃2
- פָּרָשִׁ֔ים2
- פָּֽרָשִׁים֙2
and 28 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine plural17HNcmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural9HC/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular8HC/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural8HC/R/Ncmpa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural5HTd/Ncmpa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HC/R/Ncmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular2HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1HC/Td/Ncmpa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcmsc
Genesis
one use
Chariots and horsemen alike went up with him, and it was an exceedingly large procession.
- פָּרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
Exodus
seven uses
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.
- וּפָרָשָׁ֖יוufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen his
And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
- וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃uvefarashavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and by horsemen his
The Egyptians will know that I am the LORD when I am honored through Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen.”
- וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃uvefarashavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and by horsemen his
And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
- וּפָרָשָׁ֑יוufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen his
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
- פָּרָשָֽׁיו׃parashavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: horsemen its
The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
- הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔יםhaparashimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the horsemen
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.
- וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙uvefarashavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and with horsemen his
Joshua
one use
When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.
- וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖יםuvefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with horsemen
1 Samuel
two uses
He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.
- וּבְפָרָשָׁ֔יוuvefarashavconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and among horsemen his
Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
- פָּרָשִׁ֔יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
2 Samuel
three uses
“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
- הַפָּרָשִׁ֖יםhaparashimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the horses
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- פָּרָשִׁ֔יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
- פָּרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
1 Kings
seven uses
At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- וּפָ֣רָשִׁ֔יםufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses.
- פָּרָשִֽׁים׃parashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- הַפָּרָשִׁ֑יםhaparashimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the horsemen
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
- וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ סufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen his
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- וּפָרָשִׁים֒ufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
- פָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.
- וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
2 Kings
four uses
As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
- וּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יוufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen its
Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- פָּֽרָשִׁים֙parashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
- וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen its
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
- וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ulefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and for horsemen
1 Chronicles
two uses
David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.
- פָּֽרָשִׁ֔יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.
- וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
2 Chronicles
seven uses
Solomon accumulated 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- וּפָרָשִׁים֒ufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and warhorses
- פָּרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: warhorses
as well as Baalath, all the store cities that belonged to Solomon, and all the cities for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.
- הַפָּרָשִׁ֑יםhaparashimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the horsemen
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, his officers and captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
- וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ פufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen his
Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses, which he stationed in the chariot cities and also with him in Jerusalem.
- פָּרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
- פָּרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
- וּלְפָרָשִׁ֖יםulefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and to horsemen
Ezra
one use
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
- וּפָרָשִׁ֔יםufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
Nehemiah
one use
Then I went to the governors west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters. The king had also sent army officers and cavalry with me.
- וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ פufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
Isaiah
seven uses
When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”
- פָּֽרָשִׁ֔יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horses
Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
- פָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horses
Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.
- פָּֽרָשִׁ֑יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.
- וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔יםvehaparashimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and the horsemen
Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
- וּפָרָשָׁ֖יוufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horses his
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- פָּֽרָשִׁים֙parashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
- וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ulefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and for horsemen
Jeremiah
two uses
Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
- פָּרָ֜שׁparashnoun · masculine singulartagged: a horseman
Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!
- הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔יםhaparashimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the warhorses
Ezekiel
six uses
clothed in blue, governors and commanders, all desirable young men, horsemen mounted on steeds.
- פָּרָשִׁ֕יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
She too lusted after the Assyrians—governors and commanders, warriors dressed in splendor, horsemen riding on steeds, all desirable young men.
- פָּרָשִׁ֖יםparashimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: horsemen
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
- וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖יםuvefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with horsemen
His multitude of horses will cover you in their dust. When he enters your gates as an army entering a breached city, your walls will shake from the noise of cavalry, wagons, and chariots.
- פָּרַ֨שׁparashnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a horseman
The men of Beth-togarmah exchanged horses, war horses, and mules for your wares.
- וּפָֽרָשִׁים֙ufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
- וּפָרָשִׁ֗יםufarashimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and horsemen
Daniel
one use
At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
- וּבְפָ֣רָשִׁ֔יםuvefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and with horsemen
Hosea
one use
Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- וּבְפָרָשִֽׁים׃uvefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and by horsemen
Joel
one use
Their appearance is like that of horses, and they gallop like swift steeds.
- וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖יםukhefarashimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and like horsemen
Nahum
one use
Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end—they stumble over their dead—
- פָּרָ֣שׁparashnoun · masculine singulartagged: a horseman
Habakkuk
two uses
Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.
- פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יוparashavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: warhorses its
- וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ufarashavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and horsemen its
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.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
