Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7409
רֶכֶשׁ
rekeshreh'-kesh
steed
4 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7409is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7409
a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser
The King James renders it: dromedary, mule, swift beast.
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
rekesh is rendered "steed". It stands 4 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Esther, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 4:28Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
1 Kings 4:28וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the steed2
- and for the steed1
- to the steed1
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 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 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
- הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙2
- וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ1
- לָרֶ֖כֶשׁ1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
1 Kings
one use
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
- וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁvelarakheshconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and for the steed
Esther
two uses
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.
- הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙harekheshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the steed
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.
- הָרֶ֙כֶשׁ֙harekheshthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the steed
Micah
one use
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.
- לָרֶ֖כֶשׁlarekheshpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the steed
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 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.