Lexicon :: Strong's H7393 - reḵeḇ

1. ₁₀₉ collective chariotry, chariots [sometimes of specific no. 2 Kings 13:7; 2 Samuel 8:4; Exodus 14:7 etc.; often + פָּרָשִׁים, (ים) סוּס], especially war-chariots : in Egypt Exodus 14:7 (J), Joshua 24:6 (E) +; early Canaan Joshua 11:4; Judges 4:7,13; Judges 5:28 (not singular; || מַרְכְּבוֺתָיו) +, called כַּרְוֶל ר׳ (i.e. iron-bound, or studded, compare GFM^{Judges 1:2 19and references}), † Joshua 17:16,18; Judges 1:19; Judges 4:3,13†; Philistine, according to 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 1:6; Aram 2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Samuel 10:18 +; Judah and Israel (from David's time, compare 2 Samuel 8:4) 1 Kings 9:19,22; 1 Kings 10:26 +, read also בְּרִכְבְּךָ Hosea 10:13 (for בְּדַרְכְּךָ) ^B We Now GASm; Assyria 2 Kings 19:23 = Isaiah 37:24; Nahum 2:4; Nahum 2:5; Nahum 2:14 (to be burnt; made mainly of wood); Babylon Jeremiah 47:3 (on title Jeremiah 47:1, see Gf Gie), Jeremiah 50:37; Jeremiah 51:21; Ezekiel 23:24 +, etc.; for dignity and display 1 Kings 1:5; 2 Kings 5:9; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 22:4; Isaiah 66:20, compare Genesis 50:9 (J), (compare also 1 Kings 9:19,22; 1 Kings 10:26, etc.); figurative of Elijah, יִשְׂרָאֵל וּפָרָשׁיו ר׳ 2 Kings 2:12, of Elisha 2 Kings 13:14; רֶכֶב אֵשׁ 2 Kings 2:11 chariotry of fire (at Elijah's translation); אֵל ר׳ Psalm 68:18 chariots of El, i.e. his heavenly host, compare vision 2 Kings 6:17, and also 2 Kings 7:6; ר׳ meton, for chariot-horses 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4.

† 2. of single chariot 1 Kings 22:35,38; 2 Kings 9:21 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 9:24; 2 Kings 10:16; 2 Chronicles 35:24, probably also Exodus 14:6; plural רִכְבֵי פַרְעֹה Songs 1:9.

† 3. upper millstone (as riding on the lower) Deuteronomy 24:6; Judges 9:53; 2 Samuel 11:21.

4. apparently = riders (collective), troop (of riders): שְׁנֵי רֶכֶב סוּסִים 2 Kings 7:14 **read perhaps רֹכְבֵי, compare and 2 Kings 9:16 Bur.; two riders of horses, horsemen (or two chariots drawn by horses ?); in following text dubious: פָּרָשִׁים ר׳ חֲמוֹר ר׳ פָּרָשִׁים צֶמֶד ר׳ Isaiah 21:7 riders, namely a pair of horsemen, ass-riders, camel-rides; compare פָּרָשִׁים צֶמֶד אִישׁ ר׳ Isaiah 21:9 i.e. men riding, a pair of horsemen; פָּרָשִׁים אָדָם בְּר׳ Isaiah 22:6 with riders (consisting of) men, horsemen, but use of אָדָם very improbable; attractive is with chariotry of (drawn by) steeds (א׳ as gloss) Du Che^Hpt Di-Kit but פ׳ hardly steeds here (compare פ׳ horsemen, Isaiah 22:7); read perhaps simply וּפ׳ בְּר׳.