Horseman Cavalryman

II. סוּס138 n.m. Ex 15:1 horse (NH סוּס, סוּסָה, Aramaic סוּסְיָא, ܣܽܘܣܝܳܐ, Mand. סוסיא, Sin. id., Lzb 328; Assyrian sisû (sîsû?) DlHWB 506; Tel Am. su-u[su] WklTA. 191, 24; prob. foreign word cf. NöM 147 Erman Ägypten 649; Eng. tr. 490);—ס׳ abs. 1 K 20:20 +; cstr. Ex 15:19 +; pl. סוּסִים Gn 47:17 +, סֻסִים 2 S 15:1; cstr. סוּסֵי 2 K 2:11; sf. סוּסַי 1 K 22:4; 2 K 3:7, סוּסֶיךָ Mi 5:9 + 4 times, סוּסָיו Is 5:28 +, סוּסֵיכֶם Am 4:10, סוּסֵיהֶם Jos 11:6 +;—horse: 1. non-Isr.; chariot-horses of Canaanites Ju 5:22 (cf. v 28 4:3, 13; עִקְבֵי ס׳; ס׳ coll., as often), Jos 11:4, 6, 9 (JE); horses as property of Egyptians Gn 47:17; Ex 9:3 (both J), cf. Zc 14:15; merchandise of Tyre Ez 27:14; chariot-horses of Egypt [cf. Hom Il. ix. 384], Ex 14:9, 23 (P), 15:1, 21 (poem), v 19 (P; on all v. Di), Dt 11:4; Is 31:1, 3; Je 46:4, 9; Ez 17:15; of Aram 1 K 20:1 + 11 times K (1 K 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyr. Is 5:28 + 3 times, Chaldeans Je 4:13 + 6 times; other nations Na 3:2; Je 50:42 + 5 times; as ridden 1 K 20:20 (v. supr.), Je 8:23; Ez 38:4, 15 + 13 times (late). 2. in Isr.; chariot-horses of Absalom 2 S 15:1, especially of Sol., and later, 1 K 5:6, 8; 10:25, 28, 29, and ‖ Chr; 18:5 and (as war-equipment) 22:4 2 K 3:7; 9:33; 10:2 Pr 21:31; סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 K 2:11 (Elijah), cf. 6:17; consecr. to sun 2 K 23:11 (cf. RSSem. 275; 2nd ed. 293); sign of luxury and apostasy Am 4:10; Ho 1:7; 1:4 Is 2:7 Mi 5:9 Zc 9:10, cf. Dt 17:6, 16, but v. Zc 14:20; in vision Zc 6:2(×2), 3(×2), 6; ridden 2 K 9:18, 19; 18:23 = Is 36:8, Am 2:15 + 4 times Is Je; in vision Zc 1:8(×2); שַׁעַר הַסּ׳ Je 31:40; Ne 3:28, cf. 2 K 11:16 = 2 Ch 23:15; property of returned exiles Ezr 2:66 = Ne 7:68 van d. H. (om. Mass. Baer Ginsb q.v.); description of horse Jb 39:19; in various sim. and fig. Am 6:12; Je 5:8; 8:6; 12:5; Ez 23:20; Is 63:13; Jo 2:4; Pr 27:3 ψ 32:9; 147:10. 3. chariot-horses of י׳ Hb 3:15 (fig. of clouds), cf. Zc 10:3.—Cf. also חֲצַר סוּסָה" dir="rtl" >חֲצַר סוּסִים, and פָּרָשׁ²" dir="rtl" >פָּרָשׁ, רֶ֫כֶשׁ" dir="rtl" >רֶכֶשׁ.

† II. פָּרָשׁ n.m. Na 3:3 horseman (i.e. parrâš, cf. Ges§ 84 b b; Arabic فَارِسٌ; Ethiopic ፈረስ; Aramaic פָּרָשׁ, ܦܰܪܳܫܳܐ );—abs. פ׳ Na 3:3 Je 4:29, also פָּרַשׁ Ez 26:10 (as if cstr. KöSynt. § 337 s); pl. פָּרָשָׁים Gn 50:9 +; sf. פָּרָשָׁיו Ex 14:9 +;—horseman, usually pl., especially + רֶכֶב chariotry: Egyptian Gn 50:9 (J), Jos 24:6 (E), Ex 14:9,17,18,23,26,28 (all P), 15:19 (song), Is 31:1; 2 K 18:34 = Is 36:9, 2 Ch 12:3 cf. 16:8; Philistine 1 S 13:5; 2 S 1:6 (del. בַּעֲלֵי 𝔊 We Dr Bu HPS); Aramæan 2 S 10:18 (but read prob. אִישׁ, cf. ‖ 1 Ch 19:18, We Dr al.), and (+ אִישׁ רַגְלִי) 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4, cf. 1 Ch 19:6; also עַל־סוּס וּפָרָשִׁים 1 K 20:20 (si vera l.); Isr., of Adonijah 1 K 1:5 (+ רֶכֶב, חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים); Solomon + רֶכֶב 9:19, 22; 10:26(×2) = 2 Ch 8:6, 9; 1:14(×2), prob. also 1 K 5:6 (+ סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבוֹ) = 2 Ch 9:25 (+ סוּסִים ומֶרְכָּבוֹת); Jehoahaz 2 K 13:7 (+ רַגְלִי); + רֶכֶב, fig. of Elijah 2 K 2:12, of Elisha 13:14; + סוּסִים Ho 1:7; Assyrian Is 22:6, 7 (+ רֶכֶב), cf. Na 3:3, פ׳ רֹכְבֵי סוּסִים Ez 23:6, 12; Babylonian Hb 1:8(×2) Je 4:29 (+ רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת), Ez 26:7 (+ סוּס, רֶכֶב), v 10 (+ גַּלְגַּל וָרֶכֶב), Scythian (Gog) 38:4 (+ סוּסִים); Persian Is 21:7, 9 (צֶמֶד פ׳), Ne 2:9 Ezr 8:22; of king of north Dn 11:40 (+ רֶכֶב).

ἵππος, ὁ, horse, ἡ, mare, most frequently feminine in Poets; in full θήλεες ἵπποι Refs 8th c.BC+ team of chariot-horses, Refs 8th c.BC+: hence, of the chariot itself, ἀφ᾽ ἵπποιιν, ἀφ᾽ ἵππων, from the chariot, Refs 8th c.BC+; ἵππων ἐπιβησόμενος intending to mount his chariot, Refs; opposed to πεζοί, πλῆτο δὲ πᾶν πεδίον πεζῶν τε καὶ ἵππων Refs 8th c.BC+; of riders, νῶθ᾽ ἵππων ἐπιβάντες ἐθύνεον Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently of race-horses, ἵ. ἀκαμαντόποδες Refs 5th c.BC+., of ships, Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 the constellation Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 title of Hecate in the Mithraic cult, Refs 3rd c.AD+ __4 perhaps an instrument of torture, Latin eculeus, Refs 1st c.AD+ __II as Collective Noun, ἵππος, ἡ, horse, cavalry, ἡ τῶν Θεσσαλῶν ἵ. Refs 5th c.BC+ a thousand horse, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἡ διακοσία ἵ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __III a sea-fish, Refs 5th c.BC+; but ὁ ἵ. ὁ ποτάμιος the hippopotamus, Refs 5th c.BC+ __IV lewd woman, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __IV.b pudenda muliebria et virilia, Refs 5th c.AD+ __V a complaint of the eyes, such that they are always winking, Refs 5th c.BC+ __VI title of ministrants ('chuckersout') in certain religious ceremonies, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VII in compounds, to express anything large or coarse, as in our horse-chestnut, horse-laugh, see at {ἱππό-κρημνος}, -λάπαθον, -μάραθον, -πορνος, -σέλινον, -τυφία, and compare βου-. (From ἴκϝος, see at {ἴκκος}; cf. Sanskrit aśvas, Latin equus: the ἴ- (in place of e-) and the aspirate are unexplained; the latter accusative to Refs 2nd c.AD+ was confined to Attic; compare Λεύκ-ιππος, Γλαύκ-ιππος.)

† I. [פָּרָשׁ n.] horse, steed (less common synon. of סוּס (> explained away by SchwallyZAW viii (1888), 191); Arabic فَرَسٌ horse, mare (often), so Ethiopic ፈረስ, cf. Sab. פרס horse, MordtmHim. Inschr. 70);—pl. פָּרָשִׁים (erron. for פְּרָשִׁים Köii, 1, 89) Ez 27:14 +, sf. פָּרָשָׁיו Is 28:28 1 S 8:11;—steeds Ez 27:14 (+ סוּסִים, פְּרָדִים), from Togarmah; sim. of swiftness Jo 2:4 (‖ סוּסִים); prob. also Is 28:28 Je 46:4 (‖ סוּסִים, cf. Gf Gie), and perhaps וְשָׂם לוֹ בְּמֶרְכַבְתּוֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו וְרָצוּ וגו׳ 1 S 8:11 (kg. subj.).

† רַכָּב n.m. 1. charioteer, רַכָּבוֹ 1 K 22:34 = הָרַכָּב 2 Ch 18:33. 2. horseman, רַכָּב 2 K 9:17 (= רֹכֵב (ה)סוּם v 18, 19).

ἱππ-εύς, genitive έως (-έω uncertain in Refs 5th c.AD+, Epic dialect ῆος, ὁ, (ἵππος) one who fights from a chariot, Refs 8th c.BC+; either of the driver or of the hero who fights, Refs; also of one who drives in a chariot-race, Refs __2 horseman, rider, cavalryman, ἰππήων στρότος Refs 7th c.BC+; τῆς πολιτείας ἱ. a public courier, Refs 5th c.AD+ __3 groom, Class.Rev.Refs __II ἱππεῖς, in social and political sense, knights, forming an aristocracy in early Greek communities, Refs 4th c.BC+; at Sparta, a royal bodyguard, Refs 5th c.BC+; later, an aristocratic corps of cavalry, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 of the Roman equites, Refs 1st c.BC+; ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων,= Latin eques Romanus, Refs __III nimble kind of crab, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV kind of comet, Refs 1st c.AD+ __V girl's ornament, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __VI a measure, πυρῶν, ἀμυγδάλων, ἀλεύρων, Refs

ἱππικός, ή, όν, (ἵππος) of a horse or horses, frequently in Trag., ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων Refs 4th c.BC+; ἱ. φρυάγματαRefs 5th c.BC+; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες,Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 of horsemen or chariots, ἀγών Refs 5th c.BC+; ναυάγιαRefs 5th c.BC+ __3 = Latin equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, Refs 1st c.BC+; of persons, of equestrian rank, ἱ. ἄνδρες Refs 1st c.BC+ __II of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, Refs; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, Refs; skilled in riding, opposed to ἄφιππος, Refs 5th c.BC+: comparative, Refs 1st c.BC+ K.: superlative, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.2 ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη), horsemanship, riding, Refs 5th c.BC+; περὶ -κῆς, title of treatise by Xenophon; ἱ. ἐπιστήμη Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III fit for riding, superlative -ώτατον, χρῆμα γυνή Refs 5th c.BC+ __IV τὸ ἱ. the horse, cavalry, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ ἱ. Refs 2nd c.BC+ __IV.2 course or space of four stadia, Refs 1st c.AD+ __IV.2.b the circus at Rome, Refs __V adverb -κῶς like a horseman: superlative -κώτατα with best horsemanship, Refs 5th c.BC+

† [סוּסָה] n.f. mare;—c. sf. סֻסָתִי Ct 1:9.—Cf. also חֲצַר סוּסָה.