Definition
a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
Traditional renderings: bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
Traditional renderings: bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָכַב:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
78 total
- Genesis 24:61וַתִּרְכַּ֙בְנָה֙ · mountedThen Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
- Genesis 41:43וַיַּרְכֵּ֣ב · He had Joseph rideHe had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 49:17רֹכְב֖וֹ · so that its riderHe will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
- Exodus 4:20וַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙ · put themSo Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
- Exodus 15:1וְרֹכְב֖וֹ · and riderThen Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD: “I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted. The horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:21וְרֹכְב֖וֹ · and riderAnd Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
- Leviticus 15:9יִרְכַּ֥ב · ridesAny saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.
- Numbers 22:22רֹכֵ֣ב · was ridingThen God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:30רָכַ֣בְתָּ · you have riddenBut the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.
- Deuteronomy 32:13יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙ · He made him rideHe made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Deuteronomy 33:26רֹכֵ֤ב · who rides“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
- Judges 5:10רֹכְבֵי֩ · You who rideYou who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
- Judges 10:4רֹֽכְבִים֙ · who rodeHe had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys. And they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which to this day are called Havvoth-jair.
- Judges 12:14רֹכְבִ֖ים · who rodeHe had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
- 1 Samuel 25:20רֹכֶ֣בֶת · came ridingAs Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
- 1 Samuel 25:42וַתִּרְכַּב֙ · and got onSo Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
- 1 Samuel 30:17רָכְב֥וּ · riding offAnd David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
- 2 Samuel 6:3וַיַּרְכִּ֜בוּ · They setThey set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,
- 2 Samuel 13:29וַֽיִּרְכְּב֛וּSo Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.
- 2 Samuel 16:2לִרְכֹּ֗ב · to ride“Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
- 2 Samuel 18:9רֹכֵ֣ב · was ridingNow Absalom was riding on his mule when he met the servants of David, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s head was caught fast in the tree. The mule under him kept going, so that he was suspended in midair.
- 2 Samuel 19:26וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב · so that I may ride“My lord the king,” he replied, “because I am lame, I said, ‘I will have my donkey saddled so that I may ride on it and go with the king.’ But my servant Ziba deceived me,
- 2 Samuel 22:11וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב · He mountedHe mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
- 1 Kings 1:33וְהִרְכַּבְתֶּם֙ · Set“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:38וַיַּרְכִּ֙בוּ֙ · and setThen Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44וַיַּרְכִּ֣בוּ · and they have setAnd with Solomon, the king has sent Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, and they have set him on the king’s mule.
- 1 Kings 13:13וַיִּרְכַּ֖ב · and he mountedSo the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
- 1 Kings 18:45וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב · rode awayMeanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 4:24לִרְכֹּ֔ב · the paceThen she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
- 2 Kings 9:16וַיִּרְכַּ֤ב · got into his chariotThen Jehu got into his chariot and went to Jezreel, because Joram was laid up there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.
- 2 Kings 9:18רֹכֵ֨ב · So a horsemanSo a horseman rode off to meet Jehu and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.” And the watchman reported, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
- 2 Kings 9:19רֹכֵ֣ב · horsemanSo the king sent out a second horseman, who went to them and said, “This is what the king asks: ‘Have you come in peace?’” “What do you know about peace?” Jehu replied. “Fall in behind me.”
- 2 Kings 9:25רֹכְבִ֤ים · were ridingAnd Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
- 2 Kings 9:28וַיַּרְכִּ֧בוּ · carried him by chariotThen his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
- 2 Kings 10:16וַיַּרְכִּ֥בוּ · So he had him ride…saying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 13:16הַרְכֵּ֤ב · Put; וַיַּרְכֵּ֖ב · So the king putThen Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on the bow, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.
- 2 Kings 18:23רֹכְבִ֥ים · ridersNow, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
- 2 Kings 23:30וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ · in a chariotFrom Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
- 1 Chronicles 13:7וַיַּרְכִּ֜יבוּ · So they carriedSo they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
- 2 Chronicles 35:24וַֽיַּרְכִּיבֻהוּ֮ · put himSo his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
- Nehemiah 2:12רֹכֵ֥ב · was ridingI set out at night with a few men. I did not tell anyone what my God had laid on my heart to do for Jerusalem. The only animal with me was the one on which I was riding.
- Esther 6:8רָכַ֤ב · has ridden…have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
- Esther 6:9וְהִרְכִּיבֻ֤הוּ · and parade himLet the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
- Esther 6:11וַיַּרְכִּיבֵ֙הוּ֙ · and paraded himSo Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
- Esther 8:10רֹכְבֵ֤י · riding onMordecai 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.
- Esther 8:14רֹכְבֵ֤י · rodeThe 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.
- Job 30:22תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי · and drive me [before it]You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
- Job 39:18וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ׃ · and its riderYet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
- Psalm 18:10וַיִּרְכַּ֣ב · He mountedHe mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.