רָכַב (ra.khav) means “to ride” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: raw-kab' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
רָכַב · ra.khav · to ride
1) to mount and ride, ride 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to mount, mount and sit or ride 1a2) to ride, be riding 1a3) rider (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to ride, cause to (mount and) ride 1b2) to cause to draw (plough, etc) 1b3) to cause to ride upon (fig)
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a primitive root; to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
KJV glosses: bring (on (horse-) back), carry, get (oneself) up, on (horse-) back, put, (cause to, make to) ride (in a chariot, on, -r), set.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| riding | 4 |
| and rider | 3 |
| was riding | 3 |
| and their riders | 2 |
| and they ride | 2 |
| he mounted | 2 |
| mounted on | 2 |
| ride | 2 |
| riders | 2 |
| rides | 2 |
| riding on | 2 |
| who rode | 2 |
| and drive me before it | 1 |
| and driver | 1 |
| and every rider | 1 |
| and got on | 1 |
| and he mounted | 1 |
| and i will make you ride | 1 |
| and its rider | 1 |
| and parade him | 1 |
| and paraded him | 1 |
| and riding | 1 |
| and set | 1 |
| and the horseman | 1 |
| and they have set | 1 |
| and they will put the horsemen | 1 |
| came riding | 1 |
| carried him by chariot | 1 |
| got into his chariot | 1 |
| has ridden | 1 |
| he had joseph ride | 1 |
| he made him ride | 1 |
| him who rides | 1 |
| horseman | 1 |
| i will harness | 1 |
| in a chariot | 1 |
| mounted | 1 |
| put | 1 |
| put him | 1 |
| put them | 1 |
| ride forth | 1 |
| riding off | 1 |
| rode | 1 |
| rode away | 1 |
| set | 1 |
| so a horseman | 1 |
| so he had him ride | 1 |
| so that i may ride | 1 |
| so that its rider | 1 |
| so the king put | 1 |
| so they carried | 1 |
| the pace | 1 |
| they set | 1 |
| to him who rides | 1 |
| to ride | 1 |
| we will ride | 1 |
| were riding | 1 |
| who rides | 1 |
| you have ridden | 1 |
| you rode | 1 |
| you who ride | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and his rider | 6 |
| riding | 6 |
| to ride | 4 |
| and he rode | 3 |
| riders | 3 |
| rideth | 3 |
| that rode | 3 |
| rode | 2 |
| against him now he was riding | 1 |
| all of them riding | 1 |
| and bring | 1 |
| and brought him on horseback | 1 |
| and he made him to ride | 1 |
| and he put | 1 |
| and i will cause thee to ride | 1 |
| and put | 1 |
| and riding | 1 |
| and rode | 1 |
| and set | 1 |
| and their riders | 1 |
| and they carried | 1 |
| and they have caused him to ride | 1 |
| and they ride | 1 |
| and they rode | 1 |
| and they set | 1 |
| and they shall ride | 1 |
| and those that ride | 1 |
| and we will ride | 1 |
| carried | 1 |
| carried him in a chariot | 1 |
| gat him up | 1 |
| he made him ride | 1 |
| him that rideth | 1 |
| how that when i and thou rode | 1 |
| neither shall he that rideth | 1 |
| on horseback | 1 |
| one on horseback | 1 |
| put | 1 |
| ride | 1 |
| rode in a chariot | 1 |
| she rode | 1 |
| so that his rider | 1 |
| so they made him ride | 1 |
| soever he rideth | 1 |
| that i may ride | 1 |
| that i rode upon | 1 |
| that thou didst ride | 1 |
| thou causest me to ride | 1 |
| to him that rideth | 1 |
| to ride on | 1 |
| upon which thou hast ridden | 1 |
| us we will not ride | 1 |
| which rode | 1 |
| with thee all of them riding | 1 |
| with them and the riders | 1 |
| ye that ride | 1 |
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Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordHe will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordAnd Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”
Read word by wordAny saddle on which the man with the discharge rides will be unclean.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordHe 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,
Read word by word“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
Read word by wordYou who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder
Read word by wordHe 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.
Read word by wordHe had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
Read word by wordAs Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
Read word by wordSo Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordThey 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,
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by word“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.”
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by word“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,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 19.27
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Read word by word“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordSo the prophet said to his sons, “Saddle the donkey for me.” Then they saddled the donkey for him, and he mounted it
Read word by wordMeanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
Read word by wordThen she saddled the donkey and told her servant, “Drive onward; do not slow the pace for me unless I tell you.”
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordAnd 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:
Read word by wordThen his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
Read word by wordsaying, “Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD!” So he had him ride in his chariot.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordNow, 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!
Read word by wordFrom 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.
Read word by wordSo they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordI 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.
Read word by wordhave 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.
Read word by wordLet 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!’”
Read word by wordSo 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!”
Read word by wordMordecai 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordYou snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
Read word by wordYet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
Read word by wordHe mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 18.11
In your splendor ride forth in victory on behalf of truth and humility and justice; may your right hand show your awesome deeds.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 45.5
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