5483. cuwc

Strong's Lexicon

cuwc: Horse

Original Word: סוּס
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: cuwc
Pronunciation: soos
Phonetic Spelling: (soos)
Definition: Horse
Meaning: a horse, a swallow

Word Origin: From an unused root meaning to skip (as in joy)

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2462: ἵππος (hippos) - horse

Usage: The Hebrew word "סוּס" (cuwc) primarily refers to a horse, an animal known for its strength, speed, and utility in ancient times. In the Bible, horses are often associated with warfare, power, and wealth. They are depicted as symbols of military might and are frequently mentioned in contexts involving chariots and battles.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, horses were highly valued for their role in warfare and transportation. They were considered a sign of wealth and power, often used by kings and warriors. The Israelites, however, were cautioned against relying on horses for military strength, as seen in Deuteronomy 17:16, where God instructs the king not to accumulate many horses, emphasizing reliance on divine power rather than military might.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. סוּס noun [masculine] swallow or swift (cypselus, Tristr^{FFP 82 ff.}) (ᵑ7 סוּסָיָא Isaiah 38:14); — as twittering Isaiah 38:14 (in simile); ᵐ5 χελιδών, ᵑ9 pullus hirundinis;; so Jeremiah 8:7 Kt (Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from following, so Gie), ᵐ5 id., ᵑ9 hirundo.

II. סוּס₁₃₈ noun masculine^{Exodus 15:1} horse (Late Hebrew סוּס, סוּסָה Aramaic סוּסְיָא Mandean סוסיא, Sinaitic id., Lzb³²⁸; Assyrian sisû (sisû ?) Dl^{HWB 506}; Tel Amarna su-u[su] Wkl^{TA.191, 24}; probably foreign word compare Nö^{M 147} Erman^{Ägypten 649; English tr. 490}); — ׳ס absolute 1 Kings 20:20 +; construct Exodus 15:19 +; plural סוּסִים Genesis 47:17 +, סֻסִים 2 Samuel 15:1; construct סוּסֵי 2 Kings 2:11; suffix סוּסַי 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7. סוּסֶיךָ Micah 5:9 + 4t., סוּסָיו Isaiah 5:28 +, סוּסֵיכֶס Amos 4:10, סוּסֵיהֶם Joshua 11:6+; — horse:

1 non-Israel; chariot-horses of Canaanites Judges 5:22 (compare Judges 5:28; Judges 4:3,13; ׳עִקְבֵי ס; ׳ס collective, as often), Joshua 11:4,6,9 (JE); horses as property of Egyptians Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (both J), compare Zechariah 14:15; merchandise of Tyre Ezekiel 27:14; chariot-horses of Egypt [compare Hom^11.ix.384], Exodus 14:9,23 (Psalms), Exodus 15:1,21 (poem), Exodus 15:19 (Psalms; on all see Di), Deuteronomy 11:4; Isaiah 31:1,3; Jeremiah 46:4,9; Ezekiel 17:15; of Aram 1 Kings 20:1 11t. Kings (1 Kings 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians Isaiah 5:28 3t., Chaldeans Jeremiah 4:13 6t.; other nations Nahum 3:2; Jeremiah 50:42 5t.; as ridden 1 Kings 20:20 (see above), Jeremiah 8:23; Ezekiel 38:4,15 13t. (late).

2 in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom 2 Samuel 15:1, especially of Solomon, and later, 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Kings 5:8; 1 Kings 10:25,28,29, and "" Chronicles; 1 Kings 18:5 and .(as war-equipment) 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 9:33; 2 Kings 10:2; Proverbs 21:31; סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 Kings 2:11 (Elijah), compare 2 Kings 6:17; consecration to sun 2 Kings 23:11 (compare RS^{Semitic 275; 2nd ed. 293}); sign of luxury and apostasy Amos 4:10; Hosea 1:7; Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 2:7; Micah 5:9; Zechariah 9:10, compare Deuteronomy 17:6,16, but see Zechariah 14:20; in vision Zechariah 6:2 (twice in verse); Zechariah 6:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 6:6; ridden 2 Kings 9:18,19; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; Amos 2:15 4t. Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision Zechariah 1:8 (twice in verse); ׳שַׁעַר הַס Jeremiah 31:40; Nehemiah 3:28, compare 2 Kings 11:16 2Chronicles 23:15; belongings of returned exiles Ezra 2:56 = Nehemiah 7:68 van d. H. (omitted by Masora Baer Ginsb q. v.); description of horse Job 39:19; in various simile and figurative Amos 6:12; Jeremiah 5:8; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 12:5; Ezekiel 23:20; Isaiah 63:13; Joel 2:4; Proverbs 27:3; Psalm 32:9; Psalm 147:10.

3 chariot-horses of ׳י Habakkuk 3:15 (figurative of clouds), compare Zechariah 10:3. — compare also חֲצַר סוּסִים, and מָּרָשׁ, רֶכֶשׁ .

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

crane, horseback,

Or cuc {soos}; from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight) -- crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare parash.

see HEBREW parash

Forms and Transliterations

בְּס֛וּס בְּסוּסִ֖ים בַּסּוּסִ֗ים בַּסּוּסִ֜ים בַּסּוּסִ֡ים בַּסּוּסִ֤ים בַסּוּסִ֑ים בְּסוּסָ֣יו בסוס בסוסיו בסוסים הַ֭סּוּס הַסּ֔וּס הַסּ֖וּס הַסּ֗וּס הַסּ֜וּס הַסּ֣וּס הַסּ֤וּס הַסּוּס֙ הַסּוּסִ֑ים הַסּוּסִ֖ים הַסּוּסִ֗ים הַסּוּסִ֛ים הַסּוּסִ֣ים הַסּוּסִים֙ הַסּוּסִים֮ הסוס הסוסים וְהַסּ֗וּס וְהַסּוּסִ֔ים וְס֖וּס וְס֗וּס וְס֣וּס וְס֣וּסֵי וְס֥וּס וְסִיס֙ וְסֻסִ֑ים וְסוּס֙ וְסוּסֵיהֶ֥ם וָס֖וּס וָסֽוּס׃ וּבַסּוּסִ֔ים וּבַסּוּסִ֗ים ובסוסים והסוס והסוסים וסוס וסוס׃ וסוסי וסוסיהם וסיס וססים כְּס֤וּס כְּס֥וּס כְּסוּסֶֽיךָ׃ כְּסוּסַ֥י כַּסּ֣וּס ׀ כַּסּ֥וּס כסוס כסוסי כסוסיך׃ לְסוּסָ֣יו לַ֝סּ֗וּס לַ֭סּוּס לַסּ֣וּס לַסּוּסִ֖ים לסוס לסוסיו לסוסים ס֑וּס ס֔וּס ס֖וּס ס֗וּס ס֣וּס ס֤וּס ס֥וּס ס֨וּס סֽוּסֵיהֶם֙ סֽוּסֵיכֶ֑ם סוּס֙ סוּס֮ סוּסִ֑ים סוּסִ֔ים סוּסִ֖ים סוּסִ֣ים סוּסִ֤ים סוּסִ֥ים סוּסִ֧ים סוּסִֽים׃ סוּסִים֒ סוּסִים֙ סוּסֵיהֶ֕ם סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם סוּסֶ֑יךָ סוּסֶ֔יךָ סוּסֶ֖יךָ סוּסָ֑יו סוּסָ֔יו סוּסָ֖יו סוּסָ֗יו סוּסָ֣יו סוּסָיו֙ סוס סוסיהם סוסיו סוסיך סוסיכם סוסים סוסים׃ bas·sū·sîm ḇas·sū·sîm bassuSim bassūsîm ḇassūsîm bə·sū·sāw bə·sū·sîm bə·sūs beSus bəsūs besuSav bəsūsāw besuSim bəsūsîm has·sū·sîm has·sūs hasSus hassūs hassuSim hassūsîm kas·sūs kasSus kassūs kə·sū·say kə·sū·se·ḵā kə·sūs keSus kəsūs kesuSai kəsūsay kesuSeicha kəsūseḵā las·sū·sîm las·sūs lasSus lassūs lassuSim lassūsîm lə·sū·sāw lesuSav ləsūsāw sū·sāw sū·sê·hem sū·se·ḵā sū·sê·ḵem sū·sîm Sus sūs suSav sūsāw sūsêhem suSeicha suseiChem suseiHem sūseḵā sūsêḵem suSim sūsîm ū·ḇas·sū·sîm ūḇassūsîm uvassuSim vassuSim vaSus vehasSus vehassuSim veSis veSus veSusei vesuseiHem vesuSim wā·sūs wāsūs wə·has·sū·sîm wə·has·sūs wə·sîs wə·sū·sê wə·sū·sê·hem wə·su·sîm wə·sūs wəhassūs wəhassūsîm wəsîs wəsūs wəsūsê wəsūsêhem wəsusîm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 47:17
HEB: יוֹסֵ֨ף לֶ֜חֶם בַּסּוּסִ֗ים וּבְמִקְנֵ֥ה הַצֹּ֛אן
NAS: them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks
KJV: them bread [in exchange] for horses, and for the flocks,
INT: and Joseph food the horses their livestock and the flocks

Genesis 49:17
HEB: הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙ עִקְּבֵי־ ס֔וּס וַיִּפֹּ֥ל רֹכְב֖וֹ
NAS: That bites the horse's heels,
KJV: that biteth the horse heels,
INT: bites heels the horse's falls his rider

Exodus 9:3
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה בַּסּוּסִ֤ים בַּֽחֲמֹרִים֙ בַּגְּמַלִּ֔ים
NAS: are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys,
KJV: which [is] in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses,
INT: which the field the horses the donkeys the camels

Exodus 14:9
HEB: הַיָּ֔ם כָּל־ סוּס֙ רֶ֣כֶב פַּרְעֹ֔ה
NAS: them [with] all the horses [and] chariots
KJV: after them, all the horses [and] chariots
INT: the sea them all the horses chariots of Pharaoh

Exodus 14:23
HEB: אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֚ל ס֣וּס פַּרְעֹ֔ה רִכְבּ֖וֹ
NAS: Pharaoh's horses, his chariots
KJV: [even] all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots,
INT: after and all horses Pharaoh's his chariots

Exodus 15:1
HEB: גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה
NAS: exalted; The horse and its rider
KJV: gloriously: the horse and his rider
INT: is highly exalted the horse rider has hurled

Exodus 15:19
HEB: כִּ֣י בָא֩ ס֨וּס פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ
NAS: For the horses of Pharaoh
KJV: For the horse of Pharaoh went in
INT: for went the horses of Pharaoh his chariots

Exodus 15:21
HEB: גָאֹ֣ה גָּאָ֔ה ס֥וּס וְרֹכְב֖וֹ רָמָ֥ה
NAS: exalted; The horse and his rider
KJV: gloriously; the horse and his rider
INT: is highly exalted the horse and his rider has hurled

Deuteronomy 11:4
HEB: לְחֵ֨יל מִצְרַ֜יִם לְסוּסָ֣יו וּלְרִכְבּ֗וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: army, to its horses and its chariots,
KJV: of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots;
INT: army to Egypt's horses chariots when

Deuteronomy 17:16
HEB: יַרְבֶּה־ לּ֣וֹ סוּסִים֒ וְלֹֽא־ יָשִׁ֤יב
NAS: he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor
KJV: But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people
INT: nor multiply horses shall never to return

Deuteronomy 17:16
HEB: לְמַ֖עַן הַרְבּ֣וֹת ס֑וּס וַֽיהוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר
NAS: to multiply horses, since the LORD
KJV: to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD
INT: because of to multiply horses the LORD has said

Deuteronomy 20:1
HEB: אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ וְֽרָאִ֜יתָ ס֤וּס וָרֶ֙כֶב֙ עַ֚ם
NAS: and see horses and chariots
KJV: and seest horses, and chariots,
INT: enemies and see horses and chariots people

Joshua 11:4
HEB: הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹ֑ב וְס֥וּס וָרֶ֖כֶב רַב־
NAS: with very many horses and chariots.
KJV: in multitude, with horses and chariots
INT: the sea multitude horses and chariots many

Joshua 11:6
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֶת־ סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם תְּעַקֵּ֔ר וְאֶת־
NAS: you shall hamstring their horses and burn
KJV: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn
INT: before Israel their horses hough their chariots

Joshua 11:9
HEB: יְהוָ֑ה אֶת־ סוּסֵיהֶ֣ם עִקֵּ֔ר וְאֶת־
NAS: him; he hamstrung their horses and burned
KJV: him: he houghed their horses, and burnt
INT: had told as the LORD their horses houghed their chariots

Judges 5:22
HEB: הָלְמ֖וּ עִקְּבֵי־ ס֑וּס מִֽדַּהֲר֖וֹת דַּהֲר֥וֹת
NAS: Then the horses' hoofs beat
INT: beat hoofs the horses' the dashing the dashing

2 Samuel 15:1
HEB: אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם מֶרְכָּבָ֖ה וְסֻסִ֑ים וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ
NAS: for himself a chariot and horses and fifty
KJV: him chariots and horses, and fifty
INT: Absalom A chariot and horses and fifty men

1 Kings 4:26
HEB: אֶ֛לֶף אֻרְוֹ֥ת סוּסִ֖ים לְמֶרְכָּב֑וֹ וּשְׁנֵים־
NAS: stalls of horses for his chariots,
KJV: stalls of horses for his chariots,
INT: thousand stalls of horses his chariots both

1 Kings 4:28
HEB: וְהַשְּׂעֹרִ֣ים וְהַתֶּ֔בֶן לַסּוּסִ֖ים וְלָרָ֑כֶשׁ יָבִ֗אוּ
NAS: and straw for the horses and swift steeds
KJV: also and straw for the horses and dromedaries
INT: barley and straw the horses and swift brought

1 Kings 10:25
HEB: וְנֵ֣שֶׁק וּבְשָׂמִ֔ים סוּסִ֖ים וּפְרָדִ֑ים דְּבַר־
NAS: spices, horses, and mules,
KJV: and spices, horses, and mules,
INT: weapons spices horses and mules so

1 Kings 10:28
HEB: וּמוֹצָ֧א הַסּוּסִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹ֖ה
NAS: import of horses was from Egypt
KJV: And Solomon had horses brought
INT: import of horses Also Solomon's

1 Kings 10:29
HEB: מֵא֣וֹת כֶּ֔סֶף וְס֖וּס בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֣ים וּמֵאָ֑ה
NAS: [shekels] of silver, and a horse for 150;
KJV: [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an hundred
INT: hundred silver and an horse and fifty an hundred

1 Kings 18:5
HEB: חָצִ֗יר וּנְחַיֶּה֙ ס֣וּס וָפֶ֔רֶד וְל֥וֹא
NAS: and keep the horses and mules
KJV: to save the horses and mules
INT: grass and keep the horses and mules have to

1 Kings 20:1
HEB: מֶ֛לֶךְ אִתּ֖וֹ וְס֣וּס וָרָ֑כֶב וַיַּ֗עַל
NAS: kings with him, and horses and chariots.
KJV: kings with him, and horses, and chariots:
INT: kings for and horses and chariots went

1 Kings 20:20
HEB: אֲרָ֔ם עַל־ ס֖וּס וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃
NAS: escaped on a horse with horsemen.
KJV: escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
INT: of Aram on A horse horsemen

139 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5483
139 Occurrences

bas·sū·sîm — 4 Occ.
bə·sūs — 1 Occ.
bə·sū·sāw — 1 Occ.
bə·sū·sîm — 1 Occ.
has·sūs — 11 Occ.
has·sū·sîm — 15 Occ.
kas·sūs — 2 Occ.
kə·sūs — 4 Occ.
kə·sū·say — 2 Occ.
kə·sū·se·ḵā — 2 Occ.
las·sūs — 3 Occ.
las·sū·sîm — 1 Occ.
lə·sū·sāw — 1 Occ.
sūs — 22 Occ.
sū·sāw — 7 Occ.
sū·se·ḵā — 3 Occ.
sū·sê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
sū·sê·hem — 4 Occ.
sū·sîm — 34 Occ.
ū·ḇas·sū·sîm — 2 Occ.
ḇas·sū·sîm — 1 Occ.
wā·sūs — 2 Occ.
wə·has·sūs — 1 Occ.
wə·has·sū·sîm — 1 Occ.
wə·sîs — 1 Occ.
wə·sūs — 9 Occ.
wə·sū·sê — 1 Occ.
wə·sū·sê·hem — 1 Occ.
wə·su·sîm — 1 Occ.