6571. parash

Lexicon

parash: Horseman, cavalry, rider

Original Word: פָרָשׁ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: parash
Pronunciation: pah-RAHSH
Phonetic Spelling: (paw-rawsh')
Definition: Horseman, cavalry, rider
Meaning: a steed, a driver, cavalry

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

horseman

From parash; a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting (compare cuwc)); also (by implication) a driver (in a chariot), i.e. (collectively) cavalry -- horseman.

see HEBREW parash

see HEBREW cuwc

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [מָּרָשׁ] noun [masculine] horse, steed (less common synonym of סוּס ( > explained away by Schw^{ZAW viii (1888). 191}); Arabic horse, mare (often), so Ethiopic : compare Sabean פרס horse, Mordtm^{Him. Inschr. 70}); — Plural מָּרָשִׁים (erroneous for * מְּרָשִׁים Kö^{ii. 1, 89}) Ezekiel 27:14 +, suffix מָּרָשָׁיו Isaiah 28:28; 1 Samuel 8:11; — steeds Ezekiel 27:14 ( + סוּסִים, מְּרָדִים), from Togarmah; simile of swiftness Joel 2:4 ("" סוּסִים); probably also Isaiah 28:28; Jeremiah 46:4 ("" סוּסִים, compare Gf Gie), and perhaps ׳וְשָׂם לוֺ בְּמֶרְכַבְחוֺ וּבָעָרָשָׁיו וְרָצוּ וגו 1 Samuel 8:11 (king subject).

II. מָּרָשׁ noun masculine^{Nahum 3:3} horseman (i.e. * parrâš, compare Ges^{§ 84 b.b}; Arabic ; Ethiopic : Aramaic מָּרָשׁ ); — absolute ׳פ Nahum 3:3; Jeremiah 4:29, also מָּרַשׁ Ezekiel 26:10 (as if construct Kö^{Synt. § 337 s}); Plural מָּרָשָׁים Genesis 50:9 +; suffix מָּרָשָׁיו Exodus 14:9 +; — horseman, usually plural, especially + רֶכֶב charioty: Egyptain Genesis 50:9 (J), Joshua 24:6 (E), Exodus 14:9; Exodus 14:17; Exodus 14:18; Exodus 17:23; Exodus 14:26,28 (all P), Exodus 15:19 (song), Isaiah 31:1; 2 Kings 18:34 = Isaiah 36:9; 2Chronicles 12:3; compare 2 Chronicles 16:8; Philistine 1 Samuel 13:5; 2 Samuel 1:6 (strike out בַּעֲלֵי ᵑ7 We Dr Bu HPS); Aramaean 2 Samuel 10:18 (but read probably אִישׁ, compare "" 1 Chronicles 19:18, We Dr and others), and (+ אִישׁ רַגְלִי) 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, compare 1 Chronicles 19:6; also עַלסֿוּס וּפָרָשִׁים 1 Kings 20:20 (si vera lectio) Israel, of Adonijah 1 Kings 1:5 (+ רֶכֶב חֲמִשִּׁים אִישׁ רָצִים; Solomon + רֶכֶב 1 Kings 9:19,22; 1 Kings 10:26 2Chronicles 8:6,9; 1:14 (twice in verse), Prob also 1 Kings 5:6 ( + סוּסִים לְמֶרְכָּבוֺ) = 2 Chronicles 9:25 (+ סוּסִים וּמֶרְכָּכוֺת); Jehoahaz 2 Kings 13:7 (+ רַגְלִי); + רֶכֶב, figurative of Elijah 2 Kings 2:12, of Elisha 2 Kings 13:14; + סוּסִים Hosea 1:7; Assyrian Isaiah 22:6,7 (+ רֶכֶב), compare Nahum 3:3, רִכְבֵי סוּסִים ׳פ Ezekiel 23:6,12 Babylonian Habakkuk 1:8 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 4:29 (+ רֹמֵה קֶשֶׁת), Ezekiel 26:7 (+ סוּס), רֶכֶב), Ezekiel 26:10 (+ גַּלְגַּל וָרֶכֶב), Scythian (Gog) Ezekiel 38:4 (+ סוּסִים); Persian Isaiah 21:7,9 (׳צֶמֶד פ), Nehemiah 2:9; Ezra 8:22; of kings of north Daniel 11:40 (+ רֶכֶב).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root verb פָּרַשׁ (parash), which means "to spread" or "to separate."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G2460: ἵππος (hippos) • This Greek term translates to "horse" and is used in the New Testament to describe horses, often in apocalyptic or symbolic contexts, such as in Revelation.
• G2462: ἱππεύς (hippeus) • This term refers to a "horseman" or "cavalryman," similar to the Hebrew פָרָשׁ, and is used to describe mounted soldiers or riders.

The term פָרָשׁ (parash) thus encapsulates the significance of cavalry in biblical times, serving as a symbol of military strength and strategic advantage in the narratives of the Hebrew Scriptures.

Usage: The word פָרָשׁ is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe horsemen or cavalry, often in the context of military forces. It can refer to both the rider and the horse, emphasizing the role of mounted troops in ancient warfare.

Context: • The term פָרָשׁ appears in various contexts throughout the Hebrew Bible, often associated with military might and the power of cavalry units. In ancient Near Eastern warfare, cavalry played a crucial role, providing speed and mobility on the battlefield. The presence of horsemen was a sign of strength and strategic advantage.
• In 1 Kings 4:26, the term is used to describe Solomon's extensive chariot and cavalry forces: "Solomon had four thousand stalls for his chariot horses and twelve thousand horses." This highlights the wealth and military prowess of Solomon's reign.
• In 2 Kings 18:23, the term is used in a taunt by the Assyrian Rabshakeh, challenging Hezekiah's ability to muster enough riders: "Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!"
• The word also appears in prophetic literature, such as in Habakkuk 1:8, where the swiftness and fierceness of the Babylonian cavalry are described: "Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their horsemen charge ahead; their cavalry comes from afar."
• The use of פָרָשׁ underscores the importance of cavalry in the military strategies of ancient Israel and its neighbors, reflecting the broader historical and cultural context of the biblical narrative.

Forms and Transliterations

הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים הַפָּרָשִׁ֖ים הפרשים וְהַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וּבְפָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וּבְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ וּבְפָרָשָׁ֔יו וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ וּכְפָרָשִׁ֖ים וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ וּלְפָרָשִׁ֖ים וּפָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יו וּפָֽרָשִׁים֙ וּפָֽרָשָׁיו֙ וּפָרָשִֽׁים׃ וּפָרָשִׁ֔ים וּפָרָשִׁ֗ים וּפָרָשִׁים֒ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ וּפָרָשָׁ֑יו וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו ובפרשיו ובפרשיו׃ ובפרשים ובפרשים׃ והפרשים וכפרשים ולפרשים ולפרשים׃ ופרשיו ופרשיו׃ ופרשים ופרשים׃ פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים פָּֽרָשִׁ֔ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ פָּֽרָשָׁ֑יו פָּרַ֨שׁ פָּרָ֜שׁ פָּרָ֣שׁ פָּרָשִֽׁים׃ פָּרָשִׁ֑ים פָּרָשִׁ֔ים פָּרָשִׁ֕ים פָּרָשִׁ֖ים פָּרָשָֽׁיו׃ פרש פרשיו פרשיו׃ פרשים פרשים׃ hap·pā·rā·šîm hapParaShim happārāšîm pā·rā·šāw pā·rā·šîm pā·raš pā·rāš pāraš pārāš pārāšāw paRash paraShav paraShim pārāšîm ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šāw ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šîm ū·ḵə·p̄ā·rā·šîm ū·lə·p̄ā·rā·šîm ū·p̄ā·rā·šāw ū·p̄ā·rā·šîm ūḇəp̄ārāšāw ūḇəp̄ārāšîm uchefaraShim ufaraShav uFaraShim ūḵəp̄ārāšîm ulefaraShim ūləp̄ārāšîm ūp̄ārāšāw ūp̄ārāšîm uvefaraShav uvefaraShim vehapParaShim wə·hap·pā·rā·šîm wəhappārāšîm

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 50:9
HEB: רֶ֖כֶב גַּם־ פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וַיְהִ֥י הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה
NAS: chariots and horsemen; and it was a very
KJV: with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very
INT: chariots both and horsemen become company

Exodus 14:9
HEB: רֶ֣כֶב פַּרְעֹ֔ה וּפָרָשָׁ֖יו וְחֵיל֑וֹ עַל־
NAS: of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army,
KJV: of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army,
INT: chariots of Pharaoh his horsemen and his army beside

Exodus 14:17
HEB: חֵיל֔וֹ בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃
NAS: through his chariots and his horsemen.
KJV: upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
INT: army his chariots and his horsemen

Exodus 14:18
HEB: בְּפַרְעֹ֔ה בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃
NAS: through his chariots and his horsemen.
KJV: upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
INT: Pharaoh his chariots and his horsemen

Exodus 14:23
HEB: פַּרְעֹ֔ה רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָׁ֑יו אֶל־ תּ֖וֹךְ
NAS: his chariots and his horsemen went
KJV: his chariots, and his horsemen.
INT: Pharaoh's his chariots and his horsemen into the midst

Exodus 14:26
HEB: רִכְבּ֖וֹ וְעַל־ פָּרָשָֽׁיו׃
NAS: their chariots and their horsemen.
KJV: upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
INT: their chariots over and their horsemen

Exodus 14:28
HEB: הָרֶ֙כֶב֙ וְאֶת־ הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים לְכֹל֙ חֵ֣יל
NAS: the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh's
KJV: the chariots, and the horsemen, [and] all the host
INT: and covered the chariots and the horsemen entire army

Exodus 15:19
HEB: פַּרְעֹ֜ה בְּרִכְבּ֤וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁיו֙ בַּיָּ֔ם וַיָּ֧שֶׁב
NAS: with his chariots and his horsemen went
KJV: with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea,
INT: of Pharaoh his chariots and his horsemen the sea brought

Joshua 24:6
HEB: אֲבוֹתֵיכֶ֛ם בְּרֶ֥כֶב וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים יַם־ סֽוּף׃
NAS: with chariots and horsemen to the Red
KJV: with chariots and horsemen unto the Red
INT: your fathers chariots and horsemen Sea the Red

1 Samuel 8:11
HEB: לוֹ֙ בְּמֶרְכַּבְתּ֣וֹ וּבְפָרָשָׁ֔יו וְרָצ֖וּ לִפְנֵ֥י
NAS: [them] for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run
KJV: [them] for himself, for his chariots, and [to be] his horsemen; and [some] shall run
INT: and place his chariots his horsemen will run before

1 Samuel 13:5
HEB: וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְעָ֕ם כַּח֛וֹל
NAS: and 6,000 horsemen, and people
KJV: thousand horsemen, and people
INT: and six thousand horsemen and people the sand

2 Samuel 1:6
HEB: הָרֶ֛כֶב וּבַעֲלֵ֥י הַפָּרָשִׁ֖ים הִדְבִּקֻֽהוּ׃
NAS: the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely.
INT: the chariots archer and the horsemen pursued

2 Samuel 8:4
HEB: וּשְׁבַע־ מֵאוֹת֙ פָּרָשִׁ֔ים וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף
NAS: from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000
KJV: hundred horsemen, and twenty
INT: and seven horsemen and twenty thousand

2 Samuel 10:18
HEB: וְאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֨ת שׁוֹבַ֧ךְ
NAS: and 40,000 horsemen and struck down
KJV: thousand horsemen, and smote
INT: and forty thousand horsemen Shobach the commander

1 Kings 1:5
HEB: ל֗וֹ רֶ֚כֶב וּפָ֣רָשִׁ֔ים וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ
NAS: for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty
KJV: him chariots and horsemen, and fifty
INT: prepared chariots and horsemen fifty men

1 Kings 4:26
HEB: עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּרָשִֽׁים׃
NAS: for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen.
KJV: and twelve thousand horsemen.
INT: ten thousand horsemen

1 Kings 9:19
HEB: וְאֵ֖ת עָרֵ֣י הַפָּרָשִׁ֑ים וְאֵ֣ת ׀ חֵ֣שֶׁק
NAS: and the cities for his horsemen, and all
KJV: and cities for his horsemen, and that
INT: his chariots and the cities his horsemen and all Solomon

1 Kings 9:22
HEB: וְשָׂרֵ֥י רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ ס
NAS: commanders, and his horsemen.
KJV: of his chariots, and his horsemen.
INT: commanders his chariot and his horsemen

1 Kings 10:26
HEB: שְׁלֹמֹה֮ רֶ֣כֶב וּפָרָשִׁים֒ וַיְהִי־ ל֗וֹ
NAS: chariots and horsemen; and he had
KJV: chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand
INT: and Solomon the chariot horsemen become thousand

1 Kings 10:26
HEB: עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף פָּֽרָשִׁ֑ים וַיַּנְחֵם֙ בְּעָרֵ֣י
NAS: and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed
KJV: thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed
INT: ten thousand horsemen stationed cities

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

2 Kings 2:12
HEB: רֶ֤כֶב יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וּפָ֣רָשָׁ֔יו וְלֹ֥א רָאָ֖הוּ
NAS: of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw
KJV: of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw
INT: the chariots of Israel horsemen no saw

2 Kings 13:7
HEB: אִם־ חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ וַעֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב
NAS: than fifty horsemen and ten chariots
KJV: but fifty horsemen, and ten
INT: but fifty horsemen and ten chariots

2 Kings 13:14
HEB: רֶ֥כֶב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וּפָרָשָֽׁיו׃
NAS: of Israel and its horsemen!
KJV: of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
INT: the chariots of Israel horsemen

2 Kings 18:24
HEB: מִצְרַ֔יִם לְרֶ֖כֶב וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃
NAS: for chariots and for horsemen?
KJV: for chariots and for horsemen?
INT: Egypt chariots horseman

57 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6571
57 Occurrences

hap·pā·rā·šîm — 5 Occ.
pā·rāš — 3 Occ.
pā·rā·šāw — 2 Occ.
pā·rā·šîm — 17 Occ.
ū·ḵə·p̄ā·rā·šîm — 1 Occ.
ū·p̄ā·rā·šāw — 8 Occ.
ū·p̄ā·rā·šîm — 9 Occ.
ū·lə·p̄ā·rā·šîm — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šāw — 4 Occ.
ū·ḇə·p̄ā·rā·šîm — 4 Occ.
wə·hap·pā·rā·šîm — 1 Occ.