Horse
hors:
1. Names:
The common names are (1) cuc, and (2) hippos. (3) The word
parash, "horseman," occurs often, and in several cases is
translated "horse" or "warhorse" (Isa 28:28; Ezek 27:14;
Joel 2:4 the Revised Version, margin); also in 2 Sam 16,
where the "horsemen" of English Versions of the Bible is
ba`ale ha-parashim, "owners of horses"; c...
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-Description of
Great strength
Job 39:19-25
Swifter than eagles
Jer 4:13
Snorting and neighing of
Isa 5:28; Jer 8:16
A vain thing for safety
Ps 33:17; Pr 21:31
-Used by the Egyptians in war
Ex 14:9; 15:19
-Used by the Israelites
1Ki 22:4
-Used for cavalry
2Ki 18:23; Jer 47:3; 51:21
-Egypt famous for
Isa 31:1
-Forbidden to the kings...
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The most striking feature in the biblical notices of the
horse is the exclusive application of it to warlike
operations; in no instance is that useful animal employed
for the purposes of ordinary locomotion or agriculture, if
we except Isa 28:28 The animated description of the horse in
Job 39:19-25 applies solely to the war-horse. The Hebrews ...
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always referred to in the Bible in connection with warlike
operations, except Isa. 28:28. The war-horse is
described Job
39:19-25. For a long period after their settlement in
Canaan the
Israelites made no use of horses, according to the
prohibition,
Deut. 17:16. David was the first to form a force of
cavalry (2
Sam. 8:4). But Solomon, from...
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In Scripture used for war-like purposes, not agriculture
(except in treading out grain for threshing, Isaiah 28:28,
where for "horsemen" translated "horses".) Job's magnificent
description refers to the war horse (Isaiah 39:19-25), "hast
thou clothed his neck with thunder?" i.e. with the power of
inspiring terror. Rather "with majesty" (Umbrei...
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And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his
rider;...
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And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one
of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man
[withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on
horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before
him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth
to honour....
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And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot
for six hundred [shekels] of silver, and an horse for an
hundred and fifty: and so brought they out [horses] for all
the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by
their means....
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Horse. - The horse is never mentioned in Scripture in connection with the patriarchs; the first time the Bible speaks of it, it is in reference to the Egyptian army pursuing the Hebrews, During the epoch of the conquest and of Judges, we hear of horses only with the Chanaanean troops, and later on with the Philistines, The hilly country inhabited b...
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