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מֶרְכָּבָה H4818

H4818 is the Hebrew word מֶרְכָּבָה, transliterated merkâbâh and said mer-kaw-baw'. The King James Version most often renders it chariot.

Word: מֶרְכָּבָהTransliteration: merkâbâhSaid: mer-kaw-baw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 37 verses

What it means

a chariot.

Where it comes from

feminine of H4817 (מֶרְכָּב).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 40 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

chariot 19×chariots 15×off his chariot 1×himself for his chariots 1×again from his chariot 1×also in the chariot 1×out of that chariot 1×like the chariots 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: chariot. See also H1024 (בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת).

Verses using מֶרְכָּבָה

All 37 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 41:43 · KJV

And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 46:29 · KJV

And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

Exodus 14:25 · KJV

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

Exodus 15:4 · KJV

Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.

Joshua 11:6 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

Joshua 11:9 · KJV

And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

Judges 4:15 · KJV

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

1 Samuel 8:11 · KJV

And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

2 Samuel 15:1 · KJV

And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him.

1 Kings 7:33 · KJV

And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten.

1 Kings 10:29 · KJV

And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

1 Kings 12:18 · KJV

Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 20:33 · KJV

Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot.

1 Kings 22:35 · KJV

And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot.

2 Kings 5:21 · KJV

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

2 Kings 5:26 · KJV

And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?

2 Kings 9:27 · KJV

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

2 Kings 10:15 · KJV

And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot.

2 Kings 23:11 · KJV

And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

1 Chronicles 28:18 · KJV

And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 1:17 · KJV

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.

2 Chronicles 9:25 · KJV

And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 10:18 · KJV

Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 14:9 · KJV

And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 18:34 · KJV

And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died.

2 Chronicles 35:24 · KJV

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

Song of Solomon 6:12 · KJV

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

Isaiah 22:18 · KJV

He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord’s house.

Isaiah 66:15 · KJV

For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

Jeremiah 4:13 · KJV

Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.

Joel 2:5 · KJV

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Micah 1:13 · KJV

O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

Habakkuk 3:8 · KJV

Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?

Haggai 2:22 · KJV

And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

Zechariah 6:1 · KJV

And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.

Zechariah 6:2 · KJV

In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;

Zechariah 6:3 · KJV

And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4818 mean?

H4818 is the Hebrew word מֶרְכָּבָה (merkâbâh), meaning a chariot.

How is H4818 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it chariot (19 times), chariots (15 times), off his chariot (1 time), himself for his chariots (1 time), again from his chariot (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4818 appear in the Bible?

מֶרְכָּבָה (merkâbâh) is tagged in 37 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4818 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H4817 (מֶרְכָּב).

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