Strong's Concordance/Hebrew/H4818

Strong's H4818 · Hebrew

מֶרְכָּבָה

merkâbâh · /mer-kaw-baw'/

Number
H4818
Language
Hebrew
Original word
מֶרְכָּבָה
Transliteration
merkâbâh
Pronunciation
mer-kaw-baw'
KJV occurrences
41 verses

Definition

a chariot

KJV: chariot. See also H1024 (בֵּית הַמַּרְכָּבוֹת).

Root / derivation: feminine of H4817 (מֶרְכָּב);

KJV usage breakdown

How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered מֶרְכָּבָה across 41 verses.

chariot23×
chariots21×

Every occurrence (KJV)

41 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.

Genesis2 verses
Exodus2 verses
Joshua2 verses
Judges2 verses
1 Samuel1 verse
2 Samuel1 verse
1 Kings5 verses
1 Kings 7:33

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

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. by their: Heb. by their hand

1 Kings 12:18

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. made: Heb. strengthened himself

1 Kings 20:33

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

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. increased: Heb. ascended midst: Heb. bosom

2 Kings5 verses
2 Kings 5:21

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? Is: Heb. Is there peace?

2 Kings 5:26

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

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

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. lighted on: Heb. found saluted: Heb. blessed

2 Kings 23:11

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. chamberlain: or, eunuch, or, officer

1 Chronicles1 verse
2 Chronicles6 verses
2 Chronicles 1:17

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. means: Heb. hand

2 Chronicles 9:25

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

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. made speed: Heb. strengthened himself

2 Chronicles 14:9

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

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

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. in one: or, among the sepulchres

Song of Solomon1 verse
Isaiah3 verses
Jeremiah1 verse
Joel1 verse
Micah2 verses
Nahum1 verse
Habakkuk1 verse
Haggai1 verse
Zechariah3 verses

Topics that use this word

Frequently asked questions

What does Strong's H4818 (merkâbâh) mean?

a chariot

How many times does H4818 appear in the Bible?

Strong's H4818 (מֶרְכָּבָה) appears in 41 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “chariot.”

How is merkâbâh translated in the KJV?

In the KJV, Strong's H4818 is rendered as “chariot” (23×), “chariots” (21×).

Where does the Hebrew word מֶרְכָּבָה come from?

feminine of H4817 (מֶרְכָּב);