Usually translated as
ride, rider, put, set, bring, carry, get, up, on, back
Occurrences
Râkab occurs 77 times in 74 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (3), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (3), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (5), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Esther (5), Job (2), Psalms (5), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (5), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (2), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (4)
- Genesis 24:61 — And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode (וַתִּרְכַּ֙בְנָה֙) upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
- Genesis 41:43 — And he made him to ride (וַיַּרְכֵּ֣ב) 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 49:17 — Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider (רֹכְב֖וֹ) shall fall backward.
- Exodus 4:20 — And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set (וַיַּרְכִּבֵם֙) them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
- Exodus 15:1 — Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider (וְרֹכְב֖וֹ) hath he thrown into the sea.
- Exodus 15:21 — And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider (וְרֹכְב֖וֹ) hath he thrown into the sea.
- Leviticus 15:9 — And what saddle soever he rideth (יִרְכַּ֥ב) upon that hath the issue shall be unclean.
- Numbers 22:22 — And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding (רֹכֵ֣ב) upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
- Numbers 22:30 — And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden (רָכַ֣בְתָּ) ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
- Deuteronomy 32:13 — He made him ride (יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙) on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
- Deuteronomy 33:26 — There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon (רֹכֵ֤ב) the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
- Judges 5:10 — Speak, ye that ride (רֹכְבֵי֩) on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
- Judges 10:4 — And he had thirty sons that rode (רֹֽכְבִים֙) on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
- Judges 12:14 — And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode (רֹכְבִ֖ים) on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
- 1 Samuel 25:20 — And it was so, as she rode (רֹכֶ֣בֶת) on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
- 1 Samuel 25:42 — And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode (וַתִּרְכַּב֙) upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
- 1 Samuel 30:17 — And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode (רָכְב֥וּ) upon camels, and fled.
- 2 Samuel 6:3 — And they set (וַיַּרְכִּ֜בוּ) the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
- 2 Samuel 16:2 — And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king’s household to ride on (לִרְכֹּ֗ב); and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink.
- 2 Samuel 18:9 — And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode (רֹכֵ֣ב) upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
- 2 Samuel 19:26 — And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride (וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב) thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame.
- 2 Samuel 22:11 — And he rode (וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב) upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.
- 1 Kings 1:33 — The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride (וְהִרְכַּבְתֶּם֙) upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
- 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride (וַיַּרְכִּ֙בוּ֙) upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride (וַיַּרְכִּ֣בוּ) upon the king’s mule:
- 1 Kings 13:13 — And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode (וַיִּרְכַּ֖ב) thereon,
- 1 Kings 18:45 — And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode (וַיִּרְכַּ֥ב), and went to Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 4:24 — Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding (לִרְכֹּ֔ב) for me, except I bid thee.
- 2 Kings 9:16 — So Jehu rode in a chariot (וַיִּרְכַּ֤ב), and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
- 2 Kings 9:18 — So there went one on horseback (רֹכֵ֨ב) to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again.
- 2 Kings 9:19 — Then he sent out a second on horseback (רֹכֵ֣ב), which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me.
- 2 Kings 9:25 — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode (רֹכְבִ֤ים) together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him;
- 2 Kings 9:28 — And his servants carried him in a chariot (וַיַּרְכִּ֧בוּ) to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
- 2 Kings 10:16 — And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride (וַיַּרְכִּ֥בוּ) in his chariot.
- 2 Kings 13:16 — And he said to the king of Israel, Put (הַרְכֵּ֤ב) thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
- 2 Kings 13:16 — And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put (וַיַּרְכֵּ֖ב) his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
- 2 Kings 18:23 — Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders (רֹכְבִ֥ים) upon them.
- 2 Kings 23:30 — And his servants carried (וַיַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ) him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
- 1 Chronicles 13:7 — And they carried (וַיַּרְכִּ֜יבוּ) the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
- 2 Chronicles 35:24 — His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put (וַֽיַּרְכִּיבֻהוּ֮) 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.
- Nehemiah 2:12 — And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode (רֹכֵ֥ב) upon.
- Esther 6:8 — Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth (רָכַ֤ב) upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
- Esther 6:9 — 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 (וְהִרְכִּיבֻ֤הוּ) 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.
- Esther 6:11 — Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback (וַיַּרְכִּיבֵ֙הוּ֙) through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
- Esther 8:10 — And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders (רֹכְבֵ֤י) on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
- Esther 8:14 — So the posts that rode upon (רֹכְבֵ֤י) mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
- Job 30:22 — Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride (תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי) upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
- Job 39:18 — What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider (וּלְרֹֽכְבֽוֹ).
- Psalms 18:10 — And he rode (וַיִּרְכַּ֣ב) upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
- Psalms 45:4 — And in thy majesty ride (רְכַ֗ב) prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.