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Strong's H4818 מֶרְכָּבָה (merkabah)

Merkabah means “chariot” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4818 — syllypeo (“be grieved”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4818
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 41
Books 19

Strong's H4818 Quick Answer

Strong's H4818 מֶרכָּבָה (merkabah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. merkabah (mer-kaw-baw') n-f. 1. a chariot [feminine of H4817] It has 41 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include chariot and chariots. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
merkabah (mer-kaw-baw') n-f. 1. a chariot [feminine of H4817]
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
chariot and chariots

Meaning and Definition

merkabah (mer-kaw-baw') n-f. 1. a chariot [feminine of H4817] KJV: chariot. See also H1024. Root(s): H4817 See also: H1024

Original Word
מֶרכָּבָה
Transliteration
merkabah
Derivation
First root strongs: 4817
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4818. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4818 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render merkabah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

chariot Genesis 41:43 23× chariots Exodus 15:4 18×

How Strong's H4818 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 41 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4818 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4818 in the Old Testament

41 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4818.

Genesis 41:43 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
Judges 4:15 Old Testament, 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.
Judges 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
1 Samuel 8:11 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
Isaiah 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:
Isaiah 22:18 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.
Micah 5:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
Nahum 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots.
Habakkuk 3:8 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses;
Zechariah 6:3 Old Testament, KJV
And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4818, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4818 FAQ

What does merkabah (מֶרְכָּבָה) mean?

Merkabah (Strong's H4818) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "chariot". merkabah (mer-kaw-baw') n-f. 1. a chariot [feminine of H4817]

How many times is merkabah (מֶרְכָּבָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's H4818 across 19 books.

Where can I study merkabah (מֶרְכָּבָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4818 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate merkabah (מֶרְכָּבָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as chariot and chariots. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.