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Strong's H6571 פָּרָשׁ (parash)

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

Strong's Number H6571
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 54
Books 19

Strong's H6571 Quick Answer

Strong's H6571 פָּרָשׁ (parash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. parash (paw-rawsh') n-m. 1. a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting) 2. (by implication) a driver (in a chariot) It has 54 linked Bible usages across 19 books. Visible English usage signals include chariots, chariot, out, horsemen, and stretch. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
parash (paw-rawsh') n-m. 1. a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting) 2. (by implication) a driver (in a chariot)
Usage
54 linked usages
Books
19 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
chariots, chariot, out, horsemen, and stretch

Meaning and Definition

parash (paw-rawsh') n-m. 1. a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting) 2. (by implication) a driver (in a chariot) 3. (collectively) cavalry [from H6567] KJV: horseman. Root(s): H6567 Compare: H5483

Original Word
פָּרָשׁ
Transliteration
parash
Derivation
Root: פּרשׁ First root strongs: 6567
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6571. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6571 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parash, 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.

chariots Exodus 14:9 25× chariot 2 Samuel 8:4 out Joshua 24:6 Stretch Exodus 14:26 horsemen Genesis 50:9 mount 2 Samuel 1:6

How Strong's H6571 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 54 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6571 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 H6571 in the Old Testament

54 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 50:9 KJV

And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.

Exodus 14:9 KJV

But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.

Exodus 14:17 KJV

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

Usage Excerpts

First 54 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6571.

Genesis 50:9 Old Testament, KJV
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
Exodus 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon.
Exodus 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus 14:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
Exodus 14:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
Exodus 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Exodus 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Joshua 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
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.
1 Samuel 13:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
2 Samuel 1:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.
2 Samuel 8:4 Old Testament, KJV
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
2 Samuel 10:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
1 Kings 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.
1 Kings 4:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1 Kings 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
1 Kings 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kings 10:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
1 Kings 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.
2 Kings 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
2 Kings 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
2 Kings 13:14 Old Testament, KJV
Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
2 Kings 18:24 Old Testament, KJV
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
1 Chronicles 18:4 Old Testament, KJV
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
1 Chronicles 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
2 Chronicles 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen.
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 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
2 Chronicles 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
Ezra 8:22 Old Testament, KJV
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Nehemiah 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
Isaiah 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:
Isaiah 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
Isaiah 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.
Isaiah 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate.
Isaiah 28:28 Old Testament, KJV
Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen.
Isaiah 31:1 Old Testament, KJV
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
Isaiah 36:9 Old Testament, KJV
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Jeremiah 4:29 Old Testament, KJV
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Jeremiah 46:4 Old Testament, KJV
Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines.
Ezekiel 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses.
Ezekiel 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men.
Ezekiel 26:7 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.
Ezekiel 26:10 Old Testament, KJV
By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach.
Ezekiel 27:14 Old Testament, KJV
They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.
Ezekiel 38:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
Daniel 11:40 Old Testament, KJV
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.
Hosea 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
Joel 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Nahum 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:
Habakkuk 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6571, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 6 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6571 FAQ

What does parash (פָּרָשׁ) mean?

Parash (Strong's H6571) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "horseman". parash (paw-rawsh') n-m. 1. a steed (as stretched out to a vehicle, not single nor for mounting) 2. (by implication) a driver (in a chariot)

How many times is parash (פָּרָשׁ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 54 linked usages for Strong's H6571 across 19 books.

Where can I study parash (פָּרָשׁ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6571 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate parash (פָּרָשׁ)?

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