I. סוּס noun [masculine] swallow or swift (cypselus, Tristr^{FFP 82 ff.}) (ᵑ7 סוּסָיָא Isaiah 38:14); — as twittering Isaiah 38:14 (in simile); ᵐ5 χελιδών, ᵑ9 pullus hirundinis;; so Jeremiah 8:7 Kt (Qr סִיס wrongly; perhaps to distinguish from following, so Gie), ᵐ5 id., ᵑ9 hirundo.

II. סוּס₁₃₈ noun masculine^{Exodus 15:1} horse (Late Hebrew סוּס, סוּסָה Aramaic סוּסְיָא Mandean סוסיא, Sinaitic id., Lzb³²⁸; Assyrian sisû (sisû ?) Dl^{HWB 506}; Tel Amarna su-u[su] Wkl^{TA.191, 24}; probably foreign word compare Nö^{M 147} Erman^{Ägypten 649; English tr. 490}); — ׳ס absolute 1 Kings 20:20 +; construct Exodus 15:19 +; plural סוּסִים Genesis 47:17 +, סֻסִים 2 Samuel 15:1; construct סוּסֵי 2 Kings 2:11; suffix סוּסַי 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7. סוּסֶיךָ Micah 5:9 + 4t., סוּסָיו Isaiah 5:28 +, סוּסֵיכֶס Amos 4:10, סוּסֵיהֶם Joshua 11:6+; — horse:

1 non-Israel; chariot-horses of Canaanites Judges 5:22 (compare Judges 5:28; Judges 4:3,13; ׳עִקְבֵי ס; ׳ס collective, as often), Joshua 11:4,6,9 (JE); horses as property of Egyptians Genesis 47:17; Exodus 9:3 (both J), compare Zechariah 14:15; merchandise of Tyre Ezekiel 27:14; chariot-horses of Egypt [compare Hom^11.ix.384], Exodus 14:9,23 (Psalms), Exodus 15:1,21 (poem), Exodus 15:19 (Psalms; on all see Di), Deuteronomy 11:4; Isaiah 31:1,3; Jeremiah 46:4,9; Ezekiel 17:15; of Aram 1 Kings 20:1 11t. Kings (1 Kings 20:20 ridden, for flight), Assyrians Isaiah 5:28 3t., Chaldeans Jeremiah 4:13 6t.; other nations Nahum 3:2; Jeremiah 50:42 5t.; as ridden 1 Kings 20:20 (see above), Jeremiah 8:23; Ezekiel 38:4,15 13t. (late).

2 in Israel; chariot-horses of Absalom 2 Samuel 15:1, especially of Solomon, and later, 1 Kings 5:6; 1 Kings 5:8; 1 Kings 10:25,28,29, and "" Chronicles; 1 Kings 18:5 and .(as war-equipment) 1 Kings 22:4; 2 Kings 3:7; 2 Kings 9:33; 2 Kings 10:2; Proverbs 21:31; סוּסֵי אֵשׁ 2 Kings 2:11 (Elijah), compare 2 Kings 6:17; consecration to sun 2 Kings 23:11 (compare RS^{Semitic 275; 2nd ed. 293}); sign of luxury and apostasy Amos 4:10; Hosea 1:7; Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 2:7; Micah 5:9; Zechariah 9:10, compare Deuteronomy 17:6,16, but see Zechariah 14:20; in vision Zechariah 6:2 (twice in verse); Zechariah 6:3 (twice in verse); Zechariah 6:6; ridden 2 Kings 9:18,19; 2 Kings 18:23 = Isaiah 36:8; Amos 2:15 4t. Isaiah Jeremiah; in vision Zechariah 1:8 (twice in verse); ׳שַׁעַר הַס Jeremiah 31:40; Nehemiah 3:28, compare 2 Kings 11:16 2Chronicles 23:15; belongings of returned exiles Ezra 2:56 = Nehemiah 7:68 van d. H. (omitted by Masora Baer Ginsb q. v.); description of horse Job 39:19; in various simile and figurative Amos 6:12; Jeremiah 5:8; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 12:5; Ezekiel 23:20; Isaiah 63:13; Joel 2:4; Proverbs 27:3; Psalm 32:9; Psalm 147:10.

3 chariot-horses of ׳י Habakkuk 3:15 (figurative of clouds), compare Zechariah 10:3. — compare also חֲצַר סוּסִים, and מָּרָשׁ, רֶכֶשׁ .