Topic
Horse, The
64 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 47:17Torrey Notice of early traffic in
And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
- Genesis 49:17Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — From bites of serpents
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Exodus 9:3Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — From murrain
Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
- Exodus 14:9Torrey USED FOR — Mounting calvary
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 Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
- Deuteronomy 17:16Torrey THE JEWS — Forbidden to multiply
But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.
- Judges 5:22Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — In the hoof from prancing
Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.
- 1 Samuel 13:5Torrey USED FOR — Mounting calvary
¶ 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 Beth-aven.
- 1 Kings 4:26Torrey THE JEWS — Multiplied in Solomon's reign
¶ And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
- 1 Kings 4:28Torrey Fed on grain and herbs
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
- 1 Kings 10:28Torrey THE JEWS — Imported from Egypt
¶ And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
- 1 Kings 10:29Torrey THE JEWS — Imported from Egypt
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 18:5Torrey Fed on grain and herbs
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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- 2 Kings 9:17–19 Torrey USED FOR — Conveying posts, &c
- 2 Kings 23:11 Torrey Dedicated to the sun by idolaters
- Ezra 2:66 Torrey USED FOR — Bearing burdens
- Nehemiah 7:68 Torrey USED FOR — Bearing burdens
- Esther 6:8–11 Torrey Kings and princes rode on
- Esther 8:10 Torrey USED FOR — Conveying posts, &c
- Job 39:18 Torrey USED FOR — Hunting
- Job 39:19 Torrey Endued with strength by God
- Job 39:20 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Fearless
- Job 39:21 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Fierce and impetuous
- Job 39:22 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Fearless
- Job 39:24 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Fierce and impetuous
- Psalms 32:9 Torrey Want of understanding in, alluded to
- Psalms 33:17 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Strong
- Psalms 147:10 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Strong
- Proverbs 21:31 Torrey Prepared and trained for war
- Proverbs 26:3 Torrey Urged on by whips
- Song of Songs 1:9 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Beauty of the church
- Isaiah 2:7 Torrey THE JEWS — Condemned for multiplying
- Isaiah 5:28 Torrey Hard hoofs of, alluded to
- Isaiah 30:16 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Swift
- Isaiah 31:3 Torrey THE JEWS — Condemned for trusting to
- Isaiah 63:13 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Sure footed
- Jeremiah 4:13 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Swift
- Jeremiah 8:6 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Warlike in disposition
- Jeremiah 8:16 Torrey Loud snorting of, alluded to
- Jeremiah 46:4 Torrey In battle protected by armour
- Jeremiah 51:21 Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — In battle
- Jeremiah 51:27 Torrey Numbers of, kept for war
- Ezekiel 23:23 Torrey Kings and princes rode on
- Ezekiel 26:10 Torrey Numbers of, kept for war
- Ezekiel 27:14 Torrey Sold in fairs and markets
- Hosea 14:3 Torrey THE JEWS — Not to trust in
- Amos 2:15 Torrey Vanity of trusting to
- Micah 1:13 Torrey USED FOR — Drawing chariots
- Habakkuk 1:8 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Swift
- Haggai 2:22 Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — In battle
- Zechariah 1:8 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — White
- Zechariah 6:2 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — Black
- Zechariah 6:3 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — White
- Zechariah 6:6 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — Black
- Zechariah 6:7 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — Bay
- Zechariah 10:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Beauty of the church
- Zechariah 12:4 Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — From blindness
- Zechariah 14:15 Torrey OFTEN SUFFERED — From plague
- Zechariah 14:20 Torrey Adorned with bells on the neck
- James 3:3 Torrey Governed by bit and bridle
- Revelation 6:2 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — White
- Revelation 6:4 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — Red
- Revelation 6:5 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — Black
- Revelation 6:8 Torrey COLOURS OF, MENTIONED — Pale or ash colour
- Revelation 18:13 Torrey Sold in fairs and markets
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 80 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Endued with strength by God Job 39:19
- DESCRIBED AS
- Want of understanding in, alluded to Ps 32:9
- Hard hoofs of, alluded to Isa 5:28
- Loud snorting of, alluded to Jer 8:16; Job 39:20
- COLOURS OF, MENTIONED
- Fed on grain and herbs 1Ki 4:28; 18:5
- USED FOR
- Kings and princes rode on Es 6:8-11; Eze 23:23
- Governed by bit and bridle Ps 32:9; Jas 3:3
- Urged on by whips Pr 26:3
- Adorned with bells on the neck Zec 14:20
- Numbers of, kept for war Jer 51:27; Eze 26:10
- Prepared and trained for war Pr 21:31
- In battle protected by armour Jer 46:4
- Vanity of trusting to Ps 33:17; Am 2:15
- THE JEWS
- Notice of early traffic in Ge 47:17
- Sold in fairs and markets Eze 27:14; Re 18:13
- OFTEN SUFFERED
- Dedicated to the sun by idolaters 2Ki 23:11
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.