chariot
re.khev denotes a chariot, whether a vehicle carrying an individual or chariots assembled for military action.
The supplied verses consistently place the noun in accounts of chariots: as vehicles in which people ride or are carried, and as chariots counted, stationed, or deployed alongside horses and troops. The same concrete term also appears in descriptions of chariots of fire and in construct phrases concerning chariot commanders or equipment.
Senses in use
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Chariot as vehicle or military equipment · dominant
The noun names the vehicle in scenes of transport and conflict. In 2 Kings 9:21 the APB renders two kings going out “each in his own chariot,” and in 2 Kings 9:24 it renders Jehoram sinking down “in his chariot.” In Exodus 14:23, Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and horsemen pursue into the sea; in 1 Kings 10:26, chariots are accumulated and stationed with horsemen. The construct form also occurs in 2 Kings 2:11, where the APB renders “a chariot of fire and horses of fire.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “chariot” or “chariots,” including military lists with horses and horsemen and scenes of riding or standing in a chariot. It also uses broader wording such as “chariotry” in 1 Kings 16:9; Such variation should not by itself establish a separate lexical meaning.