Quick Definition
a mounted soldier
Strong's Definition
an equestrian, i.e. member of a cavalry corps
Derivation: from G2462 (ἵππος);
KJV Usage: horseman
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱππεύς, ἱππέως, ὁ (ἵππος), a horseman: Act_23:23; Act_23:32. (From Homer down.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱππεύς hippeus 2x
a horseman; pl. ἱππεῖς , horsemen, cavalry, Act_23:23 ; Act_23:32
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἱππεύς , -έως
(on acc pl ., -εῖς , ν . BI., § 8, 2; Thack., Gr ., 148), ὁ
( < ἵππος ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6571 ;]
a horseman: Act_23:23 ; Act_23:32 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱππεύς [page 306]
ἱππεύς denoting one of a body of mercenary cavalry in the Ptolemaic army occurs in P Lille I. 10 .1 (iii/B.C.) τῶν μισθοφόρων ἱππέ [ων , and cf. ib. 14 .4 (B.C. 243 2) γέγραφεν . . . τετελευτηκέναι τῶν περὶ Φαρβαῖθα καταμεμετρημένων μισθοφόρων ἱππέων ἐπιλ (άρχην ) Θεόδωρον , P Hal I. 15 .5 (iii/B.C.) al. See also P Tebt II. 382 .18 (B.C. 30 A.D.1) Ἡρακλῆς Ἀκουσιλάου Μα [κε ]δὼν τῶν κατοίκ [ω (ν )] ἱππέω (ν ), Herakles son of Acusilaus, a Macedonian belonging to the catoecic cavalry, P Oxy I. 43 recto iv. 15 (military accounts A.D.295) διαδέδωκάς μοι τοῖς γεννεοτάτοις ἱππεῦσι ἐκ διαφόρου κοφίνους ἀννώνας εἴκοσι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἱππεύς ἱππεύς, έως, [Etym: ἵππος] "a horseman", either of "the charioteer" or of "the hero who fights from a chariot", Il. "a horseman", i. e. "rider", first in Hdt. in Solon. 's constitution, the ἱππεῖς, attic ἱππῆς, "Horsemen or Knights", were the 2d class, required to possess land producing 300 medimni, and a horse, Ar. , Thuc. , at Sparta 300 chosen men, "the King's Body Guard", Hdt.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἱππεύς, -έως (on accusative pl., -εῖς, ν. BI., § 8, 2; Thack., Gr., 148), ὁ
(ἵππος), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָשׁ ;]
a horseman: Act.23:23, 32.†
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