Quick Definition
ἱππεύς, έως, ὁ n.m. a mounted soldier
Strong's Definition
from 2462; an equestrian, i.e. member of a cavalry corps
KJV Usage: horseman
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱππεύς hippeus 2x
a horseman; pl. ἱππεῖς, horsemen, cavalry, Acts 23:23, 32*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἱππεύς, -έως (on acc. pl., -εῖς, ν. Bl., § 8, 2; Thack., Gr., 148),ὁ
(< ἵππος), [in LXX chiefly for פָּרָשׁ;]
a horseman: Ac 23:23, 32.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱππεύς denoting one of a body of ‘‘mercenary cavalry’ Ptolemaic army occurs in P Lille 1. τοῦ (iii/B.c.) τῶν ἜΤΗ ἀπ 13
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱππεύς (hippeus) — horseman. ἱππ-εύς, genitive έως (-έω uncertain in [Refs 5th c.AD+], Epic dialect ῆος, ὁ, (ἵππος) one who fights from a chariot, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; either of the driver or of the hero who fights, [Refs]; also of one who drives in a chariot-race, [Refs]
2. horseman, rider, cavalryman, ἰππήων στρότος [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τῆς πολιτείας ἱ. a public courier, [Refs 5th c.AD+]
3. groom, Class.Rev.[Refs]
II. ἱππεῖς, in social and political sense, knights, forming an aristocracy in early Greek communities, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; at Sparta, a royal bodyguard, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later, an aristocratic corps of cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of the Roman equites, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἱππεὺς Ῥωμαίων,= Latin eques Romanus, [Refs]
III. nimble kind of crab, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. kind of comet, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
V. girl's ornament, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
VI. a measure, πυρῶν, ἀμυγδάλων, ἀλεύρων, [Refs]