Strong's Definition
neuter of a derivative of 2462; the cavalry force
KJV Usage: horse(-men)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | ἵππος
55.21 · (ἱππικόν (οῦ n)) · Military Activities · Soldiers, Officers
horseman, cavalryman a soldier who fights on horseback
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱππικός, -ή, -dv, equestrian ; τὸ ἱππικόν, the horse (-men), cavalry: Rev. ix. 16 (as Hdt. 7, 87; Xen., Plat., Polyb., al.; more fully τὸ ἱππικὸν στράτευμα, Xen. Cyr. 3, 3, 26; so τὸ πεζικόν, the foot (-forces), infantry, Xen. Cyr. 5, 3, 38).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱππικός hippikos 1x
equestrian; τὸ ἱππικόν, cavalry, horse, Rev. 9:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἱππικός, -ή, -όν
(< ἵππος), [in LXX: I Mac 15:33, III Mac 1:1*;]
of a horse or of horsemen, equestrian; as subst., τὸ ἱ. (sc. στράτευμα), cavalry: He 9:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱππικός. In BGU II. 44713 (a.D. 173-4) there is a reference to a certain Valerius Aphrodisius—otp(atidrov) σπείρης ἃ [πἸπι[κῆς, ‘‘soldier in the first cavalry regiment.” The words τὴ]ν ἱππικήν, inserted above the line in P Petr ΠῚ. 34(a)5, may, according to the editor, mean **the stable.” Other exx. of the adj. are P Oxy III. 48218 (A.D. 109) ἐν ἱππικῷ σταθμῷ, “in cavalry barracks,’’ 75, 506°4 (A.D. 143) ἱππικοῦ κλήρου, ‘a horseman’s holding,” and zd. IV. 74144 (ii/a.p.) ἱππικὸν a, apparently with reference toa σανδάλιον, Sostrap; pate Deltas:
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱππικός (hippikos) — horseman. ἱππικός, ή, όν, (ἵππος) of a horse or horses, frequently in Trag., ἱ. ἐκ πλευμόνων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱ. φρυάγματα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀχήματα, ἄντυγες,[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of horsemen or chariots, ἀγών [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ναυάγια[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. = Latin equester, τάξις, ἀξίωμα, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of persons, of equestrian rank, ἱ. ἄνδρες [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. of riding or horsemanship, equestrian, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἱ. ἄσκησις training in horsemanship, [Refs]; ἱ. ἡγήτωρ leader of the knights, [Refs]; skilled in riding, opposed to ἄφιππος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative, [Refs 1st c.BC+] K.: superlative, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. ἡ -κή (i.e. τέχνη), horsemanship, riding, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; περὶ -κῆς, title of treatise by Xenophon; ἱ. ἐπιστήμη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱ. [πράγματα] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐμὴ ἱ. this riding of mine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. fit for riding, superlative -ώτατον, χρῆμα γυνή [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. τὸ ἱ. the horse, cavalry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἱ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
IV.2. course or space of four stadia, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
IV.2. b the circus at Rome, [Refs]
V. adverb -κῶς like a horseman: superlative -κώτατα with best horsemanship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]