# H7409 רֶכֶשׁ

רֶכֶשׁ (rekesh), Strong’s H7409: a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser KJV: dromedary, mule, swift beast.. Occurs 4 times.

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*rekesh* — a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser

KJV: dromedary, mule, swift beast.

Derived from [רָכַשׁ râkash](https://besorah.bible/word/H7408) (to lay up, i.e. collect)

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- רֶ֫כֶשׁ n.m. coll. steeds

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 5:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/5?v=8) — They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where the officers were, each man…
- [Micah 1:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/1?v=13) — Harness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish. She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion…
- [Esther 8:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=10) — He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback…
- [Esther 8:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/esther/8?v=14) — So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was…