Ride
King James Dictionary [1]
RIDE, pret. rode or rid pp. rid, ridden. L rheda, a chariot or vehicle.
1. To be carried on horseback, or on any beast, or in any vehicle. We ride on a horse, on a camel, in a coach, chariot, wagon, &c. 2. To be borne on or in a fluid. A ship rides at anchor the ark rode on the flood a balloon rides in the air.
He rode on a cherub and did fly yea, he did fly on the wings of the wind. Psalms 18 .
3. To be supported in motion.
Strong as the axle-tree on which heaven rides.
4. To practice riding. He rides often for his health. 5. To manage a horse well.
He rode, he fenc'd, he mov'd with graceful ease.
6. To be supported by something subservient to sit.
On whose foolish honesty my practices rid easy.
To ride easy, in seaman's language, is when a ship does not labor or feel a great strain on her cables.
To ride hard, is when a ship pitches violently, so as to strain her cables, masts and hull.
To ride out, as a gale, signifies that a ship does not drive during a storm.
RIDE,
1. To sit on, so as to be carried as, to ride a horse.
They ride the air in whirlwind.
2. To manage insolently at will as in priestridden.
The nobility could no longer endure to be ridden by bakers, cobblers and brewers.
3. To carry. Local.
RIDE, n.
1. An excursion on horseback or in a vehicle. 2. A saddle horse. Local. 3. A road cut in a wood or through a ground for the amusement of riding a riding.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of OT Words [2]
Râkab ( רָכַב , Strong'S #7392), “to ride, cause to ride.” Already found in ancient Akkadian and Ugaritic, this word is also common to both ancient and modern Hebrew. It occurs approximately 70 times in the text of the Hebrew Bible and is found for the first time in Gen. 24:61: “And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels.…” In addition to camels, the biblical account records the riding of mules (2 Sam. 13:29), asses (1 Sam. 25:42), horses (Zech. 1:8), and chariots (2 Kings 9:16). “To ride” upon horses is symbolic of an alliance with Assyria (Hos. 14:3).
Isaiah’s statement that “the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud” (Isa. 19:1) is an interesting parallel to the Ugaritic text’s reference to the god Baal as “a rider on the clouds.” This is not to equate Baal with God, but simply to note the similar imagery which is used, and the apparent influence of one literature on another.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
"to go upon" (epi, "upon," baino, "to go"), is used of Christ's "riding" into Jerusalem, Matthew 21:5 , RV, "riding" (AV, "sitting"). See Come , No. 16.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword.
