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Lexicon :: Strong's H4634 - maʿărāḵâ

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מַעֲרָכָה
Transliteration
maʿărāḵâ
Pronunciation
mah-ar-aw-kaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1694d

Strong’s Definitions

מַעֲרָכָה maʻărâkâh, mah-ar-aw-kaw'; feminine of H4633; an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array:—army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H4634 in the following manner: army (15x), fight (1x), order (1x), place (1x), rank (1x), rows (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H4634 in the following manner: army (15x), fight (1x), order (1x), place (1x), rank (1x), rows (1x).

  1. row, rank, battle-line

    1. battle-line

    2. rank

    3. row

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַעֲרָכָה maʻărâkâh, mah-ar-aw-kaw'; feminine of H4633; an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array:—army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
STRONGS H4634: Abbreviations
† מַעֲרָכָה noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; —
1.
a. מ׳ battle-line 1 Samuel 4:2, 12, 16 (twice in verse); וַיָּ֑רָץ הַמּ׳ 1 Samuel 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so 1 Samuel 17:28 (on reference here to Israel's line of. HPS), לפְרַאת מ׳ מ׳ 1 Samuel 17:21; עֹדְרֵי מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:39 (van d. H. 1 Chronicles 12:38); nearly= battle הַחַיִל הַאיּצֵא אֶלהַֿמּ׳ 1 Samuel 17:20.
b. plural ranks = army; construct מַעַרְכוֺת יִשׂ׳ 1 Samuel 17:10, 45, מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ׳ 1 Samuel 17:8; מ׳ אֱלּהִים חַיִּים 1 Samuel 17:26; 1 Samuel 17:36; פְּלִשְׁתִּם מ׳ 1 Samuel 23:3; and 1 Samuel 17:23 Qr, so Greek Version of the LXXA (verse omitted by B) Vulgate Targum; singular LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Syriac Version (> Kt H4630 מערות).
2. נֵרוֺת הַמַּעֲרָכָה Exodus 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row.
** 3. order, arrangement: בַּמּ׳ Judges 6:26 in the (proper or usual) arrangement of an alter, compare עָרַךְ 1 a Numbers 23:4 of altar.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

39:37

Numbers

23:4

Judges

6:26

1 Samuel

4:2; 4:12; 4:16; 17:8; 17:10; 17:20; 17:21; 17:22; 17:23; 17:26; 17:28; 17:36; 17:45; 23:3

1 Chronicles

12:38; 12:39

H4634

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4634 matches the Hebrew מַעֲרָכָה (maʿărāḵâ),
which occurs 20 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:37 - the pure gold lampstand with its symmetrical lamp cups, all its accessories, and the olive oil for lighting;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:6 - Place the bread before the LORD on the pure gold table, and arrange the loaves in two rows, with six loaves in each row.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - Then build an altar to the LORD your God here on this hilltop sanctuary, laying the stones carefully. Sacrifice the bull as a burnt offering on the altar, using as fuel the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines attacked and defeated the army of Israel, killing 4,000 men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - A man from the tribe of Benjamin ran from the battlefield and arrived at Shiloh later that same day. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head to show his grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - He said to Eli, “I have just come from the battlefield—I was there this very day.”
“What happened, my son?” Eli demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites. “Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down here and fight me!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10 - I defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:21 - Soon the Israelite and Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - David left his things with the keeper of supplies and hurried out to the ranks to greet his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came out from the Philistine ranks. Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - David asked the soldiers standing nearby, “What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel? Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - I have done this to both lions and bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the living God!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:48

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:48 - As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - But David’s men said, “We’re afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don’t want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these men came in battle array to Hebron with the single purpose of making David the king over all Israel. In fact, everyone in Israel agreed that David should be their king.
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