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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

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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 lampstand of pure gold and its lamps with the lamps set and all its utensils, and the oil for the light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:6 - And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the table of pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:26 - and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order; then take the second bull, and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Ashe'rah which you shall cut down."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:2 - The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who slew about four thousand men on the field of battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:12 - A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent and with earth upon his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - And the man said to Eli, "I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today." And he said, "How did it go, my son?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:8 - He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, "Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10 - And the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - And David rose early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took the provisions, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the encampment as the host was going forth to the battle line, shouting the war cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:21 - And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the ranks, and went and greeted his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:23 - As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke the same words as before. And David heard him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - And David said to the men who stood by him, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant has killed both lions and bears; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, 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 - When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more then if we go to Kei'lah against the armies of the Philistines?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.
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