Strong's Lexicon: H4634 מַעֲרָכָה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4634
Word:	מַעֲרָכָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H4633
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	20
Transliteration:	ma`arakah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mah-ar-aw-kaw'
Meaning:	1. an arrangement 2. (concretely) a pile 3. (specifically) a military array
KJV Renderings:	army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.

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מַעֲרָכָה noun feminine row, rank, battle-line; —

1.

a. ׳ מ battle-line 1Sam 4:2; 1Sam 4:12; 1Sam 4:16 (twice in verse); ׳ וַיָּ֑רָץ הַמּ 1Sam 17:22 and he ran to the battle-line, so 1Sam 17:28 (on reference here to Israel's line of. HPS), ׳ לפְרַאת מ ׳ מ 1Sam 17:21 ׳ עֹדְרֵי מ 1Chr 12:39 ( van d. H. v.1Chr 12:38); nearly= battle הַחַיִל ׳ הַאיּצֵא אֶלהַֿמּ 1Sam 17:20.

b. plural ranks = army; construct ׳ מַעַרְכוֺת יִשׂ 1Sam 17:10; 1Sam 17:45, ׳ מַעַרְכֹת יִשׂ 1Sam 17:8 ׳ מ אֱלּהִים חַיִּים 1Sam 17:26 1Sam 17:36 פְּלִשְׁתִּים ׳ מ 1Sam 23:3 and 1Sam 17:23 Qr , so ᵐ5 ^A (v. omitted by B ) Vulgate ᵑ7 ; singular ᵐ5 ^L ᵑ6 (> Kt מערות).

2. נֵרוֺת הַמַּעֲרָכָה Exod 39:37 lamps of the row, i.e. arranged in a row.

3. order, arrangement: ׳ בַּמּ Judg 6:26 in the (proper or usual) arrangement of an alter, compare עָרַךְ 1.a. Num 23:4 of altar.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מערכה (mah-gără-chah’)

Exodus 89:87

EHCC: (with) the epee be set in order,

Leviticus 24:6

KJV: And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord.

EHCC: thou shalt set in two rows,

Judges 6:26

KJV: And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down.rock: Heb. strong placein the ordered…: or, in an orderly manner

EHCC: in the ordered place, and take

Judges 16:1

KJV: Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her.harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot

EHCC: (em) he that came out of the army, and

Judges 17:8

KJV: And the man departed out of the city from Beth–lehem–judah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.as he…: Heb. in making his way

EHCC: and cried unto éhe armies of Israel,

Judges 10:1

KJV: And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.defend: or, deliver: Heb. save

EHCC: defy the armies of Israel this day ;

Judges 28:3

EHCC: the armies of the Philistines?

1 Chronicles 12:88

EHCC: these men of war, that could keep rank,

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