Strong's Lexicon

H6187

H6187 — עֵרֶך

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewereknoun mascOccurrences: 33TWOT: 1694a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6187
Word:עֵרֶך
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H6186
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:33
Transliteration:erek
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`erek (eh'rek) n-m.
Meaning:1. a pile, equipment, estimate
KJV Renderings:equal, estimation, (things that are set in) order, price, proportion, X set at, suit, taxation, X valuest.

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עֵ֫רֶךְ33 noun masculine Lev 27:25 order, row, estimate — construct ׳ ע Judg 17:10; Exod 40:23 suffix עֶרְכִּי Ps 55:14, עֶרְכְּךָ Lev 5:15 +, etc.; —

1. order, row, בְּגָדִים ׳ ע Judg 17:10 a (complete) suit of clothes (laid out in order), ᵐ5 B στολὴν ἱματίων; לֶחֶם ׳ ע Exod 40:23 i.e. loaves arranged in a row, so ׳ ע alone Exod 40:4 ( P ); עֶרְכּוֺ Job 41:4 his symmetry (see חִין below חנן).
2. estimate, valuation, made by ordering, classifying: אִישׁ כְּעֶרְכּוֺ 2Kgs 23:35 in 2Kgs 12:5 read עֵרֶךְ (for ᵑ0 עוֺנֵּר) money of a man's valuation ᵐ5 Benz Kit, and probably strike out כֶּסֶף נַפְשׁוֺת עֶרְכּוֺ (?׳ עֶרֶח נ ׳ כ Kit) as gloss (StaZAW v (1885), 288 f.); כְּעֶרְכִּי Ps 55:14 a man according to my valuation, figurative for my equal; elsewhere P , of priest's valuation of trespass-offering Lev 5:15; Lev 5:18; Lev 5:25, vows, and redemption-money Lev 27:2; Lev 27:3 (twice in verse); Lev 27:4 + 17 t. 27 (כֶּסֶף עֶרְכְּךָ see 15; Lev 27:19, מִכְסַת הָעֶרְכְּךָ Lev 27:23 [strike out ךְָ], compare Lev 27:23b [strike out id.]), Num 18:16. — Job 28:13 read דַּרְכָּהּ ᵐ5 Di and others


Other Resources

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

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