מַעֲרָכָה maarakhah

Hebrew word for “rank” · Strong’s H4634 · used 19 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

1) row, rank, battle-line; 1a) battle-line; 1b) rank; 1c) row; Also means: ma.a.rah (מַעֲרָה "army" H4630)

How it is translated

Glosses given for maarakhah in context, with how often each is used:

• battle line 10
• battle lines 7
• row 2

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 17 (10), 1 Samuel 4 (3), Exodus 39 (1), Judges 6 (1), 1 Samuel 23 (1), 1 Chronicles 12 (1)

Forms

• המערכה 6
• מערכות 4
• מערכה 3
• במערכה 2
• מערכת 2
• מהמערכה 1
• ממערכות 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with maarakhah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 10
• דָּוִד david “David” 8
• חָרַף charaph “to taunt” 4
• נָטַשׁ natash “to leave” 3
• עָרַךְ arakh “to arrange” 3
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 4
• רוּץ ruts “to run” 3
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 3
• עָרֵל arel “uncircumcised” 2
• אָנֹכִי anokhi “I” 3
• זֶה zeh “this” 4
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 3

Key verses

The verses using maarakhah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 39:37 — The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,
• Judges 6:26 — 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…
• 1 Samuel 4:2 — And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army…
• 1 Samuel 4:12 — And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
• 1 Samuel 17:8 — And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants…
• 1 Samuel 17:10 — And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
• 1 Samuel 17:20 — And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the…
• 1 Samuel 17:22 — And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
• 1 Samuel 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for…
• 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
• 1 Samuel 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts,…
• 1 Chronicles 12:38 — All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.