עָרַךְ arakh

Hebrew word for “to arrange” · Strong’s H6186 · used 75 times in 71 verses

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Meaning

1) to arrange, set or put or lay in order, set in array, prepare, order, ordain, handle, furnish, esteem, equal, direct, compare;

Senses in the lexicon

• to arrange (69)
• to value (6)

How it is translated

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

• deployed 17
• will arrange 10
• arranged 8
• will evaluate 5
• deploy 3
• arrange 3
• have arranged 2
• those who prepare 2
• drew up in formation 2
• will be comparable to 2
• has arranged 2
• had been arranged 1

Where it is used

Also in 7 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 20 (4), 2 Samuel 10 (4), 1 Chronicles 12 (4), 1 Chronicles 19 (4), Leviticus 1 (3), Leviticus 24 (3), Leviticus 27 (3), 1 Samuel 17 (3), Jeremiah 50 (3), Exodus 40 (2)

Forms

• ויערכו 11
• ויערך 8
• ערוך 5
• יערך 4
• לערך 4
• ערך 4
• וערכו 3
• ערכתי 3
• ערכו 3
• ערכי 3

Words used with it

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

• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 21
• קָרָא qara “to encounter” 9
• שֻׁלְחָן shulchan “table” 7
• עֵץ ets “tree” 8
• עֵרֶךְ erekh “valuation” 5
• אֲרָם aram “Syria” 5
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 6
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 8
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 6
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 7
• עַמּוֹן ammon “Ammon” 4
• מַעֲרָכָה maarakhah “rank” 3

Key verses

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

• Exodus 27:21 — In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the…
• 2 Samuel 23:5 — Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all…
• Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
• Psalms 23:5 — Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
• Psalms 40:5 — Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I…
• Psalms 50:21 — These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order…
• Psalms 89:6 — For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
• Isaiah 30:33 — For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the…
• Isaiah 40:18 — To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
• Isaiah 65:11 — But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number.
• Jeremiah 50:9 — For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against…
• Jeremiah 50:14 — Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.

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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.