Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4634
מַעֲרָכָה
maarakahmah-ar-aw-kaw'
rank
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maʻărâkâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4634is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4634
an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array
The King James renders it: army, fight, be set in order, ordered place, rank, row.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
maarakah is rendered "rank". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 39:37the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
Exodus 39:37הַמַּֽעֲרָכָ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Sixteen of the word's nineteen uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- battle lines of6
- the battle line5
- battle line2
- a battle line1
- from battle lines of1
- from the battle line1
- in the battle line1
- in the row1
- the row1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maaseh | deed: work | Uses236 |
| מַעֲלָל | maalal | deed | Uses41 |
| מַעֲלָה | maalah | thought | Uses32 |
| מַעֲשֵׂר | maaser | tithe | Uses32 |
| מַעֲלֶה | maaleh | ascent | Uses18 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | west | Uses14 |
| מַעֲרֶכֶת | maareketh | row | Uses10 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | merchandise | Uses9 |
| מַעֲכָתִי | Maakathi | Maacathite | Uses8 |
| מַעֲנֶה | maaneh | answer | Uses7 |
| מַעֲמָד | maamad | office | Uses5 |
| מַעֲמָק | maamaq | deep | Uses5 |
and 16 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה2
- מַעַרְכ֥וֹת2
- בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה֙1
- בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑ה1
- הַמַּֽעֲרָכָ֖ה1
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֔ה1
- הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה1
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֑ה1
- מֵהַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה1
- מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹת1
- מַעֲרָכָ֖ה1
- מַעֲרָכָה֒1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)6HNcfpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular6HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular3HNcfsa
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular2HRd/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfpc
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HR/Td/Ncfsa
Exodus
one use
the pure gold lampstand with its row of lamps and all its utensils, as well as the oil for the light;
- הַמַּֽעֲרָכָ֖הhamaarakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the row
Judges
one use
Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
- בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑הbamaarakhahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the row
1 Samuel
sixteen uses
The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
- בַמַּֽעֲרָכָה֙vamaarakhahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: in the battle line
That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
- מֵהַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔הmehamaarakhahpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: from the battle line
“I have just come from the battle,” the man said to Eli. “I fled from there today.” “What happened, my son?” Eli asked.
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֔הhamaarakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the battle line
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖הhamaarakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the battle line
And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
- מַעַרְכֹ֣תmaarkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: battle lines of
Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
- מַעַרְכ֥וֹתmaarkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: battle lines of
So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
- הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔הhamaarakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the battle line
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
- מַעֲרָכָ֖הmaarakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: battle line
- מַעֲרָכָֽה׃maarakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: battle line
Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֑הhamaarakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the battle line
And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
- מִמַּעַרְכ֣וֹתmimaarkhotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from battle lines of
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- מַעַרְכ֖וֹתmaarkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: battle lines of
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- מַעַרְכֹ֖תmaarkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: battle lines of
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- מַעַרְכ֥וֹתmaarkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: battle lines of
As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
- הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖הhamaarakhahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the battle line
But David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
- מַֽעַרְכ֖וֹתmaarkhotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: battle lines of
1 Chronicles
one use
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
- מַעֲרָכָה֒maarakhahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a battle line
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.