Hebrew verb · H6186
עָרַךְ
arakaw-rak'
to arrange; to value
74 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻârak
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6186is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 18 of 39Old Testament books
- 63spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6186
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
The King James renders it: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
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
arak is rendered "to arrange; to value". It stands 74 times in the Hebrew text, across eighteen books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Leviticus, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to arrange".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 14:8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
- The Greek text spells it sixty-three different ways.
The first use
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
Genesis 14:8וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to arrange, and to value.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to arrangeStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 14:8Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim… |
| to valueStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and they deployed10
- and he deployed5
- arranged5
- he will arrange3
- to deploy3
- and he arranged2
- and he will arrange2
- and he will evaluate2
- and they will arrange2
- I have arranged2
- it will be comparable to it2
- prepare of2
and 34 more, 74 uses in all
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.
The words it stands beside
All 74, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
63 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
- וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ4
- וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ3
- וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ2
- וְעָרַ֤ךְ2
- יַעֲרֹךְ֩2
- לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ2
- לַעֲרֹ֣ךְ2
- עָר֗וּךְ2
- אֶֽעֱרָךְ־1
- אֶעֶרְכָ֣ה1
- הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ1
- הֶעֱרִ֣יךְ1
and 51 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3mp11Hc/Vqw3mp
- Hc/Vqw3ms7Hc/Vqw3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)4HR/Vqcc
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular4HVqsmsa
- Hc/Vqq3cp3Hc/Vqq3cp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular3HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3HVqrmpc
- Hc/Vhq3ms2Hc/Vhq3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms2Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqi3ms/Sp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqp3ms
Genesis
two uses
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim
- וַיַּֽעַרְכ֤וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.
- וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he arranged
Exodus
three uses
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
- יַעֲרֹךְ֩yaarokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will arrange
Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps.
- וְעָרַכְתָּ֖vearakhtaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will arrange
He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- וַיַּעֲרֹ֥ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he arranged
Leviticus
twelve uses
The sons of Aaron the priest shall put a fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire.
- וְעָרְכ֥וּvearekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will arrange
Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.
- וְעָרְכ֗וּvearekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will arrange
He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.
- וְעָרַ֤ךְvearakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will arrange
The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
- וְעָרַ֤ךְvearakhHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will arrange
Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- יַעֲרֹךְ֩yaarokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will arrange
He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
- יַעֲרֹ֖ךְyaarokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will arrange
Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
- יַֽעַרְכֶ֛נּוּyaarkhenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will arrange it
But if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
- וְהֶעֱרִ֥יךְveheerikhHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will evaluate
- יַעֲרִיכֶ֖נּוּyaarikhenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will evaluate him
The priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.
- וְהֶעֱרִ֤יךְveheerikhHc/Vhq3mstagged: and he will evaluate
Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.
- וְהֶעֱרִיכוֹ֙veheerikhoHc/Vhq3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will evaluate it
- יַעֲרִ֥יךְyaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will evaluate
Numbers
one use
and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
- עָרַ֔כְתִּיʾarakhtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have arranged
Joshua
one use
(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)
- הָעֲרֻכ֥וֹתhaarukhotthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: that had been arranged
Judges
five uses
And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
- לַעֲרֹ֣ךְlaarokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deploy
- עָ֥רְכוּʾarekhuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had deployed
On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
1 Samuel
four 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.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
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.
- לַעֲרֹ֣ךְlaarokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deploy
And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
- וַתַּעֲרֹ֤ךְvataarokhHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it deployed
2 Samuel
five uses
The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans of Zobah and Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the open country.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
- וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he deployed
And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
- וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֕ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he deployed
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and went to Helam. Then the Arameans arrayed themselves against David and fought against him.
- וַיַּעַרְכ֤וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
- עֲרוּכָ֤הʾarukhahverb · simple (qal), passive participle · feminine singulartagged: arranged
2 Kings
one use
So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.
- הֶעֱרִ֣יךְheerikhverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he taxed
1 Chronicles
nine uses
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
- עֹרְכֵ֥יʾorekheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: preparing of
From Zebulun: 50,000 fit for service, trained for battle with all kinds of weapons of war, who with one purpose were devoted to David.
- עֹרְכֵ֧יʾorekheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prepare of
From Dan: 28,600 prepared for battle.
- עֹרְכֵ֣יʾorekheiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: prepare of
From Asher: 40,000 fit for service, prepared for battle.
- לַעֲרֹ֥ךְlaarokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to deploy
The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.
- וַיַּֽעַרְכ֥וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him, he selected some of the best men of Israel and arrayed them against the Arameans.
- וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he deployed
And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.
- וַיַּ֣עַרְכ֔וּvaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they deployed
When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.
- וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he deployed
- וַיַּעֲרֹ֨ךְvaiyaarokhHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he deployed
2 Chronicles
two uses
Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
- עָרַ֤ךְʾarakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he drew up in formation
So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.
- וַיַּֽעַרְכוּ֙vaiyaarkhuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they drew up in formation
Job
nine uses
For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
- יַֽעַרְכֽוּנִי׃yaarkhuniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they are arranged against me
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
- עָרַ֣כְתִּיʾarakhtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have arranged
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
- אֶעֶרְכָ֣הʾeerkhahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: let me set in order
Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.
- יַעַרְכֶ֣נָּהyaarkhenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be comparable to it
Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
- יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּהyaarkhenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will be comparable to it
But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
- עָרַ֣ךְʾarakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has arranged
Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
- עֶרְכָ֥הʾerkhahverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: arrange
Can your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
- הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְhayaarokhquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will it set in order
Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.
- נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְnaarokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will set in order
Psalms
seven uses
In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- אֶֽעֱרָךְ־ʾeerokh-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I arrange
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְtaarokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you arrange
Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us— none can compare to You— if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count.
- עֲרֹ֬ךְʾarokhverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to compare
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.
- וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣הveeerkhahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will arrange
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- לַעֲרֹ֥ךְlaarokhpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to arrange
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- יַעֲרֹ֣ךְyaarokhverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: is he comparable
There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
- עָרַ֥כְתִּיʾarakhtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have set in order
Proverbs
one use
She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- עָֽרְכָ֥הʾarekhahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she has arranged
Isaiah
five uses
They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
- עָרֹ֧ךְʾarokhverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: they are arranging
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
- עָר֤וּךְʾarukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: arranged
To whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- תַּ֥עַרְכוּtaarkhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: will you compare
Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
- וְיַעְרְכֶ֙הָ֙veya'rekhehaHC/Vqu3ms/Sp3fstagged: and let him recount in order it
But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- הַֽעֹרְכִ֤יםhaorekhimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who arrange
Jeremiah
five uses
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
- עָר֗וּךְʾarukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: arranged
“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
- עִרְכ֤וּʾirkhuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: set in order
For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
- וְעָ֣רְכוּvearekhuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will line up
Line up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
- עִרְכ֨וּʾirkhuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: line up
They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- עָר֗וּךְʾarukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: arranged
Ezekiel
one use
You sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
- עָר֖וּךְʾarukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singulartagged: arranged
Joel
one use
With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
- עֱר֖וּךְʾerukhverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: deployed of
The letters
Gematria 290· 770 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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