Strong’s H6187 · Hebrew

עֵרֶךְ
ʻêrek
eh'rek

Definition

a pile, equipment, estimate

Etymology

from H6186 (עָרַךְ);

Where the KJV renders it

  • equal
  • estimation
  • (things that are set in) order
  • price
  • proportion
  • set at
  • suit
  • taxation
  • valuest

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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