Definition

an arrangement; concretely, a pile; specifically a military array

Etymology

feminine of H4633 (מַעֲרָךְ);

Where the KJV renders it

• army
• fight
• be set in order
• ordered place
• rank
• row

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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