Definition
a primitive root; to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: 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.
Traditional renderings: 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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָרַךְ:
- ἑτοιμάζωhetoimazō“to make ready”30%
- ἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi“to put/lay on”10%
- ἕτοιμοςhetoimos“ready”10%
- καίkai“and”10%
- ἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō“to take up”10%
- παρασκευάζωparaskeuazō“to prepare”10%
- αἴρωairō“to take up”10%
- βοηθέωboētheō“to help”10%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
75 total
- Job 28:19יַ֭עַרְכֶנָּה · compare to itTopaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.
- Job 32:14עָרַ֣ךְ · directedBut Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
- Job 33:5עֶרְכָ֥ה · prepare your caseRefute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.
- Job 36:19הֲיַעֲרֹ֣ךְ · keepCan your wealth or all your mighty effort keep you from distress?
- Job 37:19נַ֝עֲרֹ֗ךְ · draw up our caseTeach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
- Psalm 5:3אֶֽעֱרָךְ־ · I lay [my plea]In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
- Psalm 23:5תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְ · You prepareYou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalm 40:5עֲרֹ֬ךְ · can compareMany, 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.
- Psalm 50:21וְאֶֽעֶרְכָ֣ה · and accuse youYou 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.
- Psalm 78:19לַעֲרֹ֥ךְ · really prepareThey spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Psalm 89:6יַעֲרֹ֣ךְ · can compareFor who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Psalm 132:17עָרַ֥כְתִּי · I have preparedThere I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.
- Proverbs 9:2עָֽרְכָ֥ה · setShe has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
- Isaiah 21:5עָרֹ֧ךְ · They prepareThey prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!
- Isaiah 30:33עָר֤וּךְ · been preparedFor 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.
- Isaiah 40:18תַּ֥עַרְכוּ · will you compareTo whom will you liken God? To what image will you compare Him?
- Isaiah 44:7וְיַעְרְכֶ֙הָ֙ · [his] caseWho 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.
- Isaiah 65:11הַֽעֹרְכִ֤ים · who setBut you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,
- Jeremiah 6:23עָר֗וּךְ · lined upThey 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.”
- Jeremiah 46:3עִרְכ֤וּ · Deploy“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
- Jeremiah 50:9וְעָ֣רְכוּ · They will line upFor 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.
- Jeremiah 50:14עִרְכ֨וּ · Line up in formationLine up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.
- Jeremiah 50:42עָר֗וּךְ · lined upThey 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.
- Ezekiel 23:41עָר֖וּךְ · spreadYou sat on a couch of luxury with a table spread before it, on which you had set My incense and My oil,
- Joel 2:5עֱר֖וּךְ · deployedWith 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.