Strong's Hebrew · H737
H737 ʼăruchâh
אֲרֻחָה
ar-oo-khaw'
ration
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ʼăruchâh appears 5 times in Scripture, in 2 Kings, Proverbs and Jeremiah. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
a ration of food
In the King James Version
allowance, diet, dinner, victuals.
Derivation
feminine passive participle of H732 (אָרַח) (in the sense of appointing);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.”
“And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.”
“But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.”
“Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
