Aruchah אֲרֻחָה
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| אֲרֻחָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aruchah |
| Strong's number | H737 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | ration |
| Occurrences | 6 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (2) |
Aruchah (Hebrew אֲרֻחָה, Strong's H737) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “ration”. It occurs 6 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) meal, allowance, ration
1a) food
1b) diet
1a) food
1b) diet
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | allowance (2), diet (2), dinner (1), victuals (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | dish (1), ration (1), provided (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aruchah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 25:30And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 15:17Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 40:5Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.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.
- Jeremiah 52:34And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days 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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).