H737: אֲרֻחָה
ʼăruchâh · pronounced ar-oo-khaw' · “ration”
Definition
a ration of food
KJV translates it as: allowance, diet, dinner, victuals.
Word origin: feminine passive participle of H732 (אָרַח) (in the sense of appointing);
Extended definition
1a) food
1b) diet
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H737 is translated
- his ×2
- an allowance of ×2
- a portion of ×1
- a food allowance ×1
Bible verses with H737 (ʼăruchâh)
ʼăruchâh appears in 4 verses.
- 2 Kings 25:30
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
- Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
- Jeremiah 40:5
Now 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.
- Jeremiah 52:34
And 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.