עֵרֶךְ
ʻêrek · eh'rek
a pile, equipment, estimate
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6186 (עָרַךְ);
a pile, equipment, estimate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: equal, estimation, (things that are set in) order, price, proportion, [idiom] set at, suit, taxation, [idiom] valuest.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers
To see and know of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֵרֶךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- then thy estimation5 · 15%
- with thy estimation3 · 9%
- of thy estimation3 · 9%
- according to thy estimation2 · 6%
- the things that are to be set in order1 · 3%
- and he set1 · 3%
- by thy estimation1 · 3%
- and thy estimation1 · 3%
- even thy estimation1 · 3%
- thy estimation1 · 3%
- than thy estimation1 · 3%
- as thou valuest1 · 3%
- part thereof unto thy estimation1 · 3%
- from thy estimation1 · 3%
- thine estimation1 · 3%
- and all thy estimations1 · 3%
- it according to thine estimation1 · 3%
- according to thine estimation1 · 3%
- and a suit1 · 3%
- is set at1 · 3%
- according to his taxation1 · 3%
- not the price1 · 3%
- proportion1 · 3%
- mine equal1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.