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array

Meaning of “array”

Sense 1: Orderly arrangement or rank, especially a battle formation. Sense 2: Clothing or apparel. Sense 3: As a verb, to arrange or set in order, especially for battle, or to clothe.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
34 occurrences30 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Judges 20:20

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1 Chronicles 19:9
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 19:9 · retained source text

And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battell in aray before the gate of the citie, and the kings that were come, were by themselues in the field.

1 Chronicles 19:10
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 19:10 · retained source text

Now when Ioab saw that the battell was set against him, before and behinde: hee chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in aray against the Syrians.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the face of the battell was.

1611 marginal noteOr, yong men.

1 Chronicles 19:11
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 19:11 · retained source text

And the rest of the people hee deliuered vnto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselues in aray against the children of Ammon.

1611 marginal noteHebr Abshai.

1 Chronicles 19:17
And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 19:17 · retained source text

And it was tolde Dauid, and hee gathered all Israel, and passed ouer Iordane, and came vpon them, and set the battell in aray against them: so when Dauid had put the battell in aray against the Syrians, they fought with him.

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