Definition

a ration of food

Etymology

feminine passive participle of H732 (אָרַח) (in the sense of appointing);

Word family

• אָרַח ʼârach

How the KJV renders it

• allowance
• diet
• dinner
• victuals

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.