Bible dictionaries

Rank

What Bible dictionaries say about “Rank”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Rank - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

RANK, the old pret. of ring. [Nearly obsolete.]

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

rank:

(1) 'orach, used in Joe 2:7 of the advance of the locust army which marched in perfect order and in straight lines, none crossing the other's track.

(2) ma`arakhah, "battle array" (1Ch 12:38 the King James Version; compare 1Sa 4:16; 17:22,48).

See ARMY.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2