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Army

אַלְקוּםStrong’s H0510

alqum (al-qum)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Alqum is the Hebrew word usually translated “band of soldiers”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.”
Proverbs 30:31 KJV
Meaning
  1. (TWOT) (neg adv) no, not, nor, neither
  2. (BDB) band of soldiers
  3. (CLBL) no rebellion, no uprising (lit.)
How it's translated
  • a band of soldiers 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    אַלְקוּם alqum · army

    1) (TWOT) (neg adv) no, not, nor, neither 2) (BDB) band of soldiers 3) (CLBL) no rebellion, no uprising (lit.)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “army” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    'ARMY, noun

    1. A collection or body of men armed for war, and organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, under proper officers.
    2. A great number; a vast multitude; as an army of locusts or caterpillars. Joel 2:25

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.