Strong's Concordance
Original word: אֲרֻחָה
Transliteration: aruchah
Definition (short): allowance
Definition (full): a meal, allowance
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: pass. part. of arach
Definition: a meal, allowance
NASB Translation: allowance (4), dish (1), ration (1).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life.
NASB:
and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
KJV:
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
NASB:
Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred.
KJV:
Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
NASB:
As Jeremiah was still not going back, he said, "Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere it seems right for you to go." So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a ration and a gift and let him go.
KJV:
And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
NASB:
For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death.