RANK

rank: (1) 'orach, used in Joel 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" (1 Chronicles 12:38 the King James Version; compare 1 Samuel 4:16; 17:22,48).

See ARMY .

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.