Quick Definition
ration
Strong's Definition
a ration of food
Derivation: feminine passive participle of H732 (אָרַח) (in the sense of appointing);
KJV Usage: allowance, diet, dinner, victuals.
TWOT Reference: 161b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) meal, allowance, ration
1a) food
1b) diet
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲרֻחָה (a.ru.chah) — ration. 1) meal, allowance, ration 1a) food 1b) diet
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
1 PRO 15:17 RSV NRSV "dinner" NIV NJPS "meal" NJB REB "dish" | in view of the other passages where this word occurs a rendering with "diet" would possible be better
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲרֻחָה n.f. meal, allowance (of food) base