Range
Range
is the rendering of two Heb. words of marked import, besides one or two in an ordinary sense.
1. , kir (only in the dual, , kira’yim, Lev 11:35, ranges for pots), apparently a cooking-furnace, perhaps of pottery (as it could be broken), and double (as having places for two pots or more, or, perhaps, consisting of two stoves set together). SEE OVEN; SEE POT.
2. , sederah’, a rank, or row, of soldiers, drawn up in cordon (range, 2Ki 11:8; 2Ki 11:15; 2Ch 23:14); also timbers or chambers in the stories of a building (board, 1Ki 6:9). SEE ATHALIAH, TEMPLE
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Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Range
ranj: Range and rank have the same derivation, and in the sense of a row (of men, etc.) they were formerly interchangeable. Range with this meaning is found in 2Ki 11:8, 2Ki 11:15 the King James Version parallel 2Ch 23:14 (the Revised Version (British and American) rank; , sedherah, row). Hence, to range is to set in a line (Judith 2:16; 2 Macc 12:20, diatasso) or to move in a line or, simply, to roam, whence a ranging bear (Pro 28:15; , shakak, run to and fro). A cooking range is a stove on which pots, etc., can be set in a row, but the , krayim of Lev 11:35 is a much more primitive affair, composed, probably, of two plates (krayim is a dual). In Job 39:8 range of the mountains is good modern use, but , ythr, should be pointed yathur (not yethur as in Massoretic Text) and connected with tur, search. So translate. He searcheth out the mountains as his pasture.