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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #748 - אָרַךְ

Transliteration

ʼârak

Phonetics

aw-rak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

162

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be long, prolong
1. (Qal) to be long
2. (Hiphil)
  1. to prolong (days)
  2. to make long (tent cords)
  3. to grow long, continue long

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (31)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 2

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

BSB (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

CSB (16)

Exodus 1

Numbers 1

Deuteronomy 11

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

ESV (24)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

KJV (34)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

LEB (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 10

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

LSB (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 5

Ezekiel 2

N95 (31)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

NAS (33)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 14

Joshua 1

Judges 1

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 4

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (32)

Genesis 1

Exodus 1

Numbers 2

Deuteronomy 11

1 Kings 2

2 Chronicles 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 3

Ecclesiastes 3

Isaiah 4

Ezekiel 2

ASV (31)

and it came to pass, when he had been there a long 1

and prolong 1

and put out 1

and that ye may prolong 1

are prolonged 1

became long 1

he shall prolong 1

it; ye shall not prolong 1

maketh him slow 1

man that prolongeth 1

may be long 3

may be prolonged 1

neither shall he prolong 1

not: lengthen 1

patient 1

sake will i defer 1

shall prolong 1

tarried 2

thee, and that thou mayest prolong 1

then i will lengthen 1

they made long 1

to the end that he may prolong 1

were so long 2

with thee, and that thou mayest prolong 1

with you, and that ye may prolong 1

ye shall not prolong 1

ye shall prolong 1

BSB (33)

and prolong 1

and stick out 1

and still lives long 1

and that you may prolong 1

gives him patience 1

go by 1

grew long 1

he will prolong 1

i will delay 1

i will prolong 1

lengthen 2

lingered 1

live long 1

living long 1

long 1

maintains order 1

may be long 2

may be prolonged 1

may reign 1

outlived 2

should be patient 1

the cloud lingered 1

were so long 2

will prolong 1

you may live long 3

you shall not prolong 1

you will live long 1

CSB (16)

be patient 1

continue 1

delay 1

grew long 1

he will prolong 1

it endures 1

lengthen 2

life 1

long 3

out 1

passing by 1

prolongs 1

stayed 1

ESV (24)

continued 2

defer 1

grow long 1

lengthen 2

long 8

long continue 1

made long 1

prolong 4

prolongs 2

slow 1

stick out 1

KJV (34)

defer 1

deferreth 1

lengthen 2

lengthened 1

long 5

out 3

outlived 1

overlived 1

prolong 12

prolonged 5

prolongeth 1

tarried 1

LEB (33)

⌊he may reign long over his kingdom⌋ 1

⌊i should hold out⌋ 1

⌊you may live long⌋ 1

⌊you may remain a long time⌋ 1

⌊you will 1

⌊you will live long 1

and prolongs his life 1

are prolonged⌋ 1

became long 1

can be long 1

extend your time⌋ 1

for you and ⌊you may live long in the land⌋ 1

for you and ⌊you may live long⌋ 1

he had been 1

he will prolong 1

it will last 1

lived long 1

lives a long life 1

make 1

makes him slow to 1

my anger 1

outlived 1

prolong 1

prolonged 2

then i will lengthen 1

they have made 1

to you may be long 1

were long 1

were so long 1

will have long 1

you may live long lives 1

your tongue 1

LSB (33)

delay 1

endures 1

lengthen 1

lengthened 1

lingered 2

long 5

makes 1

out 1

prolong 13

prolonged 4

prolongs 1

slow 1

stick 1

N95 (31)

continue 1

delay 1

endures 1

lengthen 3

lingered 2

live 2

long 5

makes 1

prolong 8

prolonged 4

prolongs 1

slow 1

stick 1

NAS (33)

delay 1

endures 1

lengthen 3

lengthened 1

lingered 2

live 3

long 5

makes 1

out 1

prolong 8

prolonged 4

prolongs 1

slow 1

stick 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (32)

and lives long 1

and stick out 1

and that you may prolong 1

are prolonged 1

became long 1

gain will have long 1

he shall prolong 1

is maintained 1

lengthen 1

long 1

makes him slow 1

man who lives long 1

may be long 3

may be prolonged 1

neither shall he lengthen 1

patient 1

sake will i defer 1

stayed 2

then i will lengthen 1

to the end that he may prolong 1

were so long 2

you shall not prolong 1

you shall prolong 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1448) k r (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?: The pictograph r is a picture of the head of a man, the k is a picture of the palm representing a covering. Combined these mean "man covered". The reproductive organs of the male including the lower abdomen which are always covered.

A) k r (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.

N^m) k r (רכ RK) - Tender: KJV (16): tender, soft, weak - Strongs: H7390 (רַךְ)

B) k k r (רככ RKK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.

V) k k r (רככ RKK) - Soft: To be soft. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) tender, faint, mollified, soft - Strongs: H7401 (רָכַךְ)

C) k r a (ארכ ARK) AC: ? CO: Long AB: ?: From the male reproductive organ.

V) k r a (ארכ ARK) - Prolong: To lengthen or delay. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (35): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) prolong, long, lengthen, draw out, defer, tarry - Strongs: H748 (אָרַךְ), H749 (אַרִיךְ)

N^m) k r a (ארכ ARK) - Slow: To be long in patience or time. KJV (15): slow, longsuffering, patient - Strongs: H750 (אָרֵךְ)

N^f1) e k r a (ארכה ARKH) - Lengthening: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): lengthening - Strongs: H754 (אַרְכָה)

c^m) k f r a (ארוכ ARWK) - Long: KJV (3): long, longer - Strongs: H752 (אָרֹךְ)

d^f1) e k f r a (ארוכה ARWKH) - Repair: A reconstruction or healing that causes longer life. KJV (6): health, perfected, made - Strongs: H724 (אֲרֻכָה)

g^m) k r f a (אורכ AWRK) - Length: KJV (95): length, long, ever, high - Strongs: H753 (אֹרֶךְ)

J) k f r (רוכ RWK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.

N^m) k f r (רוכ RWK) - Tender: KJV (1): tender - Strongs: H7391 (רֹךְ)

L) k r i (ירכ YRK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?

N^f ) k r i (ירכ YRK) - Loins: KJV (34): thigh, side, shaft, loins, body - Strongs: H3409 (יָרֵךְ)

N^f1) e k r i (ירכה YRKH) - Loins: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (29): thigh - Strongs: H3410 (יַרְכָה), H3411 (יְרֵכָה)

a^m) k r f m (מורכ MWRK) - Faint: From a blow to the loins. KJV (1): faintness - Strongs: H4816 (מֹרֶךְ)

Adopted Roots:

A2759 B h r (Widen, Street, Width)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ] verb be long, almost always of time (Assyrian arâku COT^Gloss, Aramaic אֲרַךְ,

) —

Qal Perfect אָֽרְכוּ Genesis 26:8; Imperfect יַאַרְכוּ Ezekiel 12:22; 3 feminine plural וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה Ezekiel 31:5 (strike out B Co) — be long, subject הַיָמִים (i.e. a long time passed Genesis 26:8 (J); compare Assyrian urriku ûmî, days grew long, Creation Tablet^a see COT Genesis 1:1); of delayed fulfillment of prophecy Ezekiel 12:22; subject מּאֹרֹת Ezekiel 31:5 (but compare above)

Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱרִיךְ Proverbs 19:11; וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 22:7, etc.; Imperfect יַאֲרִיךְ Deuteronomy 17:20 +; יַאֲרִיכוּ Deuteronomy 25:15; יַאֲרִכוּן Exodus 20:12 compare Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; תַּאֲרִיכֻן Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 30:18, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הַאֲרִיכִי Isaiah 54:2: Infinitive construct הַאֲרִיךְ Numbers 9:19,22; Participle מַאֲרִיךְ Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:12; —

1 transitive prolong, ( a) object יָמִים (i.e. live long) Deuteronomy 4:26,40; Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 22:7; Deuteronomy 30:18; Deuteronomy 32:47; Joshua 24:31= Judges 2:7 (with אַחֲרֵי = survive), Proverbs 28:16; Isaiah 53:10; Ecclesiastes 8:13; also (late) without ימים Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:12; ( b) id. 1 Kings 3:14 ׳י subject וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶתיָֿמֶיךָ I will prolong thy days; (c) postpone anger Isaiah 48:9 compare Proverbs 19:11 (i.e. shew oneself slow to anger); see also Job 6:11 אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי i.e. be patient; ( d) literal (but in figure) make long furrows (with ל) Psalm 129:3; tentcords Isaiah 54:2; tongue Isaiah 57:4 (stretch out in mockery).

2 intransitive grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subject יָמִים Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 25:15; tarry long Numbers 9:19,22 (subject הֶעָנָן), last (continue) long, (subject כֵּן Proverbs 28:2; be long (literally) of staves of ark 1 Kings 8:8; 2 Chronicles 5:9.

I. ארך (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew [ אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ]).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָרַךְ

(1) pr. trans. to make long, to extend, to stretch out, kindred to the root עָרַךְ which see. Hence אֲרוּכָה a long bandage; Syr. ܐܶܪܰܟ to prolong, Arab. أَرَكَ to tarry, to delay in a matter.

(2) Med. E. fut. יֶאֱרַךְ; pl. יַאַרְכוּ intransit. to be long. (Syr., Arab., Sam. id.; Aph. אוֹרִיךְ, ܐܰܘܪܶܟ to prolong.) Ezekiel 31:5; Genesis 26:8, וַיְהִי בִּי אָֽרְכוּ־לוֹ שָׁם הַיָּמִים “and it came to pass when days were prolonged to him there,” i.e. when he had lived there long; Ezekiel 12:22.

Hiphil הֶאֱרִיךְ

(1) to make long, lengthen, prolong, Psalms 129:3 “to put forth the tongue,” Isaiah 57:4 הֶאֱרִיךְ יְמֵי פ׳ “to prolong any one’s life,” to grant him long life, 1 Kings 3:14 on the other hand ה׳ יָמָיו “to prolong one’s own life,” to be long-lived, Deuteronomy 4:26, 40 5:30 17:20 22:7 Isaiah 53:10 also without יָמִים Proverbs 28:2; Ecclesiastes 7:15, 8:12.

(2) intrans. to be long, 1 Kings 8:8, especially used of time; הֶאֱרִיכוּ יָמָיו “to be long-lived,” Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16, 6:2 25:15 compare No.1.

(3) to retard, to delay, to defer; הֶאֱרִיךְ אַפּוֹ Isaiah 48:9; Proverbs 19:11, to defer anger, to be patient, and μακρόθυμος. [“So too הֶאֱרִיךְ נַפְשׁוֹ id., Job 6:11.” Ges. add.]. Compare אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם under אָרֵךְ.

(4) to delay, to tarry (prop. es lange machen), Numbers 9:19, 22.

The derivatives, except אֲרוּכָה, immediately follow.

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List of Word Forms

אַאֲרִ֣יךְ אַאֲרִ֥יךְ אָֽרְכוּ־ אאריך ארכו־ בְּהַאֲרִ֨יךְ בהאריך הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙ האריך האריכו האריכי וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּ֣ם וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖ וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י וַֽיַּאֲרִיכוּ֮ וַֽיַּאֲרִכוּ֮ וַתֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָה וּבְהַאֲרִ֧יךְ וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְ ובהאריך והארכת והארכתי והארכתם ויאריכו ויארכו ומאריך ותארכנה יַֽאַרְכוּ֙ יַאֲרִ֣יךְ יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יַאֲרִ֨יךְ יַאֲרִֽיךְ׃ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יַאֲרִכ֣וּן יַאֲרִכֻ֥ן יאריך יאריך׃ יאריכו יאריכן יארכו יארכון יארכן מַאֲרִ֖יךְ מאריך תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּ תַּאֲרִ֤יךְ תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן תאריך תאריכו תאריכן ’a’ărîḵ ’a·’ă·rîḵ ’ā·rə·ḵū- ’ārəḵū- aaRich arechu bə·ha·’ă·rîḵ bəha’ărîḵ behaaRich ha’ărîḵî ha·’ă·rî·ḵî haaRichi he’ĕrîḵ he’ĕrîḵū he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū he·’ĕ·rîḵ heeRich heeRichu ma’ărîḵ ma·’ă·rîḵ maaRich ta’ărîḵ ta’ărîḵū ṯa’ărîḵun ta·’ă·rî·ḵū ṯa·’ă·rî·ḵun ta·’ă·rîḵ taaRich taaRichu taariChun ū·ḇə·ha·’ă·rîḵ ū·ma·’ă·rîḵ ūḇəha’ărîḵ ūma’ărîḵ umaaRich uvehaaRich vaiyaariChu vatteeRachnah vehaarachTa vehaarachTem vehaarachTi wat·te·’ĕ·raḵ·nāh watte’ĕraḵnāh way·ya·’ă·ri·ḵū way·ya·’ă·rî·ḵū wayya’ăriḵū wayya’ărîḵū wə·ha·’ă·raḵ·tā wə·ha·’ă·raḵ·tem wə·ha·’a·raḵ·tî wəha’ăraḵtā wəha’ăraḵtem wəha’araḵtî ya’ărîḵ ya’ărîḵū ya’ăriḵun ya’ăriḵūn ya’ărîḵun ya’arḵū ya·’ă·rî·ḵū ya·’ă·ri·ḵun ya·’ă·ri·ḵūn ya·’ă·rî·ḵun ya·’ă·rîḵ ya·’ar·ḵū yaarChu yaaRich yaaRichu yaariChun