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Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #751 - אֶרֶךְ
Transliteration
ʼErek
Phonetics
eh'-rek
Origin
from (H748)
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Erech = "long"
- a city 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
ASV (1)
Genesis
1
BSB (1)
Genesis
1
CSB (1)
Genesis
1
ESV (1)
Genesis
1
KJV (1)
Genesis
1
LEB (1)
Genesis
1
LSB (1)
Genesis
1
N95 (1)
Genesis
1
NAS (1)
Genesis
1
NLT (0)
The
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Genesis
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
אֶ֫רֶךְ proper name, of a location city in Babylonia (Babylonian Urûk see Dl below) on left bank of Euphrates,approximately 40 miles northwest from Ur (אוּר) toward Babylon; modern Warka; compare Loftus CS 152f. Dl Pa 221 f.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
אֶרֶךְ (“length”), [Erech], pr.n. of a city of Babylonia, Genesis 10:10. Amongst the old interpreters Pseudoj., Targ. Jerus., Jerome, and Ephraem understand Edessa; more correctly Bochart (Phaleg. iv. 16), Areca or Arecca, a city situated on the borders of Babylonia and Susiana (Ammian. xxiii. 21).
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List of Word Forms
וְאֶ֖רֶךְ וארך veErech
