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Lexicon :: Strong's H748 - 'āraḵ

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אָרַךְ
Transliteration
'āraḵ
Pronunciation
aw-rak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 162

Strong’s Definitions

אָרַךְ ʼârak, aw-rak'; a primitive root; to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively):—defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's H748 in the following manner: prolong (18x), long (5x), lengthen (3x), draw out (3x), defer (2x), tarried (1x), ...lived (with H3117 0310) (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's H748 in the following manner: prolong (18x), long (5x), lengthen (3x), draw out (3x), defer (2x), tarried (1x), ...lived (with H3117 0310) (2x).
  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָרַךְ ʼârak, aw-rak'; a primitive root; to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively):—defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).
STRONGS H748: Abbreviations
† [אָרַךְ, [H750 אָרֵךְ]] verb be long, almost always of time (Assyrian arâku COTGloss, Aramaic H749 אֲרַךְ, KfRAe  ) —
Qal Perfect אָֽרְכוּ Genesis 26:8; Imperfect יַאַרְכוּ Ezekiel 12:22; 3rd person 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 Tableta see COT Genesis 1:1); of delayed fulfillment of prophecy Ezekiel 12:22; subject פֹּארֹת Ezekiel 31:5 (but compare above)
Hiph. 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,
(b) id. 1 Kings 3:14 י׳ subject וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶת־יָמֶיךָ 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:1; 26:8; 26:8

Exodus

20:12; 20:12

Numbers

9:19; 9:19; 9:22; 9:22

Deuteronomy

4:26; 4:26; 4:40; 5:16; 5:16; 5:30; 6:2; 6:2; 11:9; 17:20; 17:20; 22:7; 22:7; 25:15; 25:15; 30:18; 30:18; 32:47

Joshua

24:31

Judges

2:7

1 Kings

3:14; 8:8

2 Chronicles

5:9

Job

6:11

Psalms

129:3

Proverbs

19:11; 19:11; 28:2; 28:16

Ecclesiastes

7:15; 7:15; 8:12; 8:12; 8:13

Isaiah

48:9; 53:10; 54:2; 54:2; 57:4

Ezekiel

12:22; 12:22; 31:5; 31:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H748 matches the Hebrew אָרַךְ ('āraḵ),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And it came to pass, when he had been there a long H748 time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long H748 upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - And when the cloud tarried long H748 upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried H748 upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong H748 your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong H748 thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, H748 and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong H748 your days in the land which ye shall possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. H748
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - And that ye may prolong H748 your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong H748 his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong H748 thy days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened H748 in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong H748 your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong H748 your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived H748 Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived H748 Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen H748 thy days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - And they drew out H748 the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - And they drew out H748 the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong H748 my life?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3 - The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long H748 their furrows.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - The discretion of a man deferreth H748 his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 - For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. H748
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong H748 his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth H748 his life in his wickedness.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, H748 yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong H748 his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 - For my name's sake will I defer H748 mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong H748 his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen H748 thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out H748 the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, H748 and every vision faileth?
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long H748 because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
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