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Lexicon :: Strong's H748 - 'āraḵ

Aa
אָרַךְ
Transliteration
'āraḵ
Pronunciation
aw-rak'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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,
(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 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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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

H748

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - And when he had been there for some time, Abimelech, king of the Philistines, looking through a window, saw Isaac playing with Rebekah his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Or if the cloud came to rest on the House for two days or a month or a year without moving, the children of Israel went on waiting there and did not go on; but whenever it was taken up they went forward on their journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - Then keep his laws and his orders which I give you today, so that it may be well for you and for your children after you, and that your lives may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - Go on walking in the way ordered for you by the Lord your God, so that life may be yours and it may be well for you, and your days may be long in the land of your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - So that living in the fear of the Lord your God, you may keep all his laws and his orders, which I give you: you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life; and so that your life may be long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - So that his heart may not be lifted up over his countrymen, and he may not be turned away from the orders, to one side or the other: but that his life and the lives of his children may be long in his kingdom in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - See that you let the mother bird go, but the young ones you may take; so it will be well for you and your life will be long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - I give witness against you this day that destruction will certainly be your fate, and your days will be cut short in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage on the other side of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - And Israel was true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the older men who were still living after Joshua's death, and had seen what the Lord had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people were true to the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the responsible men who were still living after the death of Joshua, and had seen all the great work of the Lord which he had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if you go on in my ways, keeping my laws and my orders as your father David did, I will give you a long life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place before the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside; and there they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3 - The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 - Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - These two have I seen in my life which is to no purpose: a good man coming to his end in his righteousness, and an evil man whose days are long in his evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 - Because of my name I will put away my wrath, and for my praise I will keep myself from cutting you off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Of whom do you make sport? against whom is your mouth open wide and your tongue put out? are you not uncontrolled children, a false seed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - Son of man, what is this saying which you have about the land of Israel, The time is long and every vision comes to nothing?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - In this way it became taller than all the trees of the field; and its branches were increased and its arms became long because of the great waters.
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