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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,
(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.
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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 Box Gen 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:8 - Now it happened, when he had been there a long H748 time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window and saw, and behold, Isaac was [fn]caressing his wife Rebekah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 -

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged H748 in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - Even when the cloud lingered H748 over the tabernacle for many days, [fn]the sons of Israel would keep the charge of Yahweh and not set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered H748 over the tabernacle, dwelling above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not prolong H748 your days on it, but will be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - “So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong H748 your days on the land which Yahweh your God is giving you for all the days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 -

‘Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged H748 and that it may go well with you on the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - “In all the way which Yahweh your God has commanded you, you shall walk, that you may live and that it may be well with you and that you may prolong H748 your days in the land which you will possess.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so that you and your son and your grandson might fear Yahweh your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I am commanding you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged H748.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - so that you may prolong H748 your days on the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he may prolong H748 his days H748 in his kingdom, he and his sons in the midst of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong H748 your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just [fn]measure, that your days may be prolonged H748 in the [fn]land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong H748 your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter [fn]and possess it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - “For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong H748 your days in the land, [fn]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [fn]possess.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 -

And Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived H748 Joshua, who knew all the work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived H748 Joshua, who saw all the great work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - “Now if you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong H748 your days.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - But the poles were so long H748 that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - But the poles were so long H748 that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and [fn]they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 -

“What is my strength, that I should wait?

And what is my end, that I should [fn]endure H748?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 129:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3 -

“The plowers plowed upon my back;

They lengthened H748 their furrows.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 -

A man’s insight makes H748 him slow H748 to anger,

And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 -

By the transgression of a land many are its princes,

But by a man who understands, who knows, so it endures H748.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 -

A leader who lacks discernment abounds in oppressions,

But he who hates greedy gain will prolong H748 his days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 -

I have seen everything during my days of vanity; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs H748 his life in his evildoing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may prolong H748 his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear [fn]Him openly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not be well for the wicked man, and he will not prolong H748 his days like a shadow, because he does not fear [fn]God openly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 -

“For the sake of My name I delay H748 My anger,

And for My praise I restrain it for you,

In order not to cut you off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 53:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 -

But [fn]Yahweh was pleased

To crush Him, [fn]putting Him to grief;

If You would place His soul as a guilt offering,

He will see His seed,

He will prolong H748 His days,

And the [fn]good pleasure of Yahweh will succeed in His hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 -

“Enlarge the place of your tent;

[fn]Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back;

Lengthen H748 your cords

And strengthen your pegs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 -

“Against whom do you jest?

Against whom do you open wide your mouth

And stick H748 out H748 your tongue?

Are you not children of transgression,

Seed of lying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - “Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The days are long H748, and every vision fails’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 -

‘Therefore its height was loftier than all the trees of the field,

And its boughs became many and its branches long H748

Because of many waters [fn]as it spread them out.

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