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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.
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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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“Honor H3513 your father H1 and your mother H517, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 gives H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - Even when the cloud H6051 lingered H748 over H5921 the tabernacle H4908 for many H7227 days H3117, [fn]the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 would comply H8104 with H8104 the LORD’S H3068 ordinance H4931 and not set H5265 out H5265.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether H176 it was two days H3117, a month H2320, or H176 a year H3117 that the cloud H6051 lingered H748 over H5921 the tabernacle H4908, staying H7931 above H5921 it, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 remained H2583 camped H2583 and did not set H5265 out H5265; but when it was lifted H5927, they did set H5265 out H5265.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call H5749 heaven H8064 and earth H776 as H5749 witnesses H5749 against you today H3117, that you will certainly H6 perish H6 quickly H4118 from the land H776 where H834 H8033 you are going H5674 over H5674 the Jordan H3383 to take H3423 possession H3423 of it. You will not [fn]live H748 long H748 H3117 on it, but will be utterly H8045 destroyed H8045.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - “So you shall keep H8104 His statutes H2706 and His commandments H4687 which H834 I am [fn]giving H6680 you today H3117, so that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you and for your children H1121 after H310 you, and that you may [fn]live H748 long H748 H3117 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you for all H3605 time H3117.”

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‘Honor H3513 your father H1 and your mother H517, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 and that it may go H3190 well H3190 for you on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - “You shall walk H1980 [fn]entirely H3605 in the way H1870 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has commanded H6680 you, so H4616 that H4616 you may live H2421 and that it may be well H2895 for you, and that you may prolong H748 your days H3117 in the land H776 which H834 you will possess H3423.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - so H4616 that H4616 you, your son H1121, and your grandson H1121 will fear H3372 the LORD H3068 your God H430, to keep H8104 all H3605 His statutes H2708 and His commandments H4687 which H834 I command H6680 you, all H3605 the days H3117 of your life H2416, and that your days H3117 may be prolonged H748.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - and so H4616 that H4616 you may prolong H748 your days H3117 on the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 to them and to their [fn]descendants H2233, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:20 - so that his heart H3824 will not be H7311 haughty H7311 toward H4480 his countrymen H251, and that he will not turn H5493 away H5493 from the commandment H4687 to the right H3225 or the left H8040, so H4616 that H4616 he and his sons H1121 may [fn]live H748 long H748 H3117 in his kingdom H4467 in the midst H7130 of Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - you shall certainly H7971 let H7971 the mother H517 go H7971, but the young H1121 you may take H3947 for yourself, in H4616 order H4616 that H4616 it may go H3190 well H3190 for you and that you may prolong H748 your days H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have H1961 a correct H8003 and honest H6664 [fn]weight H68; you shall have H1961 a correct H8003 and honest H6664 [fn]measure H374, so H4616 that H4616 your days H3117 may be prolonged H748 [fn]in the land H127 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - I declare H5046 to you today H3117 that you will certainly H6 perish H6. You will not prolong H748 your days H3117 in the land H127 where H834 H8033 you are crossing H5674 the Jordan H3383 to enter H935 [fn]and take H3423 possession H3423 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - “For it is not a [fn]trivial H7386 matter H1697 for you; indeed H3588 it is your life H2416. And by this H2088 word H1697 you will prolong H748 your days H3117 in the land H127, [fn]which H834 you are about to cross H5674 the Jordan H3383 to [fn]possess H3423.”

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Israel H3478 served H5647 the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of Joshua H3091 and all H3605 the days H3117 of the elders H2205 who H834 [fn]survived H748 H3117 H310 Joshua H3091, and had known H3045 every H3605 deed H4639 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had done H6213 for Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - The people H5971 served H5647 the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of Joshua H3091, and all H3605 the days H3117 of the elders H2205 who H834 [fn]survived H748 H3117 H310 Joshua H3091, who H834 had seen H7200 all H3605 the great H1419 work H4639 of the LORD H3068 which H834 He had done H6213 for Israel H3478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - “And if H518 you walk H1980 in My ways H1870, keeping H8104 My statutes H2706 and commandments H4687, as your father H1 David H1732 walked H1980, then I will prolong H748 your days H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - But the poles H905 were so long H748 that the ends H7218 of the poles H905 could be seen H7200 from the holy H6944 place in front H5921 H6440 of the inner H1687 sanctuary H1687, but they could not be seen H7200 outside H2351; they are there H8033 to this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - The poles H905 were so long H748 that the ends H7218 of the poles H905 of the ark H727 could be seen H7200 in front H6440 of the inner H1687 sanctuary H1687, but they could not be seen H7200 outside H2351; and [fn]they are there H8033 to this H2088 day H3117.

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“What H4100 is my strength H3581, that I should wait H3176?

And what H4100 is my end H7093, that I should [fn]endure H748 H5315?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3

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“The plowers H2790 plowed H2790 upon my back H1354;

They lengthened H748 their furrows H4618.”

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A person’s H120 discretion H7922 makes H748 him slow H748 to anger H639,

And it is his glory H8597 to overlook H5674 an offense H6588.

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Due to a [fn]wrongdoing H6588 of [fn]a land H776 its leaders H8269 are many H7227,

But by a person H120 of understanding H995 and knowledge H3045, so H3651 it endures H748.

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A leader H5057 who is a great H7227 oppressor H4642 lacks H2638 understanding H8394,

But a person who hates H8130 unjust H1215 gain H1215 will prolong H748 his days H3117.

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I have seen H7200 everything H3605 during my [fn]lifetime H3117 of futility H1892; there H3426 is H3426 a righteous H6662 person H6662 who perishes H6 in his righteousness H6664, and there H3426 is H3426 a wicked H7563 person H7563 who prolongs H748 his life in his wickedness H7451.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Although H834 a sinner H2398 does H6213 evil H7451 a hundred H3967 times and may lengthen H748 his life, still H3588 H1571 I know H3045 that it will go H1961 well H2896 for those who fear H3372 God H430, who H834 fear H3372 [fn]Him openly H4480 H6440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it will not go H1961 well H2896 for the evil H7563 person H7563 and he will not lengthen H748 his days H3117 like a shadow H6738, because H834 he does not fear H3372 God H430.

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“For the sake H4616 of My name H8034 I delay H748 My wrath H639,

And for My praise H8416 I restrain H2413 it for you,

In order not to cut H3772 you off H3772.

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But the LORD H3068 desired H2654

To crush H1792 Him, [fn]causing H2470 Him grief H2470;

If H518 He renders H7760 [fn]Himself H5315 as a guilt H817 offering H817,

He will see H7200 His [fn]offspring H2233,

He will prolong H748 His days H3117,

And the [fn]good H2656 pleasure H2656 of the LORD H3068 will prosper H6743 in His hand H3027.

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“Enlarge H7337 the place H4725 of your tent H168;

[fn]Stretch H5186 out H5186 the curtains H3407 of your dwellings H4908, do not spare H2820 them;

Lengthen H748 your ropes H4340

And strengthen H2388 your pegs H3489.

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“Of H5921 whom H4310 do you make H6026 fun H6026?

Against H5921 whom H4310 do you open H7337 wide H7337 your mouth H6310

And stick H748 out H748 your tongue H3956?

Are you not children H3206 of rebellion H6588,

Offspring H2233 of deceit H8267,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - “Son H1121 of man H120, what H4100 is this H2088 proverb H4912 you people have about H5921 the land H127 of Israel H3478, saying H559, ‘The days H3117 are long H748, and every H3605 vision H2377 fails H6’?

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‘Therefore H5921 H3651 its height H6967 was H1361 loftier H1361 than H4480 all H3605 the trees H6086 of the field H7704

And its boughs H5634 became H7235 many H7235 and its branches H6288 long H748

Because H4480 of many H7227 waters H4325 [fn]as it spread H7971 them out H7971.

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