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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.
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 he remained there a long time, and Abimelech the king of Gerara leaned to look through the window, and saw Isaac sporting with Rebecca his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:12 - [fn] Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - And whenever the cloud shall be drawn over the tabernacle for many days, then the children of Israel shall keep the charge of God, and they shall not remove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - When the cloud continues [fn]a full month overshadowing the tabernacle, the children of Israel shall encamp, and shall not depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:26 - I call heaven and earth this day to witness against you, that ye shall surely perish from off the land, into which ye go across Jordan to inherit it there; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly cut off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:40 - And keep ye his commandments, and his ordinances, all that I command you this day; that it may be well with thee, and with thy sons after thee, that ye may be long-lived upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:16 - [fn] Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God commanded thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long upon the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:33 - according to all the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in it, that he may give thee rest; and that it may be well with thee, and ye may prolong your days on the land which ye shall inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:2 - That ye may fear the Lord your God, keep ye all his ordinances, and his commandments, which I command thee to-day, thou, and thy sons, and thy sons' sons, all the days of thy life, that ye may live many days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - that ye may live long upon the land, which the Lord sware to your fathers to give to them, 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 - that his heart be not lifted up [fn]above his brethren, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons may reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - Thou shalt by all means let the mother go, but thou shalt take the young to thyself; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:18 - I declare to you this day, that ye shall utterly perish, and ye shall by no means live long upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For this is no vain word to you; for it is your life, and because of this word ye shall live long upon the land, into which ye go over Jordan to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 - (LXX 24:29) And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that [fn]lived as long as Joshua, and all that knew all the works of the Lord which he wrought for Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that lived many days with Joshua, as many as knew all the great work of the Lord, what things he had wrought in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:14 - And if thou wilt walk in my way, to keep my commandments and my ordinances, as David thy father walked, then will I multiply thy days.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - And the [fn]holy staves projected, and the ends of the holy staves appeared out of the holy places in front of the oracle, and were not seen without.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:9 - And the staves projected, and the heads of the staves were seen from the holy place in front of the oracle, they were not seen without: and there they were to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - For what is my strength, that I continue? what is my time, that my soul endures?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 129:3 - (LXX 128:3) The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their [fn]iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:11 - A merciful man is long-suffering; and his [fn]triumph overtakes transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 - By reason of the sins of ungodly men quarrels arise; but a wise man will [fn]quell them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:16 - A king in need of revenues is a great oppressor: but he that hates injustice shall live a long time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - He that has sinned has done evil from that time, and long from beforehand: nevertheless I know, that it is well with them that fear God, that they may fear before him:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - but it shall not be well with the ungodly, and he shall not prolong his days, which are as a shadow; forasmuch as he fears not before God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:9 - For mine own sake will I shew thee my wrath, and will bring before thee my glorious acts, that I may not utterly destroy thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 53:10 - The Lord also is pleased to purge him from his stroke. If ye can give an offering for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived seed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and of thy curtains: fix the pins, spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy pins;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:4 - Wherein have ye been rioting? and against whom have ye opened your mouth, and against whom have ye loosed your tongue? are ye not children of perdition? a lawless seed?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - Son of man, what is your parable on the land of Israel, that ye say, The days are long, the vision has perished?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - Therefore was his stature exalted above all the trees of the field, and his branches spread far by the help of much water.
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