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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
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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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:19 - And when the cloud H6051 tarried long H748 upon the tabernacle H4908 many H7227 days, H3117 then the children H1121 of Israel H3478 kept H8104 the charge H4931 of the LORD, H3068 and journeyed H5265 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - And that ye may prolong H748 your days H3117 in the land, H127 which the LORD H3068 sware H7650 unto your fathers H1 to give H5414 unto them and to their seed, H2233 a land H776 that floweth H2100 with milk H2461 and honey. H1706

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:7 - But thou shalt in any wise H7971 let the dam H517 go, H7971 and take H3947 the young H1121 to thee; that it may be well H3190 with thee, and that thou mayest prolong H748 thy days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For it is not a vain H7386 thing H1697 for you; because it is your life: H2416 and through this thing H1697 ye shall prolong H748 your days H3117 in the land, H127 whither ye go over H5674 Jordan H3383 to possess H3423 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:8 - And they drew out H748 the staves, H905 that the ends H7218 of the staves H905 were seen out H7200 in the holy H6944 place before H6440 the oracle, H1687 and they were not seen H7200 without: H2351 and there they are unto this day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:2 - For the transgression H6588 of a land H776 many H7227 are the princes H8269 thereof: but by a man H120 of understanding H995 and knowledge H3045 the state H3651 thereof shall be prolonged. H748

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - All things have I seen H7200 in the days H3117 of my vanity: H1892 there is H3426 a just H6662 man that perisheth H6 in his righteousness, H6664 and there is a wicked H7563 man that prolongeth H748 his life in his wickedness. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:13 - But it shall not be well H2896 with the wicked, H7563 neither shall he prolong H748 his days, H3117 which are as a shadow; H6738 because he feareth H3373 not before H6440 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:22 - Son H1121 of man, H120 what is that proverb H4912 that ye have in the land H127 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 The days H3117 are prolonged, H748 and every vision H2377 faileth? H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:5 - Therefore his height H6967 was exalted H1361 above all the trees H6086 of the field, H7704 and his boughs H5634 were multiplied, H7235 and his branches H6288 became long H748 because of the multitude H7227 of waters, H4325 when he shot forth. H7971
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