Strong's Lexicon

H724

H724 — אֲרוּכָה אֲרוּכָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewaruwkahnoun femOccurrences: 6TWOT: 162d

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H724
Word:אֲרוּכָה אֲרוּכָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine passive participle of H748 (in the sense of restoring to soundness)
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:6
Transliteration:aruwkah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ar-oo-kaw' (or rarukah {ar-oo-kaw'}) n-f.
Meaning:1. wholeness (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:health, made up, perfected.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB759

אֲרוּכָה noun feminine healing of a wound, restoration (properly the new flesh that grows at the wounded spot, Arabic [untranscribed source text 416]; FiJPh xiii. 114-6, so Fl De on Isa 58:8 see also Di) — ׳ א 2Chr 24:13; Neh 4:1 אֲרֻכָה Jer 30:17; Jer 33:6 construct אֲרֻכַת Jer 8:22 אֲרֻכָֽתְךָ Isa 58:8 — always figurative

a. healing, restoration of Israel Isa 58:8, here with verb צָמַח, elsewhere with עָלָה; Jer 8:22 (|| רָפָא), with עָלָה Hiph`il, subject ׳ י, Jer 30:17; Jer 33:6 (|| id.)
b. restoration of walls of temple 2Chr 24:13, of walls of Jerusalem (compare Fi above) Neh 4:1 (both with עלה).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ארוכה (arook-kah’)

Job 11:9

KJV: The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
EHCC: The measure thereof (is) longer than the

Jeremiah 29:28

KJV: For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
EHCC: This (captivity is) long: build ye houses,
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