Strong's Lexicon

H748

H748 — אָרַך

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

HebrewarakverbOccurrences: 34TWOT: 162

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H748
Word:אָרַך
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:34
Transliteration:arak
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:aw-rak'
Meaning:1. to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV Renderings:defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-)long, + (out-, over-)live, tarry (long).

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BDB755

[אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ] verb be long, almost always of time (Assyrian arâku COTGloss, Aramaic אֲרַךְ, [untranscribed source text 415]) —

Qal Perfect אָֽרְכוּ Gen 26:8 Imperfect יַאַרְכוּ Ezek 12:22 3 feminine plural וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה Ezek 31:5 (strike out B Co) — be long, subject הַיָמִים (i.e. a long time passed Gen 26:8 ( J ); compare Assyrian urriku ûmî , days grew long, Creation Tableta see COT Gen 1:1); of delayed fulfillment of prophecy Ezek 12:22 subject פּאֹרֹת Ezek 31:5 (but compare above)
Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱרִיךְ Prov 19:11 וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֫ Deut 22:7, etc.; Imperfect יַאֲרִיךְ Deut 17:20 +; יַאֲרִיכוּ Deut 25:15 יַאֲרִכוּן Exod 20:12 compare Deut 5:16 ; Deut 6:2 תַּאֲרִיכֻן Deut 4:26; Deut 30:18, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הַאֲרִיכִי Isa 54:2: Infinitive construct הַאֲרִיךְ Num 9:19; Num 9:22 Participle מַאֲרִיךְ Eccl 7:15 ; Eccl 8:12 ; —
1. transitive prolong,
a. object יָמִים (i.e. live long) Deut 4:26; Deut 4:40; Deut 5:30; Deut 11:9; Deut 17:20; Deut 22:7; Deut 30:18 ; Deut 32:47; Josh 24:31= Judg 2:7 (with אַחֲרֵי = survive), Prov 28:16; Isa 53:10; Eccl 8:13 also (late) without ימים Eccl 7:15 ; Eccl 8:12
b. id. 1Kgs 3:14 ׳ י subject וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶתיָֿמֶיךָ I will prolong thy days;
c. postpone anger Isa 48:9 compare Prov 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) Ps 129:3 tentcords Isa 54:2 tongue Isa 57:4 (stretch out in mockery).
2. intransitive grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subject יָמִים Exod 20:12 = Deut 5:16 ; Deut 6:2 ; Deut 25:15 tarry long Num 9:19 ; Num 9:22 (subject הֶעָנָן), last (continue) long, (subject כֵּן Prov 28:2 be long (literally) of staves of ark 1Kgs 8:8; 2Chr 5:9.


BDB9342

I. ארך (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew [ אָרַךְ , אָרֵךְ ]).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אָרך (ah-rach’)

Genesis 26:8

KJV: And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
EHCC: when he had been there a long time, (lit.

Joshua 24:31

KJV: And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.overlived…: Heb. prolonged their days after Joshua
EHCC: that orsrtived (marg. prolonged their days

Judges 2:7

KJV: And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.outlived: Heb. prolonged days after
EHCC: thatoutlived (marg. prolonged days after

1 Kings 3:14

KJV: And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
EHCC: then Tei iat iy ape ye after)

Psalms 129:3

KJV: The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
EHCC: they made long their furrows.

Proverbs 19:11

KJV: The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.discretion: or, prudence
EHCC: discretion of a man deferreth

Numbers 9:19

KJV: And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.tarried…: Heb. prolonged
EHCC: And when the cloud farried long (marg.

Isaiah 54:2

KJV: Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
EHCC: spare not, lengthen thy cords,

Exodus 20:12

KJV: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
EHCC: that thy days may be

Deuteronomy 4:26

KJV: I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
EHCC: ye shall not prolong (gon days

Deuteronomy 5:16

KJV: Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
EHCC: & 6:2, that thy days may be prolonged,

Deuteronomy 17:20

KJV: That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
EHCC: that he may prolong jis) days

Deuteronomy 30:18

KJV: I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
EHCC: ye shall not prolong (your) days

2 Chronicles 5:9

KJV: And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.there…: or, they are there
EHCC: And ays Eads the staves

Proverbs 28:2

KJV: For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.by…: or, by men of understanding and wisdom shall they likewise be prolonged
EHCC: the state (thereof’) shall be prolonged.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

KJV: But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
EHCC: neither shall he prolong (his) days,

Isaiah 48:9

KJV: For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
EHCC: eill I defer mine anger,

Isaiah 53:10

KJV: Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.thou…: or, his soul shall make an offering
EHCC: he shall prolong (his days,

Isaiah 57:4

KJV: Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
EHCC: 8 wide mouth, (and) draw oufthe tongue?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

KJV: All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
EHCC: 8 wicked (man) that eth

Ecclesiastes 8:12

KJV: Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
EHCC: and his (days) 5 at Prolene

Ezra 4:14

KJV: Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;we have…: Chaldee, we are salted with the salt of the palace
EHCC: it was not meet for us to see the king’s
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