אָרַךְ arakh

Hebrew word for “to prolong” · Strong’s H748 · used 34 times in 34 verses

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Meaning

1) to be long, prolong;

How it is translated

Glosses given for arakh in context, with how often each is used:

• will prolong 7
• may prolong 3
• long 3
• may be long ! 2
• when made long 2
• will prolong ! 2
• made long 2
• will make long 2
• had become long 1
• may grow long ! 1
• may be long 1
• have made long 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 9 (2), Deuteronomy 4 (2), Deuteronomy 5 (2), Proverbs 28 (2), Ecclesiastes 8 (2), Genesis 26 (1), Exodus 20 (1), Deuteronomy 6 (1), Deuteronomy 11 (1), Deuteronomy 17 (1)

Forms

• יאריך 5
• תאריכו 3
• האריכו 3
• תאריכן 2
• אאריך 2
• ארכו 1
• יארכון 1
• ובהאריך 1
• בהאריך 1
• תאריך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with arakh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מַעַן maan “because” 10
• אֲדָמָה adamah “land” 8
• שָׁם sham “there” 6
• אָבַד avad “to perish” 4
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 4
• כֶם khem “you” 5
• יָרַשׁ yarash “to possess” 4
• ךָּ ka “you” 5
• רָאָה raah “to see” 6
• פֶּשַׁע pesah “transgression” 3
• יָטַב yatav “be good” 3
• רַב rav “many” 4

Key verses

The verses using arakh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
• Deuteronomy 4:26 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee,…
• Deuteronomy 5:16 — 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…
• Deuteronomy 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the…
• Deuteronomy 17:20 — 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…
• 1 Kings 3:14 — 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.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12 — 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:
• Isaiah 48:9 — 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.
• Isaiah 53:10 — 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…
• Isaiah 57:4 — 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,
• Ezekiel 12:22 — Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.