אָרֵךְ arekh
Hebrew word for “slow” · Strong’s H750 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
1) long (pinions); 2) patient, slow to anger
How it is translated
Glosses given for arekh in context, with how often each is used:
- long 10
- person long 3
- person patient 1
- length 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Nehemiah | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Ecclesiastes | 1 | 0.3 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Jonah | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 34 (1), Numbers 14 (1), Nehemiah 9 (1), Psalms 86 (1), Psalms 103 (1), Psalms 145 (1), Proverbs 14 (1), Proverbs 15 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Ecclesiastes 7 (1)
Forms
- ארך 13
- וארך 1
- לארך 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with arekh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַף aph “face” 13
- חַנּוּן channun “gracious” 7
- רַחוּם rachum “compassionate” 7
- חֶסֶד chesed “kindness” 8
- רַב rav “many” 8
- אֵל el “God” 3
- נָקָה naqah “to clear” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 4
- גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 3
- נָחַם nacham “to be sorry” 2
- אֱמֶת emet “truth” 2
Key verses
The verses using arekh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Numbers 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers…
- Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to…
- Psalms 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- Psalms 103:8 — The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
- Psalms 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
- Proverbs 14:29 — He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Proverbs 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
- Jeremiah 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have…
- Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and…
- Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I…
- Nahum 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust…
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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.