To prolong
אָרַךְStrong’s H0748arakh (a-rakh)
Appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arakh is the Hebrew word usually translated “may be long”, “prolong” and “may prolong”. It appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- To be long, prolong(Qal) to be long · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- they may be long 3
- you will prolong 3
- he will prolong 3
- you may prolong 2
- and you will prolong 2
- they made long 2
- and they were long 2
- they had become long 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 11
- Isaiah 4
- Proverbs 3
- Ecclesiastes 3
- Numbers 2
- 1 Kings 2
14 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 20:12Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Numbers 9:19And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
- Numbers 9:22Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
- Deuteronomy 4:26I 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.
- Deuteronomy 4:40Thou 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, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
- Deuteronomy 5:16Honour 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אָרַךְ arakh · to prolong
1) to be long, prolong 1a) (Qal) to be long 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to prolong (days) 1b2) to make long (tent cords) 1b3) to grow long, continue long Aramaic equivalent: a.rakh (אֲרִיךְ "be proper" H0749)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.