Be proper
אֲרִיךְStrong’s H0749arakh (a-rakh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Arakh is the Aramaic word usually translated “proper”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“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;”
Meaning
- (CLBL) (P'al) to be long, reach, meet
- (BDB/TWOT) fitting, proper
How it's translated
- proper 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
אֲרִיךְ arakh · be proper
v 1) (CLBL) (P'al) to be long, reach, meet adj v 2)(BDB/TWOT) fitting, proper Aramaic of a.rakh (אָרַךְ "to prolong" H0748)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “proper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROP'ER, adjective
[Latin proprius, supposed to be allied to prope, near.]
- Peculiar; naturally or essentially belonging to a person or thing; not common.
- Particularly suited to.
- One's own.
- Noting an individual; pertaining to one of a species, but not common to the whole; as a proper name.
All definitions
- Fit; suitable; adapted; accommodated.
- Correct; just; as a proper word; a proper expression.
- Not figurative.
- Well formed; handsome.“Moses was a proper child” Hebrews 11:23
- Tall; lusty; handsome with bulk. [Low and not used.]
- In vulgar language, very; as proper good; proper sweet. [This is very improper, as well as vulgar.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.