Erech
אֶ֫רֶךְStrong’s H0751erekh (e-rekh)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Erekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “erech”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.”
Meaning
- Erech = "long"
How it's translated
- and erech 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
אֶ֫רֶךְ erekh · Erech
Erech = "long" a city 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river Also named: ar.ke.vay (אַרְכְּוָיֵא "Erech" H0756)
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.