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Hebrew verb · H748

אָרַךְ

arakaw-rak'

to prolong

34 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʼârak

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H748is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 30
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H748

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

arak is rendered "to prolong". It stands 34 times in the Hebrew text, across fourteen books.

  • Eleven of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 26:8When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty different ways.

The first use

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Genesis 26:8אָֽרְכוּ־

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Eleven of the word's thirty-four uses are in Deuteronomy.

The other 25 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • he will prolong3
  • they may be long3
  • you will prolong3
  • and they were long2
  • and you will prolong2
  • they made long2
  • you may prolong2
  • and I will make long1
  • and prolonging1
  • and they became long1
  • and when made long1
  • do you make long1

and 12 more, 34 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

אָרַרararto curseUses63
אָרַבarabto ambushUses41
אָרַגaragto weaveUses13
אָרַשׂarasto betrothUses11
אָרַחarachto journeyUses6
אָרַזarazreinforcedUses1

The words it stands beside

All 34, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

30 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ2
  • יַאֲרִ֥יךְ2
  • תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ2
  • תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן2
  • אַאֲרִ֥יךְ1
  • אַאֲרִ֣יךְ1
  • אָֽרְכוּ־1
  • בְּהַאֲרִ֨יךְ1
  • הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ1
  • הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ1
  • הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙1
  • וּבְהַאֲרִ֧יךְ1

and 18 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular4HVhi3ms
  • verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun3HVhj3mp/Sn
  • verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural3HVhp3cp
  • Hc/Vhw3mp2Hc/Vhw3mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVhi1cs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural2HVhi2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun2HVhi2mp/Sn
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)1HC/R/Vhcc
  • Hc/Vhq1cs1Hc/Vhq1cs
  • Hc/Vhq2mp1Hc/Vhq2mp
  • Hc/Vhq2ms1Hc/Vhq2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HC/Vhrmsa

Genesis

one use
  • When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

    Genesis 26:8

    • אָֽרְכוּ־ʾarekhu-verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had become long

Exodus

one use
  • Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Exodus 20:12

    • יַאֲרִכ֣וּןyaarikhunverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they may be long

Numbers

two uses
  • Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.

    Numbers 9:19

    • וּבְהַאֲרִ֧יךְuvehaarikhconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and when made long
  • Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

    Numbers 9:22

    • בְּהַאֲרִ֨יךְbehaarikhpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when made long

Deuteronomy

eleven uses
  • I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

    Deuteronomy 4:26

    • תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןtaarikhunverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will prolong
  • Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.

    Deuteronomy 4:40

    • תַּאֲרִ֤יךְtaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you may prolong
  • Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 5:16

    • יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ןyaarikhunverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they may be long
  • You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

    Deuteronomy 5:33

    • וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּ֣םvehaarakhtemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will prolong
  • so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.

    Deuteronomy 6:2

    • יַאֲרִכֻ֥ןyaarikhunverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: they may grow long
  • and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

    Deuteronomy 11:9

    • תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּtaarikhuverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you may prolong
  • Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.

    Deuteronomy 17:20

    • יַאֲרִ֨יךְyaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he may prolong
  • You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

    Deuteronomy 22:7

    • וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖vehaarakhtaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will prolong
  • You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    Deuteronomy 25:15

    • יַאֲרִ֣יכוּyaarikhuverb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they may be long
  • I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

    Deuteronomy 30:18

    • תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ןtaarikhunverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will prolong
  • For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

    Deuteronomy 32:47

    • תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּtaarikhuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will prolong

Joshua

one use
  • Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

    Joshua 24:31

    • הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּheerikhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they made long

Judges

one use
  • And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

    Judges 2:7

    • הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּheerikhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they made long

1 Kings

two uses
  • So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”

    1 Kings 3:14

    • וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖יvehaarakhtiHc/Vhq1cstagged: and I will make long
  • The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

    1 Kings 8:8

    • וַֽיַּאֲרִכוּ֮vaiyaarikhuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they were long

2 Chronicles

one use
  • The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

    2 Chronicles 5:9

    • וַֽיַּאֲרִיכוּ֮vaiyaarikhuHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they were long

Job

one use
  • What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

    Job 6:11

    • אַאֲרִ֥יךְʾaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will prolong

Psalms

one use
  • The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

    Psalms 129:3

    • הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּheerikhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have made long

Proverbs

three uses
  • A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.

    Proverbs 19:11

    • הֶאֱרִ֣יךְheerikhverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it makes long
  • A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.

    Proverbs 28:2

    • יַאֲרִֽיךְ׃yaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will last long
  • A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

    Proverbs 28:16

    • יַאֲרִ֥יךְyaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prolong

Ecclesiastes

three uses
  • In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

    Ecclesiastes 7:15

    • מַאֲרִ֖יךְmaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: prolongs
  • Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.

    Ecclesiastes 8:12

    • וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְumaarikhconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and prolonging
  • Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

    Ecclesiastes 8:13

    • יַאֲרִ֥יךְyaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prolong

Isaiah

four uses
  • For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.

    Isaiah 48:9

    • אַאֲרִ֣יךְʾaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will make long
  • Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

    Isaiah 53:10

    • יַאֲרִ֣יךְyaarikhverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will prolong
  • “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

    Isaiah 54:2

    • הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙haarikhiverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: make long
  • Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

    Isaiah 57:4

    • תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּtaarikhuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: do you make long

Ezekiel

two uses
  • “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?

    Ezekiel 12:22

    • יַֽאַרְכוּ֙yaarkhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are long
  • Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

    Ezekiel 31:5

    • וַתֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָהvateerakhnahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they became long

The letters

Gematria 221· 701 mispar gadol

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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