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Hebrew word study

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

Pronounced “aw-rak'”

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

Translated in the King James as: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).

Appears 34 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 1×

Exodus — 1×

Numbers — 2×

Numbers 9:19 Numbers 9:22

Deuteronomy — 11×

Deuteronomy 4:26 Deuteronomy 4:40 Deuteronomy 5:16 Deuteronomy 5:33 Deuteronomy 6:2 Deuteronomy 11:9 Deuteronomy 17:20 Deuteronomy 22:7 Deuteronomy 25:15 Deuteronomy 30:18 Deuteronomy 32:47

Joshua — 1×

Judges — 1×

1 Kings — 2×

1 Ki 3:14 1 Ki 8:8

2 Chronicles — 1×

Job — 1×

Psalms — 1×

Proverbs — 3×

Proverbs 19:11 Proverbs 28:2 Proverbs 28:16

Ecclesiastes — 3×

Eccles 7:15 Eccles 8:12 Eccles 8:13

Isaiah — 4×

Isaiah 48:9 Isaiah 53:10 Isaiah 54:2 Isaiah 57:4

Ezekiel — 2×

Ezekiel 12:22 Ezekiel 31:5

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.