arak: to be long Original Word: אָרַך
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: arak
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rak')
Short Definition: prolong
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be long
NASB Word Usage
continue (1), delay (1), endure* (1), endures (1), lengthen (3), lengthened (1), lingered (2), live (2), long (5), long* (3), makes him slow (1), prolong (8), prolonged (4), prolongs (1), stick (1), survived* (2).
[אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ] verb be long, almost always of time (Assyrian arâku COTGloss, Aramaic אֲרַךְ,  ) — Qal Perfect אָֽרְכוּ Genesis 26:8; Imperfect יַאַרְכוּ Ezekiel 12:22; 3feminine plural וַתֶּאֱרַכְנָה Ezekiel 31:5 (strike out B Co) — be long, subject הַיָמִים (i.e. a long time passed Genesis 26:8 (J); compare Assyrian urriku ûmî, days grew long, Creation Tableta see COT Genesis 1:1); of delayed fulfillment of prophecy Ezekiel 12:22; subject מּאֹרֹת Ezekiel 31:5 (but compare above) Hiph`il Perfect הֶאֱרִיךְ Proverbs 19:11; וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 22:7, etc.; Imperfect יַאֲרִיךְ Deuteronomy 17:20 +; יַאֲרִיכוּ Deuteronomy 25:15; יַאֲרִכוּן Exodus 20:12 compare Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; תַּאֲרִיכֻן Deuteronomy 4:26; Deuteronomy 30:18, etc.; Imperative feminine singular הַאֲרִיכִי Isaiah 54:2: Infinitive construct הַאֲרִיךְ Numbers 9:19,22; Participle מַאֲרִיךְ Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:12; — 1 transitive prolong, (a) object יָמִים (i.e. live long) Deuteronomy 4:26,40; Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 11:9; Deuteronomy 17:20; Deuteronomy 22:7; Deuteronomy 30:18; Deuteronomy 32:47; Joshua 24:31= Judges 2:7 (with אַחֲרֵי = survive), Proverbs 28:16; Isaiah 53:10; Ecclesiastes 8:13; also (late) without ימים Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:12; (b) id. 1 Kings 3:14 ׳י subject וְהַאֲרַכְתִּי אֶתיָֿמֶיךָ I will prolong thy days; (c) postpone anger Isaiah 48:9 compare Proverbs 19:11 (i.e. shew oneself slow to anger); see also Job 6:11 אַאֲרִיךְ נַפְשִׁי i.e. be patient; (d) literal (but in figure) make long furrows (with ל) Psalm 129:3; tentcords Isaiah 54:2; tongue Isaiah 57:4 (stretch out in mockery). 2 intransitive grow long, continue long (i.e. display length or continuance), subject יָמִים Exodus 20:12 = Deuteronomy 5:16; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 25:15; tarry long Numbers 9:19,22 (subject הֶעָנָן), last (continue) long, (subject כֵּן Proverbs 28:2; be long (literally) of staves of ark 1 Kings 8:8; 2Chronicles 5:9. I. ארך (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew [ אָרַךְ, אָרֵךְ]).
defer, tarry long A primitive root; to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively) -- defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-)long, + (out-, over-)live, tarry (long).
’ar·yêh — 1 Occ.
’ar·yā·wā·ṯā — 8 Occ.
’ar·yā·w·ṯā — 1 Occ.
ḵə·’ar·yêh — 1 Occ.
hā·’ar·yêh — 1 Occ.
’ar·yō·wḵ — 4 Occ.
lə·’ar·yō·wḵ — 2 Occ.
wə·’ar·yō·wḵ — 1 Occ.
’ă·rî·say — 1 Occ.
’a·’ă·rîḵ — 2 Occ.
bə·ha·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ha·’ă·rî·ḵî — 1 Occ.
he·’ĕ·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū — 3 Occ.
ma·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ta·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ta·’ă·rî·ḵū — 3 Occ.
ṯa·’ă·rî·ḵun — 2 Occ.
ū·ma·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ha·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 748
34 Occurrences
’a·’ă·rîḵ — 2 Occ.
’ā·rə·ḵū- — 1 Occ.
bə·ha·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ha·’ă·rî·ḵî — 1 Occ.
he·’ĕ·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
he·’ĕ·rî·ḵū — 3 Occ.
ma·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ta·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ta·’ă·rî·ḵū — 3 Occ.
ṯa·’ă·rî·ḵun — 2 Occ.
ū·ma·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·ha·’ă·rîḵ — 1 Occ.
way·ya·’ă·ri·ḵū — 2 Occ.
wat·te·’ĕ·raḵ·nāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ha·’ă·raḵ·tā — 1 Occ.
wə·ha·’ă·raḵ·tem — 1 Occ.
wə·ha·’a·raḵ·tî — 1 Occ.
ya·’ar·ḵū — 1 Occ.
ya·’ă·rîḵ — 5 Occ.
ya·’ă·rî·ḵū — 1 Occ.
ya·’ă·ri·ḵūn — 3 Occ.
Genesis 26:8
BIB: וַיְהִ֗י כִּ֣י אָֽרְכוּ־ ל֥וֹ שָׁם֙
NAS: he had been there a long time,
KJV: And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time,
INT: came when A long had been there timeExodus 20:12
BIB: אִמֶּ֑ךָ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יַאֲרִכ֣וּן יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל
NAS: that your days may be prolonged in the land
KJV: that thy days may be long upon the land
INT: and your mother because of may be prolonged your days in Numbers 9:19
BIB: וּבְהַאֲרִ֧יךְ הֶֽעָנָ֛ן עַל־
NAS: Even when the cloud lingered over
KJV: And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle
INT: lingered the cloud over Numbers 9:22
BIB: אוֹ־ יָמִ֗ים בְּהַאֲרִ֨יךְ הֶעָנָ֤ן עַל־
NAS: that the cloud lingered over
KJV: that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle,
INT: or A year lingered the cloud over Deuteronomy 4:26
BIB: לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ לֹֽא־ תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן יָמִים֙ עָלֶ֔יהָ
NAS: to possess it. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly
KJV: to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days
INT: to possess shall not live today and Deuteronomy 4:40
BIB: אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וּלְמַ֨עַן תַּאֲרִ֤יךְ יָמִים֙ עַל־
NAS: after you, and that you may live long on the land
KJV: after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days
INT: after because of may live time on Deuteronomy 5:16
BIB: אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן יָמֶ֗יךָ וּלְמַ֙עַן֙
NAS: you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well
KJV: thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well
INT: your God because of may be prolonged your days and that it Deuteronomy 5:33
BIB: וְט֣וֹב לָכֶ֔ם וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּ֣ם יָמִ֔ים בָּאָ֖רֶץ
NAS: and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong [your] days
KJV: and [that it may be] well with you, and [that] ye may prolong [your] days
INT: you may live may be well may prolong days the land Deuteronomy 6:2
BIB: חַיֶּ֑יךָ וּלְמַ֖עַן יַאֲרִכֻ֥ן יָמֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: and that your days may be prolonged.
KJV: and that thy days may be prolonged.
INT: life so may be prolonged your days Deuteronomy 11:9
BIB: וּלְמַ֨עַן תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ עַל־
NAS: so that you may prolong [your] days
KJV: And that ye may prolong [your] days
INT: that you may prolong days on Deuteronomy 17:20
BIB: וּשְׂמֹ֑אול לְמַעַן֩ יַאֲרִ֨יךְ יָמִ֧ים עַל־
NAS: that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom
KJV: or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days
INT: the left so may continue days in Deuteronomy 22:7
BIB: יִ֣יטַב לָ֔ךְ וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖ יָמִֽים׃ ס
NAS: that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
KJV: to thee; that it may be well with thee, and [that] thou mayest prolong [thy] days.
INT: order may be well may prolong your days Deuteronomy 25:15
BIB: לָּ֑ךְ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ יָמֶ֔יךָ עַ֚ל
NAS: that your days may be prolonged in the land
KJV: shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land
INT: shall have because of may be prolonged your days in Deuteronomy 30:18
BIB: תֹּאבֵד֑וּן לֹא־ תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן יָמִים֙ עַל־
NAS: perish. You will not prolong [your] days
KJV: perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days
INT: perish You will not prolong days in Deuteronomy 32:47
BIB: וּבַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֗ה תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ עַל־
NAS: word you will prolong your days
KJV: and through this thing ye shall prolong [your] days
INT: word this will prolong your days in Joshua 24:31
BIB: הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י
NAS: who survived Joshua,
KJV: of the elders that overlived Joshua,
INT: of the elders who defer the days after that Judges 2:7
BIB: הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ יָמִים֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י
NAS: of the elders who survived Joshua, who
KJV: of the elders that outlived Joshua,
INT: of the elders who defer the days after that 1 Kings 3:14
BIB: דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑יךָ וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י אֶת־ יָמֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: walked, then I will prolong your days.
KJV: did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
INT: David your father will prolong your days 1 Kings 8:8
BIB: וַֽיַּאֲרִכוּ֮ הַבַּדִּים֒ וַיֵּרָאוּ֩
NAS: But the poles were so long that the ends
KJV: And they drew out the staves,
INT: long the poles could be seen 2 Chronicles 5:9
BIB: וַֽיַּאֲרִיכוּ֮ הַבַּדִּים֒ וַיֵּרָאוּ֩
NAS: The poles were so long that the ends
KJV: And they drew out the staves
INT: long the poles could be seen Job 6:11
BIB: קִּ֝צִּ֗י כִּֽי־ אַאֲרִ֥יךְ נַפְשִֽׁי׃
NAS: is my end, that I should endure?
KJV: and what [is] mine end, that I should prolong my life?
INT: is my end should prolong any Psalm 129:3
BIB: חָרְשׁ֣וּ חֹרְשִׁ֑ים הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ [לְמַעֲנֹותָם כ]
NAS: upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.
KJV: upon my back: they made long their furrows.
INT: the plowers plowed lengthened furrow Proverbs 19:11
BIB: שֵׂ֣כֶל אָ֭דָם הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ אַפּ֑וֹ וְ֝תִפאַרְתּ֗וֹ
NAS: discretion makes him slow to anger,
KJV: of a man deferreth his anger;
INT: discretion A man's makes to anger is his glory Proverbs 28:2
BIB: יֹ֝דֵ֗עַ כֵּ֣ן יַאֲרִֽיךְ׃
NAS: [and] knowledge, so it endures.
KJV: the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.
INT: knowledge so endures Proverbs 28:16
BIB: ק) בֶ֝֗צַע יַאֲרִ֥יךְ יָמִֽים׃ פ
NAS: unjust gain will prolong [his] days.
KJV: covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
INT: enemy unjust will prolong days 34 Occurrences
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