748. arak
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arak: to be long
Original Word: אָרַך
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: arak
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rak')
Short Definition: prolong

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be long
NASB Translation
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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[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]).





Strong's
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).

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