אָרַךְ
ʾārak
be long
Strong's H748VerbHebrewTWOT 162

אָרַךְ (ʾārak) is a Hebrew verb meaning be long. It appears 34 times in 14 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H748).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 162)

Range of meaning (TWOT 162)be long; prolong, grow long, continue long; be, make; defer, draw out, lengthen, live, tarry
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָרַךְ verb: be long

Strong's H748 אָרַךְ: to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV:defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 26:8Exodus 20:12Numbers 9:19

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