אָרֵךְ (ʾārēk) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning long. It appears
15 times
in 11 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H750).
Also rendered
slow
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 162b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 162b)long; patient, slow
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָרֵךְadjective: long
Strong's H750אָרֵךְ: long KJV:long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).
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.
Root family 162: אָרַךְʾārak — be long; prolong, grow long, continue long; be, make; defer, draw out, lengthen, live, tarry