אָרַךְ
a.rakh
“to prolong”
Definition
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
a primitive root;
- to be long, prolong 1a) (Qal) to be long 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to prolong (days) 1b2) to make long (tent cords) 1b3) to grow long, continue long Aramaic equivalent: a.rakh (*אֲרִיךְ *"be proper" H0749)
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Occurrences
אָרַךְ appears 34 times in the Old Testament.
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Key Passages
So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
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Whom are you mocking?At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue?Are you not children of transgression,offspring of deceit,
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