אָרַךְ (a.rakh) means “to prolong” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-rak' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אָרַךְ · a.rakh · to prolong
1) 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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a primitive root; to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| you may live long | 3 |
| extended far enough | 2 |
| lengthen | 2 |
| may be long | 2 |
| outlived | 2 |
| and prolong | 1 |
| and stick out | 1 |
| and still lives long | 1 |
| and that you may prolong | 1 |
| gives him patience | 1 |
| go by | 1 |
| grew long | 1 |
| he will prolong | 1 |
| i will delay | 1 |
| i will prolong | 1 |
| lingered | 1 |
| live long | 1 |
| living long | 1 |
| long | 1 |
| maintains order | 1 |
| may be prolonged | 1 |
| may reign | 1 |
| should be patient | 1 |
| the cloud lingered | 1 |
| will prolong | 1 |
| you shall not prolong | 1 |
| you will live long | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and they drew out | 2 |
| may be prolonged | 2 |
| and it came to pass when he had been there a long | 1 |
| and that ye may prolong | 1 |
| are prolonged | 1 |
| be prolonged | 1 |
| became long | 1 |
| deferreth | 1 |
| draw out | 1 |
| he shall prolong | 1 |
| it ye shall not prolong | 1 |
| may be lengthened | 1 |
| may be long | 1 |
| neither shall he prolong | 1 |
| not lengthen | 1 |
| sake will i defer | 1 |
| shall be prolonged | 1 |
| shall prolong | 1 |
| tarried | 1 |
| tarried long | 1 |
| that i should prolong | 1 |
| that outlived | 1 |
| that overlived | 1 |
| that prolongeth | 1 |
| thee and that thou mayest prolong | 1 |
| then i will lengthen | 1 |
| they made long | 1 |
| thou mayest prolong | 1 |
| to the end that he may prolong | 1 |
| ye may prolong | 1 |
| ye shall not prolong | 1 |
| ye shall prolong | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 34 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.
Read word by wordHonor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read word by wordEven when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
Read word by wordWhether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
Read word by wordI call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Read word by wordKeep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
Read word by wordHonor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordso that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
Read word by wordand so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
Read word by wordThen his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in Israel.
Read word by wordYou may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordI declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
Read word by wordFor they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
Read word by wordIsrael had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.
Read word by wordAnd the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.
Read word by wordSo if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
Read word by wordThe poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
Read word by wordThe poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
Read word by wordWhat strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
Read word by wordThe plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Read word by wordA man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Read word by wordA land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
Read word by wordA leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
Read word by wordIn my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
Read word by wordAlthough a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Read word by wordYet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Read word by wordFor the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.
Read word by wordYet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
Read word by word“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
Read word by wordWhom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,
Read word by word“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
Read word by wordTherefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.
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