Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼârak

aw-rak'

אָרַךְ

What it means

to be long

to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • prolong12
  • long5
  • prolonged3
  • lengthen2
  • drew2
  • tarried1
  • lengthened1
  • overlived1

Every place it appears 32

Genesis26:8
Exodus20:12
Numbers9:199:22
Joshua24:31
Judges2:7
1 Kings3:148:8
2 Chronicles5:9
Job6:11
Psalms129:3
Proverbs19:1128:16
Ecclesiastes7:158:128:13
Ezekiel12:2231:5