Hebrew wordʼârêkaw-rake'אָרֵךְWhat it meanslongWhere it comes fromfrom ʼârak (אָרַךְ)How the King James translates itslow9longsuffering2patient1Every place it appears 12Exodus34:6Numbers14:18Nehemiah9:17Psalms103:8145:8Proverbs14:2915:1816:32Ecclesiastes7:8Joel2:13Jonah4:2Nahum1:3