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Prolong
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prṓ - long ´ ( ארך , 'ārakh , משׁך , māshakh ): "Prolong," "prolonged" are the translations of 'ārakh , "to stretch," "to make long" ( Deuteronomy 4:26 , and frequently, "prolong days"; Deuteronomy 4:40 , etc.; Job 6:11 the King James Version; Proverbs 28:16; Ecclesiastes 7:15; Ecclesiastes 8:13; Isaiah 53:10 ); of māshakh , "to draw out" (Isaiah 13:22; Ezekiel 12:25 , Ezekiel 12:28 the King James Version); of yāṣaph , "to add," "to increase" (Psalm 61:6; Proverbs 10:27 ); of nāṭāh , "to stretch out," "to incline to" (Job 15:29 , "neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth," the American Standard Revised Version "neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth," margin "their produce bend to the earth"; the English Revised Version reverses text and margin); of 'arekhāh (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:12 , "Yet their lives were prolonged," the King James Version margin "A prolonging in life was given them"). "Prolong" occurs in Ecclesiasticus 29:5, "prolong the time" (parelkúō ); 38:14, "prolong life," the Revised Version (British and American) "maintenance of life" (embı́ōsis ); 30:22, "prolongeth his days," the Revised Version (British and American) "length of days" (makroēméreusis ); 37:31, the Revised Version (British and American) "shall prolong" (prostı́thēmi ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Prolong'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/p/prolong.html. 1915.
