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Strong's #753 - אֹרֶךְ
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
- length
- physical length
- of time
- forbearance, self-restraint (of patience)
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this Strong's Number
1448) kr (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?: The pictograph r is a picture of the head of a man, the k is a picture of the palm representing a covering. Combined these mean "man covered". The reproductive organs of the male including the lower abdomen which are always covered.
A) kr (רכ RK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.
Nm) kr (רכ RK) - Tender: KJV (16): tender, soft, weak - Strongs: H7390 (רַךְ)
B) kkr (רככ RKK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.
V) kkr (רככ RKK) - Soft: To be soft. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Pual) tender, faint, mollified, soft - Strongs: H7401 (רָכַךְ)
C) kra (ארכ ARK) AC: ? CO: Long AB: ?: From the male reproductive organ.
V) kra (ארכ ARK) - Prolong: To lengthen or delay. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (35): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) prolong, long, lengthen, draw out, defer, tarry - Strongs: H748 (אָרַךְ), H749 (אַרִיךְ)
Nm) kra (ארכ ARK) - Slow: To be long in patience or time. KJV (15): slow, longsuffering, patient - Strongs: H750 (אָרֵךְ)
Nf1) ekra (ארכה ARKH) - Lengthening: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): lengthening - Strongs: H754 (אַרְכָה)
cm) kfra (ארוכ ARWK) - Long: KJV (3): long, longer - Strongs: H752 (אָרֹךְ)
df1) ekfra (ארוכה ARWKH) - Repair: A reconstruction or healing that causes longer life. KJV (6): health, perfected, made - Strongs: H724 (אֲרֻכָה)
gm) krfa (אורכ AWRK) - Length: KJV (95): length, long, ever, high - Strongs: H753 (אֹרֶךְ)
J) kfr (רוכ RWK) AC: ? CO: Tender AB: ?: The tenderness of the loins.
Nm) kfr (רוכ RWK) - Tender: KJV (1): tender - Strongs: H7391 (רֹךְ)
L) kri (ירכ YRK) AC: ? CO: Loins AB: ?
Nf ) kri (ירכ YRK) - Loins: KJV (34): thigh, side, shaft, loins, body - Strongs: H3409 (יָרֵךְ)
Nf1) ekri (ירכה YRKH) - Loins: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (29): thigh - Strongs: H3410 (יַרְכָה), H3411 (יְרֵכָה)
am) krfm (מורכ MWRK) - Faint: From a blow to the loins. KJV (1): faintness - Strongs: H4816 (מֹרֶךְ)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
a. length of ark Genesis 6:15 (P), of land of Canaan Genesis 13:17 (J); most often of ark & other measurements in tabernacle & temple Exodus 25:10,17; Exodus 26:2,8; Exodus 27:1,9 + (22t. Exodus , P), 1 Kings 6:2,3,20 + (13t. Kings & Chronicles), Ezekiel 40:7,11,18 + (41t. Ezekiel), etc.
b. of timeיָמִים ׳א Deuteronomy 30:20; Job 12:12; Psalm 21:5; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 91:16; Psalm 93:5; Proverbs 3:2,16; Lamentations 5:20.
c.אַמַּיִם ׳א forbearance, self-restraint, Proverbs 25:15. — ( Ezekiel 31:7 ᵐ5ᵑ6 Co read רֹב for אֹרֶךְ, compare Ezekiel 31:5 where Co strike out verb ארך; Ezekiel 41:22 read probably אדנוᵐ5 Sm, or אדניו Co = base.)
אֹרֶךְ with suff. אָרְכּוֹ m. length, Genesis 6:15; Exodus 26:2, seq.; 27:1, seq.; אֹרֶךְ יָמִים “length of days,” longevity, Psalms 21:5, 91:16 לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים “so long as I live” [this would greatly limit the sense]; Psalms 23:6 אֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם patience, Proverbs 25:15.