ʼărûwkâh — H724

Definition

feminine noun

wholeness (literally or figuratively)

1. healing, restoration

Usually translated as

health, perfected, made up

Origin

or ʼărukâh; feminine passive participle of H748 (in the sense of restoring to soundness)

• ʼârak (H748)

Greek equivalents

• íama (G2386)
• íasis (G2392)

Occurrences

ʼărûwkâh occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3)

• 2 Chronicles 24:13 — So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected (אֲרוּכָ֛ה) by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it.
• Nehemiah 4:7 — But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up (אֲרוּכָה֙), and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
• Isaiah 58:8 — Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health (וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖) shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward.
• Jeremiah 8:22 — Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health (אֲרֻכַ֖ת) of the daughter of my people recovered?
• Jeremiah 30:17 — For I will restore health (אֲרֻכָ֥ה) unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.
• Jeremiah 33:6 — Behold, I will bring it health (אֲרֻכָ֥ה) and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.