Usually translated as
prolong, long, lengthen, defer, draw out, live, outlive, overlive, tarry
Occurrences
ʼârak occurs 34 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (11), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (4), Ezekiel (2)
- Genesis 26:8 — And it came to pass, when he had been there a long (אָֽרְכוּ) time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
- Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long (יַאֲרִכ֣וּן) upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Numbers 9:19 — And when the cloud tarried long (וּבְהַאֲרִ֧יךְ) upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
- Numbers 9:22 — Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried (בְּהַאֲרִ֨יךְ) upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
- Deuteronomy 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong (תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן) your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong (תַּאֲרִ֤יךְ) thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
- Deuteronomy 5:16 — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged (יַאֲרִיכֻ֣ן), and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deuteronomy 5:33 — Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong (וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּ֣ם) your days in the land which ye shall possess.
- Deuteronomy 6:2 — That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged (יַאֲרִכֻ֥ן).
- Deuteronomy 11:9 — And that ye may prolong (תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ) your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 17:20 — That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong (יַאֲרִ֨יךְ) his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
- Deuteronomy 22:7 — But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong (וְהַאֲרַכְתָּ֖) thy days.
- Deuteronomy 25:15 — But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened (יַאֲרִ֣יכוּ) in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deuteronomy 30:18 — I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong (תַאֲרִיכֻ֤ן) your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong (תַּאֲרִ֤יכוּ) your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Joshua 24:31 — And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived (הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ) Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel.
- Judges 2:7 — And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived (הֶאֱרִ֤יכוּ) Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel.
- 1 Kings 3:14 — And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen (וְהַאַרַכְתִּ֖י) thy days.
- 1 Kings 8:8 — And they drew out (וַֽיַּאֲרִכוּ֮) the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.
- 2 Chronicles 5:9 — And they drew out (וַֽיַּאֲרִיכוּ֮) the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
- Job 6:11 — What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong (אַאֲרִ֥יךְ) my life?
- Psalms 129:3 — The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long (הֶ֝אֱרִ֗יכוּ) their furrows.
- Proverbs 19:11 — The discretion of a man deferreth (הֶאֱרִ֣יךְ) his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
- Proverbs 28:2 — For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged (יַאֲרִֽיךְ).
- Proverbs 28:16 — The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong (יַאֲרִ֥יךְ) his days.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15 — All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth (מַאֲרִ֖יךְ) his life in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 8:12 — Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged (וּמַאֲרִ֣יךְ), yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
- Ecclesiastes 8:13 — But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong (יַאֲרִ֥יךְ) his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
- Isaiah 48:9 — For my name’s sake will I defer (אַאֲרִ֣יךְ) mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
- Isaiah 53:10 — Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong (יַאֲרִ֣יךְ) his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Isaiah 54:2 — Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen (הַאֲרִ֙יכִי֙) thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
- Isaiah 57:4 — Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out (תַּאֲרִ֣יכוּ) the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
- Ezekiel 12:22 — Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged (יַֽאַרְכוּ֙), and every vision faileth?
- Ezekiel 31:5 — Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long (וַתֶּאֱרַ֧כְנָה) because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.