Occurrences
ʼârêk occurs 15 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (1), Numbers (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (3), Proverbs (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Joel (1), Jonah (1), Nahum (1)
- Exodus 34:6 — And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering (אֶ֥רֶךְ), and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Numbers 14:18 — The LORD is longsuffering (אֶ֤רֶךְ), and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
- Nehemiah 9:17 — And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow (אֶֽרֶךְ) to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
- Psalms 86:15 — But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering (אֶ֥רֶךְ), and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- Psalms 103:8 — The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow (אֶ֖רֶךְ) to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
- Psalms 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow (אֶ֥רֶךְ) to anger, and of great mercy.
- Proverbs 14:29 — He that is slow (אֶ֣רֶךְ) to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
- Proverbs 15:18 — A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow (וְאֶ֥רֶך) to anger appeaseth strife.
- Proverbs 16:32 — He that is slow (אֶ֣רֶךְ) to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.
- Ecclesiastes 7:8 — Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient (אֶֽרֶךְ) in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
- Jeremiah 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering (לְאֶ֥רֶךְ): know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
- Ezekiel 17:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged (אֶ֣רֶךְ), full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
- Joel 2:13 — And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow (אֶ֤רֶךְ) to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow (אֶ֤רֶךְ) to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
- Nahum 1:3 — The LORD is slow (אֶ֤רֶךְ) to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.