Arakh אָרַךְ

Arakh (Hebrew אָרַךְ, Strong's H748) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to prolong”. It occurs 34 times in 34 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Arakh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 26:8
  And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

Exodus

• Exodus 20:12
  Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Numbers

• Numbers 9:19
  And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
• Numbers 9:22
  Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.

Deuteronomy

• 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 your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly 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 thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever.Keep His statutes and commandments, which I am giving you today, so that you and your children after you may prosper, and that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you for all time.
• Deuteronomy 5:16
  Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• 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 your days in the land which ye shall possess.You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will 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.so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
• Deuteronomy 11:9
  And that ye may prolong 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.and so that you may live long in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give them and their descendants, a land flowing 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 his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.Then his heart will not be exalted above his countrymen, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left, in order that he and his sons may reign many years over his kingdom in 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 thy days.You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your 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 in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
• Deuteronomy 30:18
  I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
• Deuteronomy 32:47
  For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Joshua

• Joshua 24:31
  And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

Judges

• Judges 2:7
  And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

1 Kings

• 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 thy days.So if you walk in My ways and keep My statutes and commandments, just as your father David did, I will prolong your days.”
• 1 Kings 8:8
  And they drew out 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.The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 5:9
  And they drew out 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.The poles of the ark extended far enough that their ends were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

Job

• Job 6:11
  What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?

Psalms

• Psalm 129:3
  The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 19:11
  The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
• 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.A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
• Proverbs 28:16
  The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.

Ecclesiastes

• 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 his life in his wickedness.In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
• Ecclesiastes 8:12
  Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13
  But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 48:9
  For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut 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 his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will 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 thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
• Isaiah 57:4
  Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,Whom are you mocking? At whom do you snarl and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 12:22
  Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth?“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
• 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 because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the field. Its branches multiplied, and its boughs grew long as it spread them out because of the abundant waters.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).