Orekh אֹ֫רֶךְ

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Orekh
אֹ֫רֶךְ
Transliterationorekh
Strong's numberH753
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosslength
Occurrences95 in 90 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (38)

Orekh (Hebrew אֹ֫רֶךְ, Strong's H753) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “length”. It occurs 95 times in 90 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) length
1a) physical length
1b) of time
2) forbearance, self-restraint (of patience)

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

Translated as

KJVlength (70), long (21), ever (2), high (1)
BSBlong (61), length (13), its length (2), through its length (1), longer (1), he will prolong (1), total (1), high (1), comes with long (1), forever (1), all the days (1), through patience (1), and 5 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Deuteronomy

Judges

1 Kings

2 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Zechariah

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).
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