STRONGS NUMBER H750


Word Summary
arek: long
Original Word: אָרֵךְ
Transliteration: arek
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rake')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: long
Meaning: long
Strong's Concordance
longsuffering patient, slow to anger

From 'arak; long -- long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).

see HEBREW 'arak

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H750. arek

[אָרֵךְ‎] adjective long — only construct אֶרֶךְExodus 34:6 14t. — ׳א הָאֵבֶרlong of pinion Ezekiel 17:3 ("" הַכְּנָפַיִם גְּדוֺל‎) of eagle, in metaphor; elsewhere always of feelings, as substantive Ecclesiastes 7:8 ׳א רוּחַthe patient of spirit (opposed to ר ׳גְּבַהּ‎); ׳א אַמַּיִםone slow to anger Proverbs 14:29 (opposed to קְצַררֿוּחַ‎), so 15:18 (opposed to חֵמָה אִישׁ‎), 16:32 ("" בְּרוּחוֺ משֵׁל‎); more often of ׳א אַפַיִם ׳י,‎, Exodus 34:6 א וְחַנּוּן ׳רַחוּם וֶאֱמֶת וְרַבחֶֿסֶד אַמַּיִם‎ compare Numbers 14:18; Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 86:15; 103:8; 145:8; so + עַלהָֿרָעָה וְנִחָםJoel 2:13 compare Jonah 4:2 (where אֵל‎), ׳א כֹּחַ וּגְדוֺל אַמַּיִםNahum 1:3; אַמְּךָ לְאֶרֶךְ‎ only Jeremiah 15:15, ׳א‎ apparently noun; read אֹרֶךְ‎ ? compare Proverbs 25:15.