אֹרֶךְ (H753) — Hebrew Lexicon

אֹרֶךְ

𐤀𐤓𐤊

ʼôrek

H753 noun

SILEX Entry

Root ארך to be long, to prolong, to extend

Definition

The condition or quality of being extended longitudinally; length; extension or duration over a period of space or time. In concrete applications, refers to linear measurement (e.g. dimensions of objects or locations). In abstract or temporal contexts, refers to duration, especially in phrases denoting a prolonged period (e.g. 'length of days' signifying longevity or extension of life).

Semantic Range

length (spatial measurement), duration (temporal extension), longevity, enduring period, prolonged existence

Root / Etymology

From the root אָרַךְ (ארך), meaning 'to be long, to prolong, to lengthen.' The noun form אֹרֶךְ ('ôrek) denotes the state or measurement of length or duration, both in physical and temporal senses.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The noun אֹרֶךְ appears primarily in descriptive and formulaic expressions, most prominently in narrative, administrative, and poetic passages. Spatially, it is used to indicate the length of structures (e.g. buildings or sacred objects, Exodus 25:10), territories, or routes. Temporally, it is most significant in expressions such as אֹרֶךְ יָמִים ('length of days'), which denotes a long lifespan or the hope for enduring well-being. In later biblical and Second Temple texts, its temporal sense becomes increasingly abstract, sometimes approaching the idea of 'forever,' yet always retaining some sense of measurable extension. English translations sometimes limit the word to 'length,' but context often nuances whether spatial or temporal extension is intended. It does not carry the theological connotations that 'forever' or 'eternity' may have in later usage. Contrast with related terms such as רֹחַב (width) and גֹּבַהּ (height) for spatial measurements, and יָמִים (days) or עוֹלָם (everlasting; remote time) for temporal concepts.

Translation Consistency

primary "length" 95 occurrences

אֹרֶךְ primarily denotes the measure or extent of something — spatial extension or temporal duration. “Length” is the most natural, widely used English term covering both concrete (linear measurement) and abstract/temporal senses, and it matches the overwhelming existing renderings (62/95) in the source data.

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Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from אָרַךְ; length; [phrase] forever, length, long.

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Root Family

ארך (ʾ-r-k) — to be long, to extend, to prolong

Strong's	Lemma	SIBI-P1
H216	אוֹר	length of
H724	אֲרוּכָה	restored wholeness
H748	אָרַךְ	I will lengthen
H749	אֲרַךְ	sufficient
H750	אָרֵךְ	long-of
H751	אֶרֶךְ	and Erek
H752	אָרֹךְ	long, extended
H754	אַרְכָּא	she was long
H756	אַרְכְּוַי	the Erekhites
H757	אַרְכִּי	the Archite

Word Forms

12 distinct forms

SIDANCE	Surface	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2	Occurrences
`H753-10`	אֹ֚רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of	47
`H753-03`	אָרְכּ֗/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length	21
`H753-01`	אָרְכָּ֔/הּ	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length	6
`H753-12`	וְ/אֹ֣רֶךְ	veorekhe	`HC/Ncmsc`	and length	and length of	and length of	5
`H753-11`	וְ/אָרְכּ֖/וֹ	veareko	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and-its-length	and his length	and its length	3
`H753-05`	בְּ/אֹ֖רֶךְ	beorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the length	in length of	in length of	3
`H753-09`	לְ/אֹ֣רֶךְ	leorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	for length	for your length	for your length	3
`H753-04`	בָּ/אֹ֔רֶךְ	baorekhe	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in length	in the length	in the length	2
`H753-06`	הָ/אֹ֡רֶךְ	haorekhe	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the length	the length	the length	2
`H753-07`	כְּ/אָרְכָּ֖/ן	kearekan	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fp`	like their length	like their length	like their length	1
`H753-02`	אָרְכָּ֖/ם	arekam	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	their length	their length	their length	1
`H753-08`	לְ/אָרְכָּ֖/הּ	learekah	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	for her length	through its length	1

Occurrences in Scripture

95 occurrences

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SIDANCE	Reference	Word	Transliteration	Morphology	Common	SIBI-P1	SIBI-P2
`H753-10`	Genesis 6:15	אֹ֚רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	[the] length	length of	length of
`H753-08`	Genesis 13:17	לְ/אָרְכָּ֖/הּ	learekah	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	for her length	through its length
`H753-03`	Exodus 25:10	אָרְכּ֗/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-01`	Exodus 25:17	אָרְכָּ֔/הּ	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Exodus 25:23	אָרְכּ/וֹ֙	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	Exodus 26:2	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 26:8	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-05`	Exodus 26:13	בְּ/אֹ֖רֶךְ	beorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the length	in length of	in length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 26:16	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 27:1	אֹ֜רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	[its] length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 27:9	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	long	length of	length of
`H753-04`	Exodus 27:11	בָּ/אֹ֔רֶךְ	baorekhe	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in length	in the length	in the length
`H753-10`	Exodus 27:11	אֹ֑רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	cubits long	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 27:18	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	Exodus 28:16	אָרְכּ֖/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Exodus 30:2	אָרְכּ֜/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	Exodus 36:9	אֹ֜רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 36:15	אֹ֜רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Exodus 36:21	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	Exodus 37:1	אָרְכּ֗/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-01`	Exodus 37:6	אָרְכָּ֔/הּ	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Exodus 37:10	אָרְכּ/וֹ֙	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Exodus 37:25	אָרְכּ/וֹ֩	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Exodus 38:1	אָרְכּ֜/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	Exodus 38:18	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	Exodus 39:9	אָרְכּ֛/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its-length	its length	its length
`H753-01`	Deuteronomy 3:11	אָרְכָּ֗/הּ	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-12`	Deuteronomy 30:20	וְ/אֹ֣רֶךְ	veorekhe	`HC/Ncmsc`	and length	and length of	and length of
`H753-01`	Judges 3:16	אָרְכָּ֑/הּ	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	1 Kings 6:2	אָרְכּ֖/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	1 Kings 6:3	אָרְכּ֔/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its-length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	1 Kings 6:20	אֹ֜רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	its length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	1 Kings 7:2	אָרְכּ/וֹ֙	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	1 Kings 7:6	אָרְכּ֔/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	1 Kings 7:27	אֹ֚רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-05`	Ezekiel 31:7	בְּ/אֹ֖רֶךְ	beorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	in the length	in length of	in length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:7	אֹ֨רֶךְ֙	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	long	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:11	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:18	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	Ezekiel 40:20	אָרְכּ֖/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Ezekiel 40:21	אָרְכּ֔/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its-length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:25	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:29	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:30	אֹ֗רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:33	אֹ֚רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:36	אֹ֚רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:42	אֹרֶךְ֩	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:47	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 40:49	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	Ezekiel 41:2	אָרְכּ/וֹ֙	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	Ezekiel 41:4	אָרְכּ֜/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-11`	Ezekiel 41:12	וְ/אָרְכּ֖/וֹ	veareko	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and-its-length	and his length	and its length
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 41:13	אֹ֖רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 41:13	אֹ֖רֶךְ	orekhe-2	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 41:15	אֹֽרֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-11`	Ezekiel 41:22	וְ/אָרְכּ֣/וֹ	veareko	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and-its-length	and his length	and its length
`H753-11`	Ezekiel 41:22	וְ/אָרְכּ֥/וֹ	veareko-2	`HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms`	and-its-length	and his length	and its length
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 42:2	אֹ֨רֶךְ֙	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	the length	length of	length of
`H753-03`	Ezekiel 42:7	אָרְכּ֖/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 42:8	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-07`	Ezekiel 42:11	כְּ/אָרְכָּ֖/ן	kearekan	`HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fp`	like their length	like their length	like their length
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 42:20	אֹ֚רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 43:16	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 43:17	אֹ֗רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	long	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 45:1	אֹ֗רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 45:1	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe-2	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 45:3	אֹ֗רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 45:5	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	in length	length of	length of
`H753-12`	Ezekiel 45:6	וְ/אֹ֗רֶךְ	veorekhe	`HC/Ncmsc`	and length	and length of	and length of
`H753-12`	Ezekiel 45:7	וְ/אֹ֗רֶךְ	veorekhe	`HC/Ncmsa`	and length	and length of	and length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 46:22	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	long	length of	length of
`H753-12`	Ezekiel 48:8	וְ/אֹ֜רֶךְ	veorekhe	`HC/Ncmsa`	and length	and length of	and length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 48:9	אֹ֗רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 48:10	אֹ֕רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 48:13	אֹ֔רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	in length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Ezekiel 48:13	אֹ֗רֶךְ	orekhe-2	`HNcmsa`	length	length of	length of
`H753-04`	Ezekiel 48:18	בָּ/אֹ֜רֶךְ	baorekhe	`HRd/Ncmsa`	in-the-length	in the length	in the length
`H753-01`	Zechariah 2:6	אָרְכָּֽ/הּ	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-01`	Zechariah 5:2	אָרְכָּ/הּ֙	arekah	`HNcmsc/Sp3fs`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-10`	Psalms 21:5	אֹ֥רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-09`	Psalms 23:6	לְ/אֹ֣רֶךְ	leorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	for length	for your length	for length of
`H753-10`	Psalms 91:16	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-09`	Psalms 93:5	לְ/אֹ֣רֶךְ	leorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	for length	for your length	for your length
`H753-10`	Proverbs 3:2	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-10`	Proverbs 3:16	אֹ֣רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsc`	length	length of	length of
`H753-05`	Proverbs 25:15	בְּ/אֹ֣רֶךְ	beorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	by long-suffering	in length of	in length of
`H753-12`	Job 12:12	וְ/אֹ֖רֶךְ	veorekhe	`HC/Ncmsc`	and length	and length of	and length of
`H753-09`	Lamentations 5:20	לְ/אֹ֥רֶךְ	leorekhe	`HR/Ncmsc`	for length	for your length	for your length
`H753-06`	2 Chronicles 3:3	הָ/אֹ֡רֶךְ	haorekhe	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the length	the length	the length
`H753-06`	2 Chronicles 3:4	הָ/אֹ֜רֶךְ	haorekhe	`HTd/Ncmsa`	the-length	the length	the length
`H753-03`	2 Chronicles 3:8	אָרְכּ֞/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-02`	2 Chronicles 3:11	אָרְכָּ֖/ם	arekam	`HNcmsc/Sp3mp`	their length	their length	their length
`H753-10`	2 Chronicles 3:15	אֹ֑רֶךְ	orekhe	`HNcmsa`	high	length of	length of
`H753-03`	2 Chronicles 4:1	אָרְכּ֔/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length
`H753-03`	2 Chronicles 6:13	אָרְכּ֗/וֹ	areko	`HNcmsc/Sp3ms`	its length	its length	its length

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