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אֲרוּכָה

𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤊𐤄

ʼărûwkâh

H724 noun

SILEX Entry

Root ארך to make long, restore, prolong

Definition

Physical restoration, especially the process or result of healing and making whole (mainly of a wound or injury); extension to figurative restoration or renewal of an individual or a community. The term refers particularly to the process by which something previously injured or broken is repaired or brought to a state of wholeness, either physically (as in wound healing), socially, or spiritually.

Semantic Range

healing (of a wound), restoration to wholeness, renewal (physical or figurative), repair, recovery from injury, process of being restored, making whole

Root / Etymology

From the Hebrew root אָרַךְ (ארך), meaning 'to lengthen, make long, restore'. אֲרוּכָה is a feminine noun form, likely derived from the passive participle form, indicating 'being made long' or 'restored'. In usage, it refers less to literal lengthening than to the result of that process—restoration or healing.

Historical & Contextual Notes

Used in both literal and metaphorical senses within the Hebrew Bible, אֲרוּכָה primarily appears in poetic or prophetic passages (e.g., Jeremiah 8:22; 30:17; Isaiah 58:8; Ezekiel 47:8). The primary context is medical—wound healing or recovery from an injury (e.g., of the body or of a community after calamity). Over time, the word's usage expands from literal medical healing to figurative renewal, especially as prophets speak of the restoration of Israel after periods of crisis. In English translations, it is at times rendered narrowly as 'healing', but the term carries the broader sense of restoration to wholeness. It does not denote perfect health or a permanent state but emphasizes the process and result of repair after harm. Distinct from other Hebrew terms for healing (e.g., רְפוּאָה), אֲרוּכָה stresses wholeness and the mending of what was broken, not merely the cessation of illness. Later Jewish and rabbinic literature preserves this nuance, although the word becomes rare outside biblical contexts.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

or אֲרֻכָה; feminine passive participle of אָרַךְ (in the sense of restoring to soundness); wholeness (literally or figuratively); health, made up, perfected.

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Root Family

ארך (ʾ-r-k) — to make long, restore, prolong

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H216 אוֹר length of
H748 אָרַךְ I will lengthen
H749 אֲרַךְ sufficient
H750 אָרֵךְ long-of
H751 אֶרֶךְ and Erek

Word Forms

3 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H724-01 אֲרֻכָ֥ה arukhah HNcfsa health restored wholeness 4
H724-03 וַ/אֲרֻכָתְ/ךָ֖ vaarukhatekha HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms and your healing your restoration to wholeness 1
H724-02 אֲרֻכַ֖ת arukhat HNcfsc the healing restoration-of 1

Occurrences in Scripture

6 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H724-03 Isaiah 58:8 וַ/אֲרֻכָתְ/ךָ֖ vaarukhatekha HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms and your healing your restoration to wholeness
H724-02 Jeremiah 8:22 אֲרֻכַ֖ת arukhat HNcfsc the healing restoration-of
H724-01 Jeremiah 30:17 אֲרֻכָ֥ה arukhah HNcfsa health restored wholeness
H724-01 Jeremiah 33:6 אֲרֻכָ֥ה arukhah HNcfsa health restored wholeness
H724-01 Nehemiah 4:1 אֲרוּכָה֙ arukhah HNcfsa the repair restored wholeness
H724-01 2 Chronicles 24:13 אֲרוּכָ֛ה arukhah HNcfsa lengthening restored wholeness
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