What does אֲרוּכָה (ʾărûkāh) mean in the Bible?
אֲרוּכָה (ʾărûkāh): Comprehensive restoration or healing, moving from physical mending to relational and spiritual wholeness
Hebrew · H724
אֲרוּכָה
Wholeness (literally or figuratively)
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אֲרוּכָה H724
Pronunciation ʾărûkāh
What does אֲרוּכָה (ʾărûkāh) mean in the Bible?
אֲרוּכָה (ʾărûkāh): Comprehensive restoration or healing, moving from physical mending to relational and spiritual wholeness
Full entry for אֲרוּכָה (H724) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H724?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include the repair (2), and your healing (1), has the health (1), health (1), your health (1).
Where does אֲרוּכָה (ʾărûkāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Chronicles 24:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (3), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Nehemiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It the repair 2× 2 Chronicles 24:13, Nehemiah 4:7
and your healing 1× Isaiah 58:8
has the health 1× Jeremiah 8:22
health 1× Jeremiah 33:6
your health 1× Jeremiah 30:17
Show sample aligned rows
2 Chronicles 24:13 אֲרוּכָ֛ה to the repair Noun - feminine singular Nehemiah 4:7 אֲרוּכָה֙ to the repair Noun - feminine singular Isaiah 58:8 וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖ to and your healing Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Jeremiah 8:22 אֲרֻכַ֖ת to has the health Noun - feminine singular construct Jeremiah 30:17 אֲרֻכָ֥ה to your health Noun - feminine singular Jeremiah 33:6 אֲרֻכָ֥ה to health Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 2 Chronicles 24:13
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 4
2 Chronicles 1 Nehemiah 1 Isaiah 1 Jeremiah 3
Source forms
אֲרֻכָ֥ה 2x ’ă·ru·ḵāh Jeremiah 30:17, Jeremiah 33:6
אֲרוּכָ֛ה 1x ’ă·rū·ḵāh 2 Chronicles 24:13
אֲרוּכָה֙ 1x ’ă·rū·ḵāh Nehemiah 4:7
אֲרֻכַ֖ת 1x ’ă·ru·ḵaṯ Jeremiah 8:22
וַאֲרֻכָתְךָ֖ 1x wa·’ă·ru·ḵā·ṯə·ḵā Isaiah 58:8
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 4x 2 Chronicles 24:13, Nehemiah 4:7, Jeremiah 30:17, Jeremiah 33:6
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 58:8
Noun - feminine singular construct 1x Jeremiah 8:22
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Comprehensive restoration or healing, moving from physical mending to relational and spiritual wholeness
Source Gloss
wholeness (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Comprehensive restoration or healing, moving from physical mending to relational and spiritual wholeness
wholeness (literally or figuratively) BDB: healing Usage: health, made up, perfected.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֲרוּכָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain