Hebrew · H748, G3115 · unreviewed

אֶרֶךְ

To be (causative, make ) long (literally or figuratively) · patience

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אָרַךְ H748 to be (causative, make ) long (literally or figuratively)

Pronunciation ʾārakĕ

Extends duration through time; often applied to life-span or delaying action; God lengthens days as blessing.

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μακροθυμία G3115 patience

Pronunciation makrothymía

Steadfast forbearance under provocation or hardship; God's restraint from judgment despite human sin.

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What does אֶרֶךְ (erek) mean in the Bible?

אָרַךְ · μακροθυμία is a Hebrew word meaning "long, patient, slow".

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Meaning

long, patient, slow

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 18×

Imperfect Deut 17:20 · Eccl 8:13 · Isa 53:10 · Prov 28:2 · Prov 28:16 · Deut 11:9 · Deut 32:47 · Isa 57:4 · Isa 48:9 · Job 6:11 · Deut 4:40 · Deut 25:15 12×

Perfect Josh 24:31 · Judg 2:7 · Ps 129:3 · Prov 19:11 4×

Participle active Eccl 7:15 1×

Sequential imperfect Isa 54:2 1×

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 2×

Imperfect Ezek 12:22 1×

Perfect Gen 26:8 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 20 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 13 Perfect 5 Participle 1 Imperative 1

Stem

Hiphil 18 Qal 2

Mood

Indicative/jussive 11 Indicative 5 Indicative/cohortative 2 Imperative 1

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New Ephesians 4 — Walking Worthy: Unity, Maturity, and the New Life in Christ Romans 9 — God’s Faithfulness, Sovereign Mercy, and Israel’s Stumbling Over Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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