אֲרוּכָהʼărûwkâh
healing of a wound, restoration
Pronunciation: ar-oo-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H724
Meanings
a. healing, restoration (Isaiah 58:8; Jeremiah 8:22; Jeremiah 30:17)
b. restoration (2 Chronicles 24:13; Nehemiah 4:1)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 24:13 The men in charge of the renovation worked hard and made steady progress. They restored the Temple of God according to its original design and strengthened it.
- Nehemiah 4:7 But when Sanballat and Tobiah and the Arabs, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the work was going ahead and that the gaps in the wall of Jerusalem were being repaired, they were furious.
- Isaiah 58:8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind.
- Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
- Jeremiah 30:17 I will give you back your health and heal your wounds,” says the Lord. “For you are called an outcast— ‘Jerusalem for whom no one cares.’”
- Jeremiah 33:6 “Nevertheless, the time will come when I will heal Jerusalem’s wounds and give it prosperity and true peace.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).