אָרֵךְʼârêk
long (Exodus 34:6; Ezekiel 17:3; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Proverbs 14:29; Proverbs 15:18)
Pronunciation: aw-rake' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H750
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 34:6 The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
- Numbers 14:18 ‘The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’
- Nehemiah 9:17 They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
- Psalms 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
- Psalms 103:8 The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
- Psalms 145:8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
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).