אֹרֶךְʼôrek
length
Pronunciation: o'rek' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H753
Meanings
a. length (Genesis 6:15; Genesis 13:17; Exodus 25:10)
b. of time (Deuteronomy 30:20; Job 12:12; Psalms 21:5)
c. forbearance, self-restraint, base. (Proverbs 25:15; Ezekiel 31:7; Ezekiel 31:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 95 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 6:15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
- Genesis 13:17 Go and walk through the land in every direction, for I am giving it to you.”
- Exodus 25:10 “Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
- Exodus 25:17 “Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
- Exodus 25:23 “Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
- Exodus 26:2 These ten curtains must all be exactly the same size—42 feet long and 6 feet wide.
See every passage
- Genesis 6:15, 13:17
- Exodus 25:10, 25:17, 25:23, 26:2, 26:8, 26:13, 26:16, 27:1, 27:9, 27:11, 27:18, 28:16, 30:2, 36:9, 36:15, 36:21, 37:1, 37:6, 37:10, 37:25, 38:1, 38:18, 39:9
- Deuteronomy 3:11, 30:20
- Judges 3:16
- 1 Kings 6:2, 6:3, 6:20, 7:2, 7:6, 7:27
- 2 Chronicles 3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:11, 3:15, 4:1, 6:13
- Job 12:12
- Psalms 21:4, 23:6, 91:16, 93:5
- Proverbs 3:2, 3:16, 25:15
- Lamentations 5:20
- Ezekiel 31:7, 40:7, 40:11, 40:18, 40:20, 40:21, 40:25, 40:29, 40:30, 40:33, 40:36, 40:42, 40:47, 40:49, 41:2, 41:4, 41:12, 41:13, 41:15, 41:22, 42:2, 42:7, 42:8, 42:11, 42:20, 43:16, 43:17, 45:1, 45:3, 45:5, 45:6, 45:7, 46:22, 48:8, 48:9, 48:10, 48:13, 48:18
- Zechariah 2:2, 5:2
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).