H749: אֲרַךְ
ʼărak · pronounced ar-ak' · “be proper”
Definition
to suit
KJV translates it as: be meet.
Word origin: (Aramaic) properly, corresponding to H748 (אָרַךְ), but used only in the sense of reaching to a given point;
Extended definition
v
1) (CLBL) (P'al) to be long, reach, meet
adj v
2)(BDB/TWOT) fitting, proper
Aramaic of a.rakh (אָרַךְ "to prolong" H0748)
1) (CLBL) (P'al) to be long, reach, meet
adj v
2)(BDB/TWOT) fitting, proper
Aramaic of a.rakh (אָרַךְ "to prolong" H0748)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H749 is translated
- is proper ×1
Bible verses with H749 (ʼărak)
ʼărak appears in 1 verse.
- Ezra 4:14
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;