arech · long, slow

What it means

arech (אָרֵךְ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “long, slow”.

Long. "Long of nose" is the Hebrew way of saying "slow to anger", patient.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of great length, said of an eagle's feathers.
2. Patient, unhurried to anger.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• slow ×12
• long ×2
• slowness ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Numbers×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Psalms×3
• Proverbs×3
• Ecclesiastes×1
• Jeremiah×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Joel×1
• Jonah×1
• Nahum×1

• Exodus 34:6

  And YHWH passed by before him and proclaimed, “YHWH, YHWH, an El merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness,

• Numbers 14:18

  ‘YHWH is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but he will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’

• Nehemiah 9:17

  They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them.

• Psalms 86:15

  But you, Adonai, are an El merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness.

• Psalms 103:8

  Merciful and gracious is YHWH, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love.

• Psalms 145:8

  Gracious and merciful is YHWH, slow to anger and great in loyal love.

• Proverbs 14:29

  One who is slow to anger is great in insight, but one who is short of spirit exalts folly.

• Proverbs 15:18

  A man of wrath stirs up strife, but one who is slow to anger calms a dispute.

• Proverbs 16:32

  Better is one who is slow to anger than a warrior, and one who rules his spirit than one who captures a city.

• Ecclesiastes 7:8

  Better is the end of a matter than its beginning; better is one long of spirit than one high of spirit.

• Jeremiah 15:15

  You know, YHWH; remember me and visit me, and avenge me on my persecutors; in the slowness of your anger do not take me away; know that for your sake I bear reproach.

• Ezekiel 17:3

  and say, ‘Thus says Adonai YHWH: The great eagle, great of wings, long of pinion, full of feathers, which had colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

• Joel 2:13

  And tear your heart, and not your garments, and return to YHWH your Elohim; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love, and relenting over the evil.

• Jonah 4:2

  And he prayed to YHWH and said, “I beg you, YHWH, was this not my word while I was still in my land? That is why I hurried to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are El, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and one who relents concerning evil.

• Nahum 1:3

  YHWH is slow to anger and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. YHWH, in the whirlwind and in the storm is his way, and clouds are the dust of his feet.