Quick Definition
to prolong
Strong's Definition
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: defer, draw out, lengthen, (be, become, make, pro-) long, [phrase] (out-, over-) live, tarry (long).
TWOT Reference: 162
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be long, prolong
1a) (Qal) to be long
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to prolong (days)
1b2) to make long (tent cords)
1b3) to grow long, continue long
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be long, prolong
1a) (Qal) to be long
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to prolong (days)
1b2) to make long (tent cords)
1b3) to grow long, continue long
Aramaic equivalent: a.rakh (אֲרִיךְ "be proper" H0749)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָרַךְ
ârak
BDB Definition:
1) to be long, prolong
1a) (Qal) to be long
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to prolong (days)
1b2) to make long (tent cords)
1b3) to grow long, continue long
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 162
Total KJV Occurrences: 36