Quick Definition
Erech
Biblical Persons & Places
Erech
Erech
A location first mentioned at Gen.10.10;
referred to as Erech (אֶ֫רֶךְ), or Erech (KJV= Archevite, NIV= Uruk) (Aramiac אַרְכְּוָיֵא).
Strong's Definition
Erek, a place in Babylon
Derivation: from H748 (אָרַךְ); length;
KJV Usage: Erech.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Erech = "long"
1) a city 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֶ֫רֶךְ (e.rekh) — Erech. Erech = "long" a city 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river Also named: ar.ke.vay (אַרְכְּוָיֵא "Erech" H0756)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
name · אַרְכְּוָי
Names of Locations
Erech = town, also known as Uruk, ◄ located near the East bank of the Euphrates on a subsidiary of that river (ABD)
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֶ֫רֶךְ n.pr.loc. city in Babylonia base