אֲרוּכָה
ʼărûwkâh · ar-oo-kaw'
wholeness (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: or אֲרֻכָה; feminine passive participle of H748 (אָרַךְ) (in the sense of restoring to soundness);
wholeness (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: health, made up, perfected.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to fasten and establish › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to fasten and establish of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲרוּכָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- perfected1 · 17%
- were made up1 · 17%
- and thine health1 · 17%
- is not the health1 · 17%
- health1 · 17%
- it health1 · 17%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.