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Proverbs 25:15
“By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
אֹרֶךְʼôrek · o'rek'
H753 · Hebrew
H753 · Hebrew
- Definition
- length
- Derivation
- from H748 (אָרַךְ);
- KJV renderings
- [phrase] forever, length, long.
- Grammar
- בְּ — preposition
- אֹ֣רֶךְ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 95 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 6:15Genesis 13:17Exodus 25:10Exodus 25:17Exodus 25:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אֹרֶךְ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.