Strong’s H749 · Hebrew
אֲרַךְ
ʼărak
ar-ak'
Definition
to suit
Etymology
(Aramaic) properly, corresponding to H748 (אָרַךְ), but used only in the sense of reaching to a given point;
Where the KJV renders it
- be meet
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What the first audience heard
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