🔼The name Erech: Summary
- Meaning
- Length
- Etymology
- From the verb ארך ('arak), to be long.
🔼The name Erech in the Bible
The name Erech is assigned only once in the Bible, namely to one of the cities from which Nimrod's kingdom extended. Ezra mentions a people called ארכוי (Archevites, according to the KJV, JSP, ASV, Darby, Young), which are probably people from Erech (according to NAS and NIV; Ezra 4:9).
🔼Etymology of the name Erech
The name Erech comes from the Hebrew verb ארך (arak) meaning to be long:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
ארך
The verb ארך ('arak) means to be long or to prolong. Noun ארך ('orek) means length. Adjectives ארך ('arek) and ארך ('arok) mean long. Noun ארוכה ('aruka) refers to a lengthy period of healing or restoration.
🔼Erech meaning
For a meaning of the name Erech, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Length; NOBSE Study Bible Name List has Size.