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
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)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֶרֶךְ
erek
BDB Definition:
Erech = long
1) a city 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Ur toward Babylon on the left bank of the Euphrates river
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H748
Total KJV Occurrences: 1