King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H751
Transliteration: Erek
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-rek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a city in Babylon
Meaning: Erech -- a city in Babylon
Word Summary
Erek: a city in Babylon
Original Word: אֶרֶךְTransliteration: Erek
Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-rek)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: a city in Babylon
Meaning: Erech -- a city in Babylon
Strong's Concordance
Erech From 'arak; length; Erek, a place in Babylon -- Erech.
see HEBREW 'arak
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H751. Erek
אֶ֫רֶךְ proper name, of a location city in Babylonia (Babylonian Urûk see Dl below) on left bank of Euphrates,approximately 40 miles northwest from Ur (אוּר) toward Babylon; modern Warka; compare LoftusCS 152 f. DlPa 221 f.