How to Pronounce Erech
EE-rek
Erech is pronounced EE-rek (ˈiːrɛk): two syllables, stress on the first.
What does Erech mean?
Erech means “length; health; physic”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Erech?
(LXX., “Orech”), length, or Moon-town, one of the cities of Nimrod’s kingdom in the plain of Shinar (Gen. 10:10); the Orchoe of the Greeks and Romans. It was probably the city of the Archevites, who were transplanted to Samaria by Asnapper (Ezra 4:9). It lay on the left bank of the Euphrates, about 120 miles south-east of Babylon, and is now represented by the mounds and ruins of Warka. It appears to have been the necropolis of the Assyrian kings, as the whole region is strewed with bricks and the remains of coffins.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
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