דֶּ֫רֶךְ
way
also: road, distance, journey, manner fuller range ↓
H1870
Strong's Hebrew
derek
Transliteration
/deh'-rek/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
712
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
way, road, distance, journey, manner
- road, way, path
- journey
- direction
- manner, habit, way
- of course of life (figuratively)
- of moral character (figuratively)
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
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Psalms 46 verses
- Psalms 95:10 דְרָכָֽ/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, And said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."
- Psalms 103:7 דְּרָכָ֣י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms He made known his ways to Moses, His deeds to the children of Israel.
- Psalms 107:17 מִ/דֶּ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, And because of their iniquities.
- Psalms 119:3 בִּ/דְרָכָ֥י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
- Psalms 119:5 דְרָכָ֗/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Oh that my ways were steadfast To obey your statutes!
- Psalms 119:14 בְּ/דֶ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, As much as in all riches.
- Psalms 119:26 דְּרָכַ֣/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs I declared my ways, and you answered me. Teach me your statutes.
- Psalms 119:27 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- Psalms 119:29 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs Keep me from the way of deceit. Grant me your law graciously!
- Psalms 119:30 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.
- Psalms 119:32 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs I run in the path of your commandments, For you have set my heart free.
- Psalms 119:33 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
- Psalms 119:37 בִּ/דְרָכֶ֥/ךָ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Turn my eyes away from looking at worthless things. Revive me in your ways.
- Psalms 119:59 דְרָכָ֑/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.
- Psalms 119:168 דְּרָכַ֣/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs I have obeyed your precepts and your testimonies, For all my ways are before you.
- Psalms 128:1 בִּ/דְרָכָֽי/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in his ways.
- Psalms 138:5 בְּ/דַרְכֵ֣י prep + n c bp cs Yes, they will sing of the ways of Yahweh; For great is Yahweh's glory.
- Psalms 139:3 דְּרָכַ֥/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs You search out my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways.
- Psalms 139:24 דֶּֽרֶךְ בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs See if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
- Psalms 145:17 דְּרָכָ֑י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
- Psalms 146:9 וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, But the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
Proverbs 53 verses
- Proverbs 1:31 דַרְכָּ֑/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 2:8 וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
- Proverbs 2:13 בְּ/דַרְכֵי prep + n c bp cs Who forsake the paths of uprightness, To walk in the ways of darkness;
- Proverbs 2:20 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs That you may walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous.
- Proverbs 3:6 דְּרָכֶ֥י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms In all your ways acknowledge him, And he will direct your paths.
- Proverbs 3:17 דְּרָכֶ֥י/הָ דַרְכֵי n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs n c bs cs Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.
- Proverbs 3:23 דַּרְכֶּ֑/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.
- Proverbs 3:31 דְּרָכָֽי/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Don't envy the man of violence. Choose none of his ways.
- Proverbs 4:11 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs I have taught you in the way of wisdom. I have led you in straight paths.
- Proverbs 4:14 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.
- Proverbs 4:19 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
- Proverbs 4:26 דְּרָכֶ֥י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Make the path of your feet level. Let all of your ways be established.
- Proverbs 5:8 דַרְכֶּ֑/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Remove your way far from her. Don't come near the door of her house,
- Proverbs 5:21 דַּרְכֵי n c bp cs For the ways of man are before the eyes of Yahweh. He examines all his paths.
- Proverbs 6:6 דְרָכֶ֣י/הָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
- Proverbs 6:23 וְ/דֶ֥רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs For the commandment is a lamp, And the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
- Proverbs 7:8 וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs Passing through the street near her corner, He went the way to her house,
- Proverbs 7:25 דְּרָכֶ֣י/הָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs Don't let your heart turn to her ways. Don't go astray in her paths,
- Proverbs 7:27 דַּרְכֵ֣י n c bp cs Her house is the way to Sheol, Going down to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 8:22 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, Before his deeds of old.
- Proverbs 8:32 דְּרָכַ֥/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs "Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, For blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Proverbs 9:6 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Leave your simple ways, and live. Walk in the way of understanding."
- Proverbs 10:9 דְּ֝רָכָ֗י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms He who walks blamelessly walks surely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.
- Proverbs 10:29 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 11:5 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
- Proverbs 12:15 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But he who is wise listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 12:26 וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs A righteous person is cautious in friendship, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.
- Proverbs 12:28 וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs In the way of righteousness is life; In its path there is no death.
- Proverbs 13:15 וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs Good understanding wins favor; But the way of the unfaithful is hard.
- Proverbs 14:2 דְּרָכָ֣י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, But he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
- Proverbs 14:8 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, But the folly of fools is deceit.
- Proverbs 14:12 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דַּרְכֵי n c bs n c bp cs There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
- Proverbs 14:14 מִ/דְּרָכָ֣י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; Likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
- Proverbs 16:2 דַּרְכֵי n c bp cs All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; But Yahweh weighs the motives.
- Proverbs 16:7 דַּרְכֵי n c bp cs When a man's ways please Yahweh, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
- Proverbs 16:9 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms A man's heart plans his course, But Yahweh directs his steps.
- Proverbs 16:17 דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.
- Proverbs 16:25 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דַּרְכֵי n c bs n c bp cs There is a way which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
- Proverbs 16:31 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Gray hair is a crown of glory. It is attained by a life of righteousness.
- Proverbs 19:3 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The foolishness of man subverts his way; His heart rages against Yahweh.
- Proverbs 19:16 דְרָכָ֣י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is contemptuous in his ways shall die.
- Proverbs 20:24 דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms A man's steps are from Yahweh; How then can man understand his way?
- Proverbs 21:2 דֶּרֶךְ n c bs cs Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
- Proverbs 21:8 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The way of the guilty is devious, But the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- Proverbs 21:16 מִ/דֶּ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs The man who wanders out of the way of understanding Shall rest in the assembly of the dead.
- Proverbs 21:29 דרכי/ו דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
- Proverbs 22:5 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: Whoever guards his soul stays from them.
- Proverbs 22:6 דַרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
- Proverbs 23:26 דְּרָכַ֥/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs My son, give me your heart; And let your eyes keep in my ways.
- Proverbs 28:10 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, He will fall into his own trap; But the blameless will inherit good.
- Proverbs 30:19 דֶּ֤רֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ דֶּֽרֶךְ וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs n c bs cs conj + n c bs cs The way of an eagle in the air; The way of a serpent on a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea; And the way of a man with a maiden.
- Proverbs 30:20 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
- Proverbs 31:3 וּ֝/דְרָכֶ֗י/ךָ conj + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't give your strength to women, Nor your ways to that which destroys kings.
Ecclesiastes 2 verses
- Ecclesiastes 11:5 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs As you don't know what is the way of the wind, Nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; Even so you don't know the work of God who does all.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 בְּ/דַרְכֵ֣י prep + n c bp cs Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
Isaiah 30 verses
- Isaiah 2:3 מִ/דְּרָכָ֔י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Many peoples shall go and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of Yahweh, To the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion the law shall go forth, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 3:12 וְ/דֶ֥רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs As for my people, children are their oppressors, And women rule over them. My people, those who lead you cause you to err, And destroy the way of your paths.
- Isaiah 8:11 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs For Yahweh spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying,
- Isaiah 9:1 דֶּ֤רֶךְ n c bs cs But there shall be no gloom to her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the latter time has he made it glorious, by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
- Isaiah 10:24 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Therefore thus says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, my people who dwell in Zion, don't be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 10:26 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Yahweh of Hosts will stir up against him a scourge, as in the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it up after the manner of Egypt.
- Isaiah 15:5 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs My heart cries out for Moab; her nobles [flee] to Zoar, to Eglath Shelishiyah: for by the ascent of Luhith with weeping they go up; for in the way of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction.
- Isaiah 35:8 וָ/דֶ֗רֶךְ וְ/דֶ֤רֶךְ דֶּ֛רֶךְ conj + n c bs conj + n c bs cs n c bs A highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but is shall be for for him who walks in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there.
- Isaiah 40:3 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The voice of one who cries, Prepare you in the wilderness the way of Yahweh; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
- Isaiah 40:14 וְ/דֶ֥רֶךְ conj + n c bs cs With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shown to him the way of understanding?
- Isaiah 40:27 דַרְכִּ/י֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Why say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
- Isaiah 42:24 בִ/דְרָכָי/ו֙ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? Didn't Yahweh? he against whom we have sinned, and in whose ways they would not walk, neither were they obedient to his law.
- Isaiah 45:13 דְּרָכָ֖י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will make straight all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let my exiles go free, not for price nor reward, says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Isaiah 48:15 דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him; I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous.
- Isaiah 53:6 לְ/דַרְכּ֖/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms All we like sheep have gone astray; everyone has turned to his own way; and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 55:7 דַּרְכּ֔/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Isaiah 55:8 דַרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם דְּרָכָ֑/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 55:9 דְרָכַ/י֙ מִ/דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Isaiah 56:11 לְ/דַרְכָּ֣/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Yes, the dogs are greedy, they can never have enough; and these are shepherds who can't understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter.
- Isaiah 57:10 דַּרְכֵּ/ךְ֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs You were wearied with the length of your way; yet you didn't say, It is in vain: you found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren't faint.
- Isaiah 57:14 דָ֑רֶךְ מִ/דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs prep + n c bs cs He will say, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
- Isaiah 57:17 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him; I hid [my face] and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
- Isaiah 57:18 דְּרָכָ֥י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
- Isaiah 58:2 דְּרָכַ֖/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
- Isaiah 58:13 דְּרָכֶ֔י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, [and] the holy of Yahweh honorable; and shall honor it, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words:
- Isaiah 59:8 דֶּ֤רֶךְ n c bs cs The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.
- Isaiah 62:10 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up an ensign for the peoples.
- Isaiah 63:17 מִ/דְּרָכֶ֔י/ךָ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms O Yahweh, why do you make us to err from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
- Isaiah 64:5 בִּ/דְרָכֶ֖י/ךָ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember you in your ways: behold, you were angry, and we sinned: in them [have we been] of long time; and shall we be saved?
- Isaiah 66:3 בְּ/דַרְכֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck; he who offers an offering, [as he who offers] pig's blood; he who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations:
Jeremiah 37 verses
- Jeremiah 2:18 לְ/דֶ֣רֶךְ לְ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs prep + n c bs cs Now what have you to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? or what have you to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
- Jeremiah 2:23 דַרְכֵּ/ךְ֙ דְּרָכֶֽי/הָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fs How can you say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: [you are] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- Jeremiah 2:33 דַּרְכֵּ֖/ךְ דְּרָכָֽיִ/ךְ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs How trimmest you your way to seek love! therefore even the wicked women have you taught your ways.
- Jeremiah 2:36 דַּרְכֵּ֑/ךְ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs Why go you about so much to change your way? you shall be ashamed of Egypt also, as you were ashamed of Assyria.
- Jeremiah 3:13 דְּרָכַ֜יִ/ךְ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Yahweh your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 3:21 דַּרְכָּ֔/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping [and] the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.
- Jeremiah 4:11 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
- Jeremiah 4:18 דַּרְכֵּ/ךְ֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reaches to your heart.
- Jeremiah 5:4 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God:
- Jeremiah 5:5 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Jeremiah 6:16 דְּרָכִ֨ים דֶ֤רֶךְ n c bp n c bs cs Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
- Jeremiah 6:27 דַּרְכָּֽ/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp I have made you a tester of metals [and] a fortress among my people; that you may know and try their way.
- Jeremiah 7:3 דַרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
- Jeremiah 7:5 דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
- Jeremiah 10:2 דֶּ֤רֶךְ n c bs cs Thus says Yahweh, "Don't learn the way of the nations, and don't be dismayed at the signs of the sky; for the nations are dismayed at them.
- Jeremiah 10:23 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
- Jeremiah 12:1 דֶּ֤רֶךְ n c bs cs Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Jeremiah 12:16 דַּֽרְכֵ֨י n c bp cs It shall happen, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, As Yahweh lives; even as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built up in the midst of my people.
- Jeremiah 15:7 מִ/דַּרְכֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved [them] of children, I have destroyed my people; they didn't return from their ways.
- Jeremiah 16:17 דַּרְכֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
- Jeremiah 17:10 כ/דרכ/ו כִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
- Jeremiah 18:11 מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ דַרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now everyone from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
- Jeremiah 18:15 בְּ/דַרְכֵי/הֶם֙ דֶּ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp n c bs For my people have forgotten me, they have burned incense to false [gods]; and they have been made to stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths, to walk in byways, in a way not built up;
- Jeremiah 21:8 דֶּ֥רֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
- Jeremiah 22:21 דַרְכֵּ/ךְ֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you didn't obey my voice.
- Jeremiah 23:12 דַרְכָּ֜/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore their way shall be to them as slippery places in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein; for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 23:22 מִ/דַּרְכָּ֣/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp But if they had stood in my council, then had they caused my people to hear my words, and had turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
- Jeremiah 25:5 מִ/דַּרְכּ֤/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms saying, Return you now everyone from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Yahweh has given to you and to your fathers, from of old and even forevermore;
- Jeremiah 26:3 מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms It may be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings.
- Jeremiah 26:13 דַרְכֵי/כֶם֙ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Yahweh your God; and Yahweh will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you.
- Jeremiah 28:11 לְ/דַרְכּֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. The prophet Jeremiah went his way.
- Jeremiah 32:19 דַּרְכֵי֙ כִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו n c bp cs prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- Jeremiah 35:15 מִ/דַּרְכּ֨/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and don't go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
- Jeremiah 36:3 מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
- Jeremiah 36:7 מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.
- Jeremiah 39:4 דֶּ֚רֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs It happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 52:7 דֶּ֜רֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
Lamentations 4 verses
- Lamentations 1:4 דַּרְכֵ֨י n c bp cs The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.
- Lamentations 3:9 דְּרָכַ/י֙ n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs He has walled up my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.
- Lamentations 3:11 דְּרָכַ֥/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.
- Lamentations 3:40 דְרָכֵ֨י/נוּ֙ n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cp Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh.
Ezekiel 70 verses
- Ezekiel 3:18 מִ/דַּרְכּ֥/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms When I tell the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 3:19 וּ/מִ/דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yet if you warn the wicked, and he doesn't turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
- Ezekiel 7:3 כִּ/דְרָכָ֑יִ/ךְ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs Now is the end on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:4 דְרָכַ֜יִ/ךְ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 7:8 כִּ/דְרָכָ֑יִ/ךְ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:9 כִּ/דְרָכַ֜יִ/ךְ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.
- Ezekiel 7:27 מִ/דַּרְכָּ֞/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 8:5 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
- Ezekiel 9:2 מִ/דֶּרֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
- Ezekiel 9:10 דַּרְכָּ֖/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.
- Ezekiel 11:21 דַּרְכָּ/ם֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 13:22 מִ/דַּרְכּ֥/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Because with lies you have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive:
- Ezekiel 14:22 דַּרְכָּ֖/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be carried forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings; and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it.
- Ezekiel 14:23 דַּרְכָּ֖/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall comfort you, when you see their way and their doings; and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 16:27 מִ/דַּרְכֵּ֥/ךְ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs See therefore, I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary [food], and delivered you to the will of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd way.
- Ezekiel 16:43 דַּרְכֵּ֣/ךְ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 16:47 בְ/דַרְכֵי/הֶן֙ דְּרָכָֽיִ/ךְ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3fp n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs Yet have you not walked in their ways, nor done after their abominations; but, as [if that were] a very little [thing], you were more corrupt than they in all your ways.
- Ezekiel 16:61 דְּרָכַיִ/ךְ֮ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs Then shall you remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder [sisters] and your younger; and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant.
- Ezekiel 18:23 מִ/דְּרָכָ֖י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord Yahweh; and not rather that he should return from his way, and live?
- Ezekiel 18:25 דֶּ֣רֶךְ הֲ/דַרְכִּ/י֙ דַרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם n c bs cs ptcl inter + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Israel: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?
- Ezekiel 18:29 דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַ/דְּרָכַ֞/י דַרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם n c bs cs ptcl inter + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Yet says the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
- Ezekiel 18:30 כִּ/דְרָכָ֜י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, says the Lord Yahweh. Return you, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Ezekiel 20:30 הַ/בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ ptcl inter + prep + n c bs cs Therefore tell the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Do you pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play you the prostitute after their abominations?
- Ezekiel 20:43 דַּרְכֵי/כֶם֙ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp There shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, in which you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.
- Ezekiel 20:44 כְ/דַרְכֵי/כֶ֨ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, you house of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 20:46 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop [your word] toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- Ezekiel 21:19 דְּרָכִ֗ים דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bp n c bs cs Also, you son of man, appoint two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come; they both shall come forth out of one land: and mark out a place, mark it out at the head of the way to the city.
- Ezekiel 22:31 דַּרְכָּ/ם֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I brought on their heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 23:31 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand.
- Ezekiel 24:14 כִּ/דְרָכַ֤יִ/ךְ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2fs I, Yahweh, have spoken it: it shall happen, and I will do it: I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 28:15 בִּ/דְרָכֶ֔י/ךָ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until unrighteousness was found in you.
- Ezekiel 33:8 מִ/דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don't speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
- Ezekiel 33:9 מִ/דַּרְכּ/וֹ֙ מִ/דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it, and he doesn't turn from his way; he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your soul.
- Ezekiel 33:11 מִ/דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ מִ/דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֧ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Tell them, As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, house of Israel?
- Ezekiel 33:17 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דַּרְכָּ֥/ם n c bs cs n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
- Ezekiel 33:20 דֶּ֣רֶךְ כִּ/דְרָכָ֛י/ו n c bs cs prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. House of Israel, I will judge you everyone after his ways.
- Ezekiel 36:17 בְּ/דַרְכָּ֖/ם דַרְכָּ֖/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Son of man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their way and by their doings: their way before me was as the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity.
- Ezekiel 36:19 כְּ/דַרְכָּ֥/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.
- Ezekiel 36:31 דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֣ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Then shall you remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
- Ezekiel 36:32 מִ/דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Nor for your sake do I [this], says the Lord Yahweh, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 40:6 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the steps of it: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.
- Ezekiel 40:10 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The lodges of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:20 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length of it and the breadth of it.
- Ezekiel 40:22 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The windows of it, and the arches of it, and the palm trees of it, were after the measure of the gate whose prospect is toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches of it were before them.
- Ezekiel 40:24 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs He led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts of it and the arches of it according to these measures.
- Ezekiel 40:27 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:32 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs He brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;
- Ezekiel 40:44 דֶּ֣רֶךְ דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs Outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south; one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.
- Ezekiel 40:45 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs He said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;
- Ezekiel 40:46 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to him.
- Ezekiel 41:11 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
- Ezekiel 41:12 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length of it ninety cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:1 הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs cs Then he brought me forth into the outer court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was over against the building toward the north.
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“way” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun דרך (derek). Beyond “way” it also covers “road”, “distance”, and “journey” — see its full sense range. With 626 verses in 32 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. First canonically at Genesis 3:24, it enters the text early. It clusters with דרך and מדרך under a shared root. See the sense tree, 626-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's · 1890
along
Modern gloss
way
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H1870 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 626
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 626 distinct verses.
- 32 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 32 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #72
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 72 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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- Prophets (Nevi'im) 317 verses · 51%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 204 verses · 33%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 105 verses · 17%
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Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Way 377×, Ways 106×, Toward 21×
- American Standard Version: Way 354×, Ways 97×, Toward 15×
- Berean Standard Bible: Way 182×, Ways 160×, Road 47×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Way 199×, Ways 128×, Way of 112×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H1870 across 701 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 93 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H1870 across 697 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 137 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H1870 across 652 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 81 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 52 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H1870 across 737 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 67 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
14 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
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BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 14 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. way, road, path Gn 35:3 (E) 38:16, 21 (both J) 48:7 (P), 49:17 (J; poem) Lv 26:22 (H, only here in Lv) Nu 22:22, 23(×3), 31, 34 (all JE) Dt 6:7; 22:4, 6; 23:5; 24:9; 25:17, 18 Jos 3:4 (D) Ru 1:7 1 S 4:13 (on text cf. Dr) 15:2; 24;4 2 S 16:13 1 K 13:9, 10(×2), 12, 17, 24(×2), 25, 26, 28; 18:6(×2), 7; 20:38 2 K 2:23; 3:8; 6:19; 7:15, 19:28, 33 = Is 37:29, 34, Ho 6:9; 13:7 Is 43:16, 19; 49:9, 11; 51:10; 57:14(×2) Je 6:25 La 1:5 Ez 21:24, 25; 42:11, 12 Jo 2:7, Ezr 8:22, 31 Jb 12:24 ψ 107:40; 110:7 Pr 7:8; 8:2; 26:13 Ec 10:3; 12:5; cstr. way of (often = to, toward) ד׳ עֵץ הַחַיִּים Gn 3:24 (J) ד׳ שׁוּר 16:7 (J) ד׳ אֶרֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּים Ex 13:7 (E) ד׳ הַבָּשָׁן Nu 21:33 (JE); cf. Dt 1:2, 19; 3:1 Jos 2:7 (JE) 12:3 1 S 6:9, 12; 13:17, 18(×2); 17:52 2 K 3:20 Is 15:5 Je 2:18(×2); 50:5 Ez 47:15; 48:1; ד׳ הַמִּדְבָּר (of different ways) Ex 13:18 (E) Jos 8:15 (JE) Ju 20:42, cf. Dt 2:8 2 S 2:24 2 K 3:8; ד׳ אֶת־הַמִּדְבָּר 2 S 15:23 is corrupt; read ד׳ הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר בַּמִּדְבָּר 𝔊L Dr cf. We: the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; ד׳ הָעֲרָבָה Dt 2:8 and (with diff. reference) 2 S 4:7 2 K 25:4 = Je 52:7, Je 39:4; ד׳ הַכִּכָּר 2 S 18:23; ד׳ יַם־סוּף Nu 14:25; 21:4 (JE Dt 1:40; 2:1; often of gateway, as ד׳ הַשַּׁעַר 2 S 15:2 cf. 2 K 11:19; 25:4 = Je 52:7; Ez 9:2; 43:4; 44:1, 4; 46:9(×5); 47:2; ד׳ אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר 44:3; 46:2, 8; ד׳ בֵּית הַגָּן 2 K 9:27, ד׳ גַּן־הַמֶּלֶךְ Je 39:4; ד׳ הַיָּם Is 8:23 (cf. Comm. & SchumacherJaulân 63 and PEF Apr. 1889, 78); ד׳ מְבוֹא הַסּוּסִים 2 K 11:16; sq. ָה loc. Gn 35:19 (E), 38:14 (J) 48:7 (P; read אפרתה Ol); ד׳ הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ †Nu 20:17; 21:22 (both JE; Arabic درب السلطان of diff. highroads, cf. Seetzeni. 61, 132, ii. 336 RobBR iii. 141 Di; = מְסִלָּה 20:19) i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; cf. ‖ בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ Dt 2:27; i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves †בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ ψ 77:20 (‖ וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֹ Na 1:3; cf. בַּמִּדְבָּר פַּנּוּ ד׳ י׳ Is 40:3 (‖ יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also Mal 3:1, comp. Is 43:16, 19 (way made by י׳) & 51:10; path of lightning Jb 28:26; 38:25; of light 38:19, 24, of camel (בִּכְרָה) Je 2:33, of locusts Jo 2:7 (pl.); v. further the four wonderful things Pr 30:19 the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a damsel (i.e. no trace is left in any case); cf. also v 20 כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death אָנֹכִי הוֹלֵךְ הַיּוֹם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Jos 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 1 K 2:2 (cf. Gn 19:31 4 a). e.g. Genesis 35:3
- 2. journey Gn 24:21, 40, 42, 56 (all J) Nu 9:10, 13 (P) Jos 9:11, 13 (both JE) 1 K 18:27, 19:7 רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ׳; לַעֲשׂוֹת ד׳ Ju 17:8; ד׳ בְּאֵר שָׁ֑בַע Am 8:14 (journey of—to—Beersheba cf. Hi St; but text dub., 𝔊 ὁ θεός, cf. Gunning; HoffmZAW 1883, 123 proposes דֹּדְךָ, We בְּאֵרְךָ cf. BuThLz 1892, 62); דֶּרֶךְ חֹל 1 S 21:6 a common (not sacred) journey; especially c. temp. modif. ד׳ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים Gn 30:36 (J) Ex 3:18; 5:3; 8:23 Nu 10:33(×2) (all JE), 33:8 (P) cf. also Gn 31:23 (E) Nu 11:31(×2) (JE), 1 K 19:4, 2 K 3:9; go one’s way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֹ †Gn 19:2 (J), 32:2 (E), 33:16 (J) Nu 24:25 Jos 2:16 (both JE), Ju 18:26; 19:27 1 S 1:18; 26:25; 30:2 1 K 1:49 Je 28:11, vid. הלך; also הָפַךְ לְד׳ †1 S 25:12, & (fig.) פָּנָה לְד׳ †Is 53:6 (so 56:11 5 infr.); of זוֹנָה, fig. of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶת־דְּרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Je 3:13. e.g. Genesis 24:21
- 3. of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1 K 8:44, 48 = 2 Ch 6:34, 38 pray toward the city, etc.; 18:43 look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. ד׳ צָפוֹנָה Ez 8:5, 5 cf. 21:2; 40:6; cstr. ד׳ הַקָּדִים Ez 40:10 (del. 𝔊 HiCo) v 22 43:1; ד׳ הַצָּפוֹן 40:20 cf. ד׳ הַדָּרוֹם v 24(×2), ד׳ הַיָּם 41:12, ד׳ הֶחָצֵר 42:7 etc. (c. 28 times Ez); (v. also מִדֶּרֶךְ Ez 9:2 cf. 43:2; 44:3; on ד׳ אַמָּה אֶחָת Ez 42:4 v. VB Co Da) cf. לֹא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ בְּרָמִים Jb 24:18. e.g. 1 Kings 8:44
- 4. way, manner:
- a. usage ד׳ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ Gn 19:31 (J; cf. also Jos 23:14 1 K 2:2 supr.). e.g. Genesis 19:31
- b. = customary experience, or condition ד׳ נָשִׁים Gn 31:35 (E). e.g. Genesis 31:35
- c. ד׳ מִצְרַיִם Am 4:10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Is 10:24, 26 e.g. Amos 4:10
- d. habit of animals, ants Pr 6:6 (pl.) e.g. Proverbs 6:6
- 5. fig. of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. לֹא תַצְלִיחַ אֶת־דְּרָכֶיךָ Dt 28:29 cf. Jos 1:8 (D) 1 S 18:14; 2 S 22:33; = ψ 18:33; Jb 3:23; 8:19; 17:9; 22:28; 24:23; 31:4; 34:21; ψ 10:5; 35:6; 37:5, 7, 23; 91:11; 102:24; 119:37; 128:1; 139:3; 146:9; Pr 2:8; 3:6, 23; 11:5; 20:24; 29:27; 31:3; Is 40:27; 45:13; 48:15; 55:8, 9; Je 2:36; 10:23; 12:1; 23:12; La 3:9, 11; Ho 2:8; 9:8; 10:13; Am 2:7 (ד׳ עְנָוִים); thrice (Ch) in summary of a king’s life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו 2 Ch 13:22; of Jotham וְכָל־מִלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו 2 Ch 27:7; of Ahaz וְכָל־דְּרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִים 2 Ch 28:26; ד׳ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Is 3:12 cf. also Is 30:11 and 57:18; = gain Is 56:11, pleasure, etc. Is 58:13. e.g. Deuteronomy 28:29
- 6.
- a. of moral action and character הִשְׁחִית כָּל־בָּשָׂר אֶת־דַּרְכּוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ Gn 6:12 (P); cf. Je 3:21; יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶת־דַּרְכָּם 1 K 2:4; 8:25 = 2 Ch 6:16; cf. v 39 = 2 Ch 6:30; הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י׳ 2 Ch 27:6; ψ 5:9; 39:2; 49:14; 50:23; 119:5, 26, 59, 168 Pr 4:26; 5:8, 21; 10:9; 14:2, 8, 12; 16:2, 7, 9, 17, 25; 19:3, 16; 21:2, 29 Je 2:33; 6:27; 7:3, 5; 16:17; 17:10; 18:11, 15; 26:13; 32:19(×2) La 3:40 Ez 7:3, 8, 9, 27; 14:22, 23; 18:25, 29, 30; 24:14; 28:15; 33:17, 20; 36:19 Hg 1:5, 7 Zc 1:6; דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ Ec 11:9 cf. Is 57:17 (& Je 32:39c. infr.) e.g. Genesis 6:12
- b. of duty (commanded by י׳, etc.) הַדּ׳ יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ Ex 18:20 (E) cf. 32:8 (JE) Dt 9:12, 16; 13:6; 31:29 Ju 2:17 Jb 31:7 ψ 25:8, 12; 32:8; 119:1; 143:8 Pr 21:16; 22:6; 23:19 Is 30:21; 48:17 Je 7:23 Mal 2:8; so too, of wisdom דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי־נֹעַם Pr 3:17, ד׳ חָכְמָה 4:11; 8:32; cf. 23:26; ד׳ בִּינָה 9:6 cf. Is 40:14. e.g. Exodus 18:20
- c. specif.: in good sense ד׳ הָטּוֹבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה 1 S 12:23 1 K 8:36 = 2 Ch 6:27; cf. Pr 16:31 Je 6:16; תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ Jb 4:6 cf. 22:3 Pr 13:6; דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light) Jb 24:13 (‖ נְתִיבֹתָיו); ד׳ צַדִּיקִים ψ 1:6, ד׳ טוֹבִים Pr 2:20, יִשְׁרֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ ψ 37:14, תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ Pr 11:20 ψ 119:1; ד׳ תָּמִים ψ 101:2, 6, ד׳ אֱמוּנָה ψ 119:30, ד׳ שָׁלוֹם Is 59:8; ד׳ עוֹלָם ψ 139:24, ד׳ חַיִּים Pr 6:23, cf. 12:28 Je 21:8 (opp. ד׳ המות v. infr.); without modifier 1 S 8:3, 5 Jb 13:15; 23:10, לֵב אֶחָד וְד׳ אֶחָד Je 32:39; cf. also a. supr.; especially cstr. before names of good kings 1 K 22:43 2 K 22:2 2 Ch 11:17; 20:32; 21:12(×2) (pl.) so 34:2; cf. דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים 2 Ch 17:3 the first ways of David; also דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי Je 12:16. e.g. 1 Samuel 12:23
- d. oftener in bad sense דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Ju 2:19, דַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה 1 K 13:33, ד׳ רַע Pr 2:12; 8:13; 28:10; cf. 2 K 17:13 2 Ch 7:14 Je 18:11; 23:22; 25:5; 26:3; 35:15; 36:2, 7 Ez 3:18, 19; 13:22; 20:44; 33:11 Jon 3:8, 10 Zc 1:4; ד׳לֹא טוֹב ψ 36:5 Pr 16:29 Is 65:2; דַּרְכֵּךְ זִמָּה Ez 16:27; cf. with completed metaph. ד׳ לֹא סְלוּלָה Je 18:15; further ד׳ שֶׁקֶר ψ 119:29, ד׳ עֹצֶב ψ 139:24, ד׳ פִּשְׁעָם ψ 107:17; דַּרְכֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ Pr 2:13; דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Pr 14:12 = 16:25; דרך המות Je 21:8, cf. supr. c; ד׳ עָצֵל Pr 15:19 (cf. 6:6); ד׳ חַטָּאִים ψ 1:1 cf. v 6 Pr 1:15; 3:31; 4:19 (ד׳ רְשָׁעִים), 12:15 (ד׳ אֱוִיל), 13:15 (ד׳ בֹּגְדִים), also 15:9; 21:8 Is 55:7; ד׳ עִקֵּשׁ Pr 22:5, cf. עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Pr 28:6 cf. v 18; further, without modifier, Ho 4:9; 12:3 Pr 7:25; 14:14 Is 53:6; 66:3 Je 2:23 (of idolatry רְאִי דַרְכֵּךְ בַּגַּיְא) v 23 4:11 (cf. Hi Gf) v 18 15:7; 22:21 Ez 16:47(×2), 61; 18:23; 20:43; 23:13, 31; 33:8, 9(×2), 11; 36:17(×2), 31, 32 cf. also sub a. supr.; לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֹ בְּרֹאשׁוֹ 1 K 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2 Ch 6:23, cf. Ez 7:4; 9:10; 11:21; 16:43; 22:31; פְּרִי דַּרְכָּם Pr 1:31; especially cstr. before names of bad kings ד׳ יָרָבְעָם 1 K 15:34 (cf. v 26) 16:2, 19, 26; 22:53 cf. v 53(×2); also ד׳ מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל 2 K 8:18; 16:3 2 Ch 21:6, 13; 28:2 (pl.); דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 K 8:27 = 2 Ch 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); ד׳ הָעָם הַזֶּה Is 8:11, ד׳ הַגּוֹיִם Je 10:2, ד׳ אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם Ez 20:30 cf. 2 K 21:21. e.g. Judges 2:19
- e. way of י׳: (a) = his creative activity Jb 26:14; applied in concrete sense to behemoth (hippopotamus) הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵי־אֵל Jb 40:19 (hyperb.); cf. of wisdom רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ Pr 8:22; (b) = his moral administration, Ex 33:13 (pl.; JE); Dt 32:4 2 S 22:31 = ψ 18:31 Jb 21:31; 36:23; אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ ψ 77:14 (‖ מִי אֵל גָּדוֹל כֵּאלֹהִים); ψ 85:14; 103:7; 138:5; 145:17; Pr 10:29 Is 55:8, 9 Je 5:4, 5 Ez 18:25(×2), 29(×2); 33:17, 20 Ho 14:10. (c.) = his commandments וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ד׳ י׳ לַעֲשׂוֹת צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט Gn 18:19 (J); כָּל־הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י׳ Dt 5:30 cf. (pl.) 8:6; 10:12; 11:22, 28; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16 Jos 22:5 (D) Ju 2:22 2 S 22:22 = ψ 18:22, 1 K 2:3; 3:14; 8:58; 11:33, 38 2 K 21:22 2 Ch 6:31 Jb 21:14; 23:11; 34:27; ψ 25:4, 9; 27:11; 37:34; 51:15; 67:3; 81:14; 86:11; 95:10; 119:3 Is 2:3 = Mi 4:2, Is 42:24; 58:2; 63:17; 64:4 Zc 3:7 Mal 2:9; cf. וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֹ בְּדַרְכֵי י׳ 2 Ch 17:6; v. also ד׳ עֵדְוֹתֶיךָ ψ 119:14; ד׳ פִּקּוּדֶיךָ v 27, ד׳ מִצְוֹתֶ֑יךָ v 32, ד׳ חֻקֶּיךָ v 33. e.g. Job 26:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Dt 17:16 & (less often) f. Ex 18:20 way, road, distance, journey, manner—abs. ד׳ Gn 38:16 +; דָּ֑רֶךְ v 21 +; cstr. דֶּרֶךְ 3:24; sf. דַּרְכִּי 24:42 + 4 times + 2 S 22:33 דַּרְכִּ֯ו; דַּרְכְּךָ Ho 10:13 1 K 19:15; דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ ψ 5:9 + 9 times; דַּרְכֵּךְ Je 2:23 + 8 times; דַּרְכּוֹ Gn 6:12 +; דַּרְכָּהּ 1 S 1:18 Jb 28:23; דַּרְכֵּנוּ Ju 18:5 + 2 times; דַּרְכְּכֶם Gn 19:2 + 3 times; דַּרְבָּם 1 K 2:4 +; du. דְּרָכַיִם Pr 28:6, 18; pl. דְּרָכִים Dt 28:7 + 6 times; cstr. דַּרְכֵי Pr 3:17 + 24 times; sf. דְּרָכַי Jb 13:15 + 17 times, דְּרָכָ֑י ψ 95:10 + 4 times; דְּרָכֶיךָ Dt 28:29 + 16 times; דְּרָכֶךָ Ex 33:13 + 2 times; דְּרָכַיִךְ Je 3:13 + 4 times; דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ Ez 7:3 + 3 times; דְּרָכָיו Dt 10:12 +; דְּרָכֶיהָ Pr 3:17 + 3 times; דְּרָכֵינוּ La 3:40 Zc 1:6; דַּרְכֵיכֶם Lv 26:22 + 17 times; דַּרְכֵיהֶם Je 16:17 + 5 times; דַּרְכֵיהֶן Ez 16:47;—
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Derived from דרך (dârak) (H1869) — to tread.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
דָּרַךְ
- (b. h.) to tread, stamp, walk. Ter. I, 9 ונמלך לדוֹרְכָן and after consideration decided to use them for pressing. Ex. R. s. 15 עתיד לִדְרוֹךְ וכ׳ He will tread with His shoe upon &c.; a. fr.
- to be trodden, pressed. Ter. I, 8 ענבים הנִדְרָכוֹת (Mish. ed. הנִדְרָכִים) grapes in the press or intended for the press.
- to lead, rear, train. Snh. 76ᵇ; Yeb. 62ᵇ המַּדְרִיךְ בניו וכ׳ he who leads his sons … on the right path.
דְּרַךְ
- 1. same. Targ. O. Deut. I, 36. Targ. Is. LIX, 8; a. fr.—Keth. 60ᵇ bot. דדָרְכָא על וכ׳ who stepped upon &c. Sabb. 109ᵃ דדרכא ליה וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. דדריכא) that an ass had stepped on his foot. [Y. Maas. Sh. IV, 55ᶜ top יתיב מדרך, read: מְרַמֵּךְ, v. דְּמַךְ.—Lev. R. s. 27 דרכת עד, read: אוֹרְכַת, v. אֲרִיךְ I.]
- 2. to overtake, v. infra.
- 1. to thresh. Targ. Is. XXVIII, 27 sq.; a. e.
- 2. to lead. Targ. Prov. XXII, 6, v. דְּכִי Af.—Targ. Ps. XXV, 9; a. e.
- 3. to trace, overtake. Targ. Prov. VI, 11; XXIV, 34 ותַדְרְכָיךְ (ed. Lag. ותִידְ׳, Var. ותדרוך, ותדכיך, ותרכיך, h. text כמהלך).—Keth. 60ᵇ; Ab. Zar. 15ᵇ ולא אַדְרְכֵיה and did not find him.
דֶּרֶךְ
- c. (b. h.; preced.) way, road; method, manner. Kidd. 2ᵇ ד׳ לשון וכ׳ derekh is feminine gender &c. Ib. דַרְכּוֹ של אישׁ וכ׳ it is man’s way to carry war, and not woman’s.—Y. Ned. I, beg. 36ᶜ, a. e. התורה דיברה כדַרְכָּהּ, v. לָשׁוֹן. Succ. II, 1 לפי דַרְכֵּינוּ by our way (incidentally). Ab. Zar. 15ᵇ כד׳ שאסור … כך וכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. כד׳ שאמרו אסור) on the same principle that &c.; a. v. fr.—דֶּ׳ אֶרֶץ (abbrev. ד׳'א) the way of the land, a) good manners; b) secular occupation, trade; c) (euphem.) sexual connection. Ab. II, 2 study עם ד׳'א combined with a trade. Tosef. Sot. VII, 20 לימדה … ד׳'א וכ׳ the Torah teaches incidentally the proper conduct that one must first build a house &c.—Gitt. 70ᵃ bot. ד׳ וד׳'א וכ׳ travelling, marital connection &c. Gen. R. s. 18, end. Gen. R. s. 22, beg.—Ib. s. 80 כדַרְכָּהּ natural gratification of sexual appetite, שלא כד׳ unnatural. Ib. s. 18, end; a. fr.—Snh. 31ᵇ העביר עלי את הד׳ mutilated me (oth. interpret.: wronged me in business).—Pl. דְּרָכִים. Kidd. I, 1. R. Hash. 17ᵃ פירשו מדַּרְכֵי ציבור they deviated from the ways of the community, became heretics.—דרכי אמורי, v. אֱמוֹרִי.—דרכי שלום ways of peace (ref. to Prov. III, 17); מפני ד׳ ש׳ because the ways of the Law are ways of peace (differ. fr. משים איבה, v. אֵיבָה), i.e. it is a demand of equity, good manners &c., though no special law can be quoted for it. Gitt. V, 8 sq.; a. fr.—(ד׳'א) דרך ארץ Derekh Erets (Manners), name of a treatise attached to Talmud editions, divided into Rabba (Large), and Zuta (Small). e.g. Proverbs 3:17
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Forms in the corpus
The 283 distinct written forms H1870 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 223 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 591 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 626 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:24
- Exodus 3:18
- Leviticus 26:22
- Numbers 9:10
- Deuteronomy 1:2
- Joshua 1:8
- Judges 2:17
- Ruth 1:7
- 1 Samuel 1:18
- 2 Samuel 2:24
- 1 Kings 1:49
- 2 Kings 2:23
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
