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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Genesis 19 verses
- Genesis 3:24 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
- Genesis 6:12 דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms God saw the earth, and saw that it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
- Genesis 16:7 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs The angel of Yahweh found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Genesis 18:19 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 19:2 לְ/דַרְכְּ/כֶ֑ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you will rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."
- Genesis 19:31 כְּ/דֶ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
- Genesis 24:21 דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The man looked steadfastly at her, holding his peace, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.
- Genesis 24:40 דַּרְכֶּ֔/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
- Genesis 24:42 דַּרְכִּ֔/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go.
- Genesis 24:48 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.
- Genesis 24:56 דַּרְכִּ֑/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs He said to them, "Don't hinder me, seeing Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."
- Genesis 30:36 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs He set three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.
- Genesis 31:23 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
- Genesis 31:35 דֶ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs She said to her father, "Don't let my lord be angry that I can't rise up before you; for the manner of women is on me." He searched, but didn't find the teraphim.
- Genesis 32:1 לְ/דַרְכּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him.
- Genesis 33:16 לְ/דַרְכּ֖/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
- Genesis 35:19 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).
- Genesis 38:14 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.
- Genesis 48:7 בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְ בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep det + n c bs prep + n c bs cs As for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem)."
Exodus 6 verses
- Exodus 3:18 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
- Exodus 5:3 דֶּרֶךְ֩ n c bs cs They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
- Exodus 8:27 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, as he shall command us."
- Exodus 13:17 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs It happened, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God didn't lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt;"
- Exodus 13:18 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 33:13 דְּרָכֶ֔/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Now therefore, if I have found favor in your sight, please show me now your ways, that I may know you, so that I may find favor in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people."
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 10 verses
- Numbers 10:33 דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting-place for them.
- Numbers 11:31 כְּ/דֶ֧רֶךְ וּ/כְ/דֶ֤רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs conj + prep + n c bs cs There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
- Numbers 14:25 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
- Numbers 20:17 דֶּ֧רֶךְ n c bs cs Please let us pass through your land: we will not pass through field or through vineyard, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your border.
- Numbers 21:1 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs The Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the South, heard tell that Israel came by the way of Atharim; and he fought against Israel, and took some of them captive.
- Numbers 21:4 דֶּ֣רֶךְ בַּ/דָּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs prep det + n c bs They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.
- Numbers 21:22 בְּ/דֶ֤רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Let me pass through your land: we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard; we will not drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's highway, until we have passed your border.
- Numbers 21:33 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs They turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
- Numbers 24:25 לְ/דַרְכּֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
- Numbers 33:8 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs They traveled from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness: and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.
Deuteronomy 16 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:2 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs It is eleven days' [journey] from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:19 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs We traveled from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw, by the way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.
- Deuteronomy 1:40 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.
- Deuteronomy 2:1 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we compassed Mount Seir many days.
- Deuteronomy 2:8 מִ/דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ דֶּ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs n c bs cs So we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion Geber. We turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
- Deuteronomy 3:1 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.
- Deuteronomy 8:6 בִּ/דְרָכָ֖י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- Deuteronomy 10:12 דְּרָכָי/ו֙ n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
- Deuteronomy 11:22 דְּרָכָ֖י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
- Deuteronomy 11:30 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs Aren't they beyond the Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh?
- Deuteronomy 19:9 בִּ/דְרָכָ֖י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms if you shall keep all this commandment to do it, which I command you this day, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, besides these three:
- Deuteronomy 26:17 בִּ/דְרָכָ֗י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 28:9 בִּ/דְרָכָֽי/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, and walk in his ways.
- Deuteronomy 28:29 דְּרָכֶ֑י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
- Deuteronomy 30:16 בִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 32:4 דְּרָכָ֖י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
Joshua 8 verses
- Joshua 1:8 דְּרָכֶ֖/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate thereon day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.
- Joshua 2:7 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs The men pursued after them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
- Joshua 2:16 לְ/דַרְכְּ/כֶֽם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp She said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light on you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way.
- Joshua 8:15 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- Joshua 10:10 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs Yahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah, and to Makkedah.
- Joshua 12:3 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs and the Arabah to the sea of Chinneroth, eastward, and to the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah:
- Joshua 22:5 דְּרָכָ֛י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Joshua 23:14 בְּ/דֶ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you; all are happen to you, not one thing has failed of it.
Judges 11 verses
- Judges 2:19 וּ/מִ/דַּרְכָּ֖/ם conj + prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp But it happened, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they didn't cease from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
- Judges 2:22 דֶּ֨רֶךְ n c bs cs that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of Yahweh to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.
- Judges 8:11 דֶּ֚רֶךְ n c bs cs Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host; for the host was secure.
- Judges 9:37 מִ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Gaal spoke again and said, Behold, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim.
- Judges 17:8 דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to sojourn where he could find [a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.
- Judges 18:5 דַּרְכֵּ֔/נוּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cp They said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
- Judges 18:6 דַּרְכְּ/כֶ֖ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp The priest said to them, Go in peace: before Yahweh is your way wherein you go.
- Judges 18:26 לְ/דַרְכָּ֑/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
- Judges 19:9 לְ/דַרְכְּ/כֶ֔ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.
- Judges 19:27 לְ/דַרְכּ֑/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
- Judges 20:42 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it.
1 Samuel 16 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:18 לְ/דַרְכָּ/הּ֙ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs She said, Let your handmaid find favor in your sight. So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn't sad any more.
- 1 Samuel 6:9 דֶּ֨רֶךְ n c bs cs Behold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us."
- 1 Samuel 6:12 בַּ/דֶּ֗רֶךְ דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ prep det + n c bs n c bs cs The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 8:3 ב/דרכ/ו בִּ/דְרָכָ֔י/ו prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- 1 Samuel 8:5 בִּ/דְרָכֶ֑י/ךָ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don't walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
- 1 Samuel 9:6 דַּרְכֵּ֖/נוּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cp He said to him, See now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes surely to pass: now let us go there; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.
- 1 Samuel 9:8 דַּרְכֵּֽ/נוּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cp The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
- 1 Samuel 12:23 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
- 1 Samuel 13:17 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs The spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
- 1 Samuel 13:18 דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs n c bs cs and another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
- 1 Samuel 17:52 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs The men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 18:14 דָּרְכָ֖/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?
- 1 Samuel 25:12 לְ/דַרְכָּ֑/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
- 1 Samuel 26:25 לְ/דַרְכּ֔/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
- 1 Samuel 30:2 לְ/דַרְכָּֽ/ם prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp and had taken captive the women [and all] who were therein, both small and great: they didn't kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
2 Samuel 7 verses
- 2 Samuel 2:24 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs But Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.
- 2 Samuel 4:7 דֶּ֥רֶךְ n c bs cs Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they struck him, and killed him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 18:23 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs But come what may, [said he], I will run. He said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and outran the Cushite.
- 2 Samuel 22:22 דַּרְכֵ֣י n c bp cs For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
- 2 Samuel 22:31 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Yahweh is tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- 2 Samuel 22:33 דרכ/ו דַּרְכִּֽ/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs God is my strong fortress; He guides the perfect in his way.
1 Kings 24 verses
- 1 Kings 1:49 לְ/דַרְכּֽ/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms All the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.
- 1 Kings 2:2 בְּ/דֶ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs I am going the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man;
- 1 Kings 2:3 בִּ/דְרָכָי/ו֙ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
- 1 Kings 2:4 דַּרְכָּ֗/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp That Yahweh may establish his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
- 1 Kings 3:14 בִּ/דְרָכַ֗/י prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs If you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days.
- 1 Kings 8:25 דַּרְכָּ/ם֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk before me as you have walked before me.
- 1 Kings 8:32 דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- 1 Kings 8:39 דְּרָכָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms then hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
- 1 Kings 8:44 בַּ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּ֤רֶךְ prep det + n c bs n c bs cs If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
- 1 Kings 8:48 דֶּ֤רֶךְ n c bs cs if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:
- 1 Kings 8:58 דְּרָכָ֗י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 11:33 בִ/דְרָכַ֗/י prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 11:38 בִ/דְרָכַ֗/י prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs It shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that which is right in my eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.
- 1 Kings 13:33 מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
- 1 Kings 15:26 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 15:34 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 16:2 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Because I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
- 1 Kings 16:19 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin.
- 1 Kings 16:26 דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ n c bs cs For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.
- 1 Kings 18:43 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.
- 1 Kings 19:4 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
- 1 Kings 19:15 לְ/דַרְכְּ/ךָ֖ prep + n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
- 1 Kings 22:43 דֶּ֛רֶךְ n c bs cs He walked in all the way of Asa his father; He didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh: however the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places.
- 1 Kings 22:52 בְּ/דֶ֤רֶךְ וּ/בְ/דֶ֣רֶךְ וּ/בְ/דֶ֨רֶךְ֙ prep + n c bs cs conj + prep + n c bs cs conj + prep + n c bs cs He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, in which he made Israel to sin.
2 Kings 13 verses
- 2 Kings 3:8 הַ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּ֖רֶךְ ptcl def.art + n c bs n c bs cs He said, Which way shall we go up? He answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom.
- 2 Kings 3:9 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.
- 2 Kings 3:20 מִ/דֶּ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs It happened in the morning, about the time of offering the offering, that behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
- 2 Kings 8:18 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife; and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 8:27 בְּ/דֶ֨רֶךְ֙ prep + n c bs cs He walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, as did the house of Ahab; for he was the son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
- 2 Kings 9:27 דֶּ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden-house. Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot: [and they struck him] at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo, and died there.
- 2 Kings 11:16 דֶּֽרֶךְ n c bs cs So they made way for her; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house: and there was she slain.
- 2 Kings 11:19 דֶּֽרֶך n c bs cs He took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of Yahweh, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. He sat on the throne of the kings.
- 2 Kings 16:3 בְּ/דֶ֖רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations, whom Yahweh cast out from before the children of Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:13 מִ/דַּרְכֵי/כֶ֤ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2mp Yet Yahweh testified to Israel, and to Judah, by every prophet, and every seer, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
- 2 Kings 21:22 בְּ/דֶ֥רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs and he forsook Yahweh, the God of his fathers, and didn't walk in the way of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 22:2 דֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ n c bs cs He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- 2 Kings 25:4 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] 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 [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
2 Chronicles 21 verses
- 2 Chronicles 6:16 דַּרְכָּ֗/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 6:30 דְּרָכָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
- 2 Chronicles 6:31 בִּ/דְרָכֶ֔י/ךָ prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 6:34 בַּ/דֶּ֖רֶךְ דֶּ֣רֶךְ prep det + n c bs n c bs cs If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
- 2 Chronicles 6:38 דֶּ֤רֶךְ n c bs cs if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:
- 2 Chronicles 7:14 מִ/דַּרְכֵי/הֶ֣ם prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 11:17 בְּ/דֶ֧רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years; for they walked three years in the way of David and Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 13:22 וּ/דְרָכָ֖י/ו conj + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms The rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
- 2 Chronicles 17:3 בְּ/דַרְכֵ֞י prep + n c bp cs Yahweh was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and didn't seek the Baals,
- 2 Chronicles 17:6 בְּ/דַרְכֵ֣י prep + n c bp cs His heart was lifted up in the ways of Yahweh: and furthermore he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 20:32 בְּ/דֶ֛רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn't turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6 בְּ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab; for he had the daughter of Ahab as wife: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 21:12 בְּ/דַרְכֵי֙ וּ/בְ/דַרְכֵ֖י prep + n c bp cs conj + prep + n c bp cs There came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 21:13 בְּ/דֶ֨רֶךְ֙ prep + n c bs cs but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the prostitute, like as the house of Ahab did, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house, who were better than yourself:
- 2 Chronicles 22:3 בְּ/דַרְכֵ֖י prep + n c bp cs He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
- 2 Chronicles 27:6 דְּרָכָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before Yahweh his God.
- 2 Chronicles 27:7 וּ/דְרָכָ֑י/ו conj + n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 28:2 בְּ/דַרְכֵ֖י prep + n c bp cs but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baals.
- 2 Chronicles 28:26 דְּרָכָ֔י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 34:2 בְּ/דַרְכֵי֙ prep + n c bp cs He did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn't turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Job 23 verses
- Job 3:23 דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, Whom God has hedged in?
- Job 4:6 דְּרָכֶֽי/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Isn't your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope?
- Job 6:18 דַּרְכָּ֑/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp The caravans that travel beside them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.
- Job 8:19 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, this is the joy of his way: Out of the earth shall others spring.
- Job 13:15 דְּ֝רָכַ֗/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
- Job 17:9 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
- Job 19:12 דַּרְכָּ֑/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp His troops come on together, Build a siege ramp against me, And encamp around my tent.
- Job 21:14 דְּ֝רָכֶ֗י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms They tell God, 'Depart from us, For we don't want to know about your ways.
- Job 21:31 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?
- Job 22:3 דְּרָכֶֽי/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? Or does it benefit him, that you make your ways perfect?
- Job 22:28 דְּ֝רָכֶ֗י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you. Light shall shine on your ways.
- Job 23:11 דַּרְכּ֖/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.
- Job 24:13 דְרָכָ֑י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms "These are of those who rebel against the light; They don't know the ways of it, Nor abide in the paths of it.
- Job 24:18 דֶּ֣רֶךְ n c bs cs "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
- Job 24:23 דַּרְכֵי/הֶֽם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
- Job 26:14 דרכ/ו דְּרָכָ֗י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?"
- Job 28:23 דַּרְכָּ֑/הּ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3fs "God understands its way, And he knows its place.
- Job 29:25 דַּרְכָּ/ם֮ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp I chose out their way, and sat as chief. I lived as a king in the army, As one who comforts the mourners.
- Job 31:4 דְרָכָ֑/י n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps?
- Job 34:21 דַּרְכֵי n c bp cs "For his eyes are on the ways of a man, He sees all his goings.
- Job 34:27 דְּ֝רָכָ֗י/ו n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:
- Job 36:23 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, 'You have committed unrighteousness?'
- Job 40:19 דַּרְכֵי n c bp cs He is the chief of the ways of God. He who made him gives him his sword.
Psalms 46 verses
- Psalms 1:1 וּ/בְ/דֶ֣רֶךְ conj + prep + n c bs cs Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Psalms 1:6 דֶּ֣רֶךְ וְ/דֶ֖רֶךְ n c bs cs conj + n c bs cs For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked shall perish.
- Psalms 5:8 דַּרְכֶּֽ/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Lead me, Yahweh, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight before my face.
- Psalms 10:5 דרכ/ו דְרָכָ֨י/ו n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bp cs + sfx pers 3ms His ways are prosperous at all times; He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight: As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
- Psalms 18:21 דַּרְכֵ֣י n c bp cs For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
- Psalms 18:30 דַּ֫רְכּ֥/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms As for God, his way is perfect. The word of Yahweh is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him.
- Psalms 18:32 דַּרְכִּֽ/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs The God who arms me with strength, and makes my way perfect?
- Psalms 25:4 דְּרָכֶ֣י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.
- Psalms 25:9 דַּרְכּֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
- Psalms 27:11 דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Teach me your way, Yahweh. Lead me in a straight path, because of my enemies.
- Psalms 35:6 דַרְכָּ֗/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp Let their way be dark and slippery, Yahweh's angel pursuing them.
- Psalms 37:5 דַּרְכֶּ֑/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:
- Psalms 37:7 דַּרְכּ֑/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don't fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
- Psalms 37:23 וְ/דַרְכּ֥/וֹ conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms A man's goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way.
- Psalms 37:34 דַּרְכּ֗/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, And he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
- Psalms 39:1 דְרָכַ/י֮ n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs I said, "I will watch my ways, so that I don't sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me."
- Psalms 49:13 דַ֭רְכָּ/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp This is the destiny of those who are foolish, And of those who approve their sayings. Selah.
- Psalms 51:13 דְּרָכֶ֑י/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms Then I will teach transgressors your ways. Sinners shall be converted to you.
- Psalms 67:2 דַּרְכֶּ֑/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms That your way may be known on earth, And your salvation among all nations,
- Psalms 77:13 דַּרְכֶּ֑/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your way, God, is in the sanctuary. What god is great like God?
- Psalms 77:19 דַּרְכֶּ֗/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your way was through the sea; Your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Psalms 81:13 בִּ/דְרָכַ֥/י prep + n c bp cs + sfx pers 1cs Oh that my people would listen to me, That Israel would walk in my ways!
- Psalms 85:13 לְ/דֶ֣רֶךְ prep + n c bs cs Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
- Psalms 86:11 דַּרְכֶּ֗/ךָ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2ms Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
- Psalms 91:11 דְּרָכֶֽי/ךָ n c bp cs + sfx pers 2ms For he will give his angels charge over you, To guard you in all your ways.
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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 vs modern scholarship
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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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 626 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 317 verses · 51%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 204 verses · 33%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 105 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
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.
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Renders H1870 across 697 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
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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.
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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
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