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Lexicon :: Strong's H734 - 'ōraḥ

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אֹרַח
Transliteration
'ōraḥ
Pronunciation
o'-rakh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 161a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹרַח ʼôrach, o'-rakh; from H732; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan:—manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x

The KJV translates Strong's H734 in the following manner: way (26x), path (25x), highway (1x), wayfaring man (with H5674 08802) (1x), manner (1x), race (1x), ranks (1x), traveller (1x), troops (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 58x
The KJV translates Strong's H734 in the following manner: way (26x), path (25x), highway (1x), wayfaring man (with H5674 08802) (1x), manner (1x), race (1x), ranks (1x), traveller (1x), troops (1x).

  1. way, path

    1. path, road

    2. the path, way, passing of life (fig.)

    3. way of living (fig.)

    4. traveller, wayfarer (meton)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹרַח ʼôrach, o'-rakh; from H732; a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan:—manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
STRONGS H734: Abbreviations
†אֹ֫רַח noun masculineJob 6:18 (feminineProverbs 15:19) way, path (Assyrian urḫu COTGloss, Aramaic אֹרַח, axORuvA) — א׳ absolute Psalm 19:6 +; construct Proverbs 4:18 +; suffix אָרְחִי Job 19:8; Psalm 139:3 ** < Infinitive construct, and || רִבְעִי (Infinitive construct of II. רבע), not דרכי, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute אֳרָחוֺת Judges 5:6 (twice in verse) construct אָרְחוֺת Job 8:13 +; suffix אָרְחֹתָ֑י Job 13:27; Job 33:11; אָרְחוֺתָם Joel 2:7; Proverbs 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם Proverbs 2:15; also אֹרְחֹתָיו Isaiah 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Psalm 119:15 + etc.; — way, path (in Hebrew mostly poetry)
1. literal Judges 5:6 (twice in verse) Songs of Deborah (alone = highways, opposed to עֲקַלְקַלּוֺת א׳ crooked (by-paths;) compare also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺת ib.); Isaiah 33:8 עֹבֵר א׳ = wayfarer (|| מְסִלּוֺת), see also Genesis 49:17 (blessing of Jocob) (|| דֶּרֶךְ) & הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָם those who make straight their ways (|| עֹבְרֵי דָרֶ֑ךְ) Proverbs 9:15, בּוֺא א׳ go (tread) a path Isaiah 41:3; of course of locusts Joel 2:7 לֹא יְעַבְּטוּן א׳ they confuse not their paths (|| דְּרָכִים); יַמִּים א׳ paths of the seas Psalm 8:9; רוּץ אֹרַח run along a path, figurative of sun Psalm 19:6.
2. figurative path, way, of course & fortunes of life Job 13, 27 = Job 33:11; Job 19:8 (|| נְתִיבוֺת) Psalm 139:3 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Psalm 142:4 (|| נְתִיבָה) Proverbs 3:6 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Proverbs 4:18; Proverbs 15:19 (both || id.) Isaiah 26:7 (|| מַעְגָּל) so דֶּרֶךְ אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ Isaiah 3:12; plain or even path מִישׁוֺר א׳ Psalm 27:11; in two cases with a special reference (1) אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁים Genesis 18:11 (J) of menstruation; (2) אֹרַח לֹא אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְ a path (which) I shall not return, I am going Job 16:22 i.e. to She’ôl, compare Assyrian name of lower world irṣit lâ târat, land without return, see Jr10,65.
3. figurative way, of mode of living, or of character Job 34:11 (|| פֹּעַל) Psalm 119:9. Specifically:
a. ways of י׳, his mode of action Psalm 25:10;
b. of man's righteousness, called ways of י׳ Psalm 25:4 (|| דְּרָכִים) Psalm 44:19; Psalm 119:15 (|| מִּקּוּדִים) Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2 (|| דְּרָכִים) compare מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ א׳ Isaiah 26:8; also way of justice, uprightness, etc. מִשְׁמָּט א׳ Proverbs 2:8 (|| דֶּרֶח) Proverbs 17:23; Isaiah 40:14 (|| דֶּרֶח), ישֶׁר א׳ Proverbs 2:13 (|| id.), צְדָקָה א׳ Proverbs 8:20 (|| נְתִיבוֺת), Proverbs 12:28 (|| דֶּרֶךְ נְתִיבָה); so אֹרַה alone Isaiah 30:11 (|| דֶּרֶךְ) Proverbs 15:10; note especially אֹרַח חַיִּים, path of life, in righteousness & enjoyment of God Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 2:19; Proverbs 5:5; Proverbs 15:24 (opposed to שְׁאוֺל), also לְחַיִּים א׳ Proverbs 10:17 (on these compare Str Proverbs 14:32);
c. of wickedness, מָּרִיץ א׳ way, path of the violent Psalm 17:4, compare also Proverbs 22:25; רְשָׁעְים א׳ Proverbs 4:14 (|| דֶּרֶךְ), בֹּצֵעַ א׳ Proverbs 1:19; followed by abstract שָׁ֑קֶר א׳ Psalm 119:104, so Psalm 119:128 (|| מִּקּוּדִים), also with adjective רָע א׳ Psalm 119:101 compare Proverbs 2:15 (עִקְּשִׁים crooked) called עלָוֺם הָא׳ Job 22:15; note also אֵידָם א׳ their destructive ways, i.e. ways that cause destruction Job 30:12 (compare Job 19:12).
4. by metonomy. traveler, wayfarer Job 31:32 (compare הֵלֶךְ 2 Samuel 12:4) & in plural caravans 2 Samuel 6:18, 19 but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ 2Sam 31:32, אֹרְחוֺת 2 Samuel 6:18, 19.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:11; 49:17

Judges

5:6; 5:6

2 Samuel

6:18; 6:18; 6:19; 6:19; 12:4

Job

6:18; 8:13; 13; 13:27; 13:27; 16:22; 19:8; 19:8; 19:12; 22:15; 30:12; 31:32; 33:11; 33:11; 34:11

Psalms

8:9; 16:11; 17:4; 19:6; 19:6; 25:4; 25:10; 27:11; 44:19; 119:9; 119:15; 119:15; 119:101; 119:104; 119:128; 139:3; 139:3; 142:4

Proverbs

1:19; 2:8; 2:13; 2:15; 2:15; 2:19; 3:6; 4:14; 4:18; 4:18; 5:5; 8:20; 9:15; 9:15; 10:17; 12:28; 14:32; 15:10; 15:19; 15:19; 15:24; 17:23; 22:25

Isaiah

2:3; 2:3; 3:12; 26:7; 26:8; 30:11; 33:8; 40:14; 41:3

Joel

2:7; 2:7

Micah

4:2

H734

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Strong's Number H734 matches the Hebrew אֹרַח ('ōraḥ),
which occurs 60 times in 58 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 18:11–Isa 3:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old and advanced in age: it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan will be a serpent on the way, A horned snake on the path, Which biteth the horse's heels, So that the rider falleth backwards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, The roads were unused, and the travellers on highways went by crooked paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - They wind about in the paths of their course, they go off into the waste and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba counted on them:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - So are the paths of all that forget God; and the profane man's hope shall perish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; --

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - For years few in number shall pass, -- and I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Dost thou mark the ancient path which wicked men have trodden?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 - At my right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - The stranger did not lodge without; I opened my doors to the pathway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:11 - He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - The fowl of the heavens, and the fishes of the sea, whatever passeth through the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:4 - Make me to know thy ways, O Jehovah; teach me thy paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of Jehovah are loving-kindness and truth for such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 - Teach me thy way, Jehovah, and lead me in an even path, because of mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:101

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:104

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore I regard all thy precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then *thou* knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they hidden a snare for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - guarding the paths of just judgment and keeping the way of his godly ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - from those who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15 - whose paths are crooked, and who are perverted in their course:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - none that go unto her return again, neither do they attain to the paths of life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:20 - -- that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make plain thy paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - Lest she should ponder the path of life, her ways wander, she knoweth not whither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I walk in the path of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - to call passers-by who go right on their ways:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - Keeping instruction is the path to life; but he that forsaketh reproof goeth astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 - In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Grievous correction is for him that forsaketh the path; he that hateth reproof shall die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; but the path of the upright is made plain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - And many peoples shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead thee, and destroy the way of thy paths.

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