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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.
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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:11 - Now Abraham H85 and Sarah H8283 were old H2205 and well stricken H935 in age; H3117 and it ceased H2308 to be with Sarah H8283 after the manner H734 of women. H802

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan H1835 shall be a serpent H5175 by the way, H1870 an adder H8207 in the path, H734 that biteth H5391 the horse H5483 heels, H6119 so that his rider H7392 shall fall H5307 backward. H268

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - In the days H3117 of Shamgar H8044 the son H1121 of Anath, H6067 in the days H3117 of Jael, H3278 the highways H734 were unoccupied, H2308 and the travellers H1980 walked H3212 through byways. H6128 H5410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - The paths H734 of their way H1870 are turned aside; H3943 they go H5927 to nothing, H8414 and perish. H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The troops H734 of Tema H8485 looked, H5027 the companies H1979 of Sheba H7614 waited H6960 for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - So are the paths H734 of all that forget H7911 God; H410 and the hypocrite's H2611 hope H8615 shall perish: H6

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - Thou puttest H7760 my feet H7272 also in the stocks, H5465 and lookest narrowly H8104 unto all my paths; H734 thou settest a print H2707 upon the heels H8328 of my feet. H7272

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - When a few H4557 years H8141 are come, H857 then I shall go H1980 the way H734 whence I shall not return. H7725

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - He hath fenced up H1443 my way H734 that I cannot pass, H5674 and he hath set H7760 darkness H2822 in my paths. H5410

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Hast thou marked H8104 the old H5769 way H734 which wicked H205 men H4962 have trodden? H1869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 - Upon my right H3225 hand rise H6965 the youth; H6526 they push away H7971 my feet, H7272 and they raise up H5549 against me the ways H734 of their destruction. H343

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - The stranger H1616 did not lodge H3885 in the street: H2351 but I opened H6605 my doors H1817 to the traveller. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:11 - He putteth H7760 my feet H7272 in the stocks, H5465 he marketh H8104 all my paths. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For the work H6467 of a man H120 shall he render H7999 unto him, and cause every man H376 to find H4672 according to his ways. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - The fowl H6833 of the air, H8064 and the fish H1709 of the sea, H3220 and whatsoever passeth through H5674 the paths H734 of the seas. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - Thou wilt shew H3045 me the path H734 of life: H2416 in thy presence H6440 is fulness H7648 of joy; H8057 at thy right hand H3225 there are pleasures H5273 for evermore. H5331

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - Concerning the works H6468 of men, H120 by the word H1697 of thy lips H8193 I have kept H8104 me from the paths H734 of the destroyer. H6530

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - Which is as a bridegroom H2860 coming out H3318 of his chamber, H2646 and rejoiceth H7797 as a strong man H1368 to run H7323 a race. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:4 - Shew H3045 me thy ways, H1870 O LORD; H3068 teach H3925 me thy paths. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths H734 of the LORD H3068 are mercy H2617 and truth H571 unto such as keep H5341 his covenant H1285 and his testimonies. H5713

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 - Teach H3384 me thy way, H1870 O LORD, H3068 and lead H5148 me in a plain H4334 path, H734 because of mine enemies. H8324

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - Our heart H3820 is not turned H5472 back, H268 neither have our steps H838 declined H5186 from thy way; H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man H5288 cleanse H2135 his way? H734 by taking heed H8104 thereto according to thy word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I will meditate H7878 in thy precepts, H6490 and have respect H5027 unto thy ways. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have refrained H3607 my feet H7272 from every evil H7451 way, H734 that I might keep H8104 thy word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - Through thy precepts H6490 I get understanding: H995 therefore I hate H8130 every false H8267 way. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore I esteem all thy precepts H6490 concerning all things to be right; H3474 and I hate H8130 every false H8267 way. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - Thou compassest H2219 my path H734 and my lying down, H7252 and art acquainted H5532 with all my ways. H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit H7307 was overwhelmed H5848 within me, then thou knewest H3045 my path. H5410 In the way H734 wherein H2098 I walked H1980 have they privily laid H2934 a snare H6341 for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - So are the ways H734 of every one that is greedy H1214 of gain; H1215 which taketh away H3947 the life H5315 of the owners H1167 thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - He keepeth H5341 the paths H734 of judgment, H4941 and preserveth H8104 the way H1870 of his saints. H2623

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - Who leave H5800 the paths H734 of uprightness, H3476 to walk H3212 in the ways H1870 of darkness; H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15 - Whose ways H734 are crooked, H6141 and they froward H3868 in their paths: H4570

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - None that go H935 unto her return again, H7725 neither take they hold H5381 of the paths H734 of life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:20 - That thou mayest walk H3212 in the way H1870 of good H2896 men, and keep H8104 the paths H734 of the righteous. H6662

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - In all thy ways H1870 acknowledge H3045 him, and he shall direct H3474 thy paths. H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Enter H935 not into the path H734 of the wicked, H7563 and go H833 not in the way H1870 of evil H7451 men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path H734 of the just H6662 is as the shining H5051 light, H216 that shineth H215 more H1980 and more unto the perfect H3559 day. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - Lest thou shouldest ponder H6424 the path H734 of life, H2416 her ways H4570 are moveable, H5128 that thou canst not know H3045 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I lead H1980 in the way H734 of righteousness, H6666 in the midst H8432 of the paths H5410 of judgment: H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - To call H7121 passengers H5674 H1870 who go right H3474 on their ways: H734

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - He is in the way H734 of life H2416 that keepeth H8104 instruction: H4148 but he that refuseth H5800 reproof H8433 erreth. H8582

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 - In the way H734 of righteousness H6666 is life; H2416 and in the pathway H5410 H1870 thereof there is no death. H4194

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Correction H4148 is grievous H7451 unto him that forsaketh H5800 the way: H734 and he that hateth H8130 reproof H8433 shall die. H4191

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way H1870 of the slothful H6102 man is as an hedge H4881 of thorns: H2312 but the way H734 of the righteous H3477 is made plain. H5549

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The way H734 of life H2416 is above H4605 to the wise, H7919 that he may depart H5493 from hell H7585 beneath. H4295

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A wicked H7563 man taketh H3947 a gift H7810 out of the bosom H2436 to pervert H5186 the ways H734 of judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - Lest thou learn H502 his ways, H734 and get H3947 a snare H4170 to thy soul. H5315

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - And many H7227 people H5971 shall go H1980 and say, H559 Come H3212 ye, and let us go up H5927 to the mountain H2022 of the LORD, H3068 to the house H1004 of the God H430 of Jacob; H3290 and he will teach H3384 us of his ways, H1870 and we will walk H3212 in his paths: H734 for out of Zion H6726 shall go forth H3318 the law, H8451 and the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 from Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - As for my people, H5971 children H5953 are their oppressors, H5065 and women H802 rule H4910 over them. O my people, H5971 they which lead H833 thee cause thee to err, H8582 and destroy H1104 the way H1870 of thy paths. H734

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