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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan will be a snake by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned; travelers took to winding paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - You fasten my feet in shackles; you keep close watch on all my paths by putting marks on the soles of my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - “Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:15 - Will you keep to the old path that the wicked have trod?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 - On my right the tribe[fn] attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - but no stranger had to spend the night in the street, for my door was always open to the traveler—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:11 - He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds in the sky, and the fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 16:11 - You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - Though people tried to bribe me, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent through what your lips have commanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:4 - Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 - Teach me your way, LORD; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - Beth How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:101

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:104

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - and because I consider all your precepts right, I hate every wrong path.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit grows faint within me, it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk people have hidden a snare for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the life of those who get it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8 - for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - who have left the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15 - whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19 - None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:20 - Thus you will walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6 - in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15 - calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 - In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is immortality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - Many peoples will come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths.” The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - Youths oppress my people, women rule over them. My people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.

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