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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 - Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years. The way of women had ceased to be with Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:17 - Dan shall be a serpent in the way,
a viper by the path,
that bites the horse’s heels
so that his rider falls backward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:6 - “In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the highways were abandoned,
and travelers kept to the byways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:13 - Such are the paths of all who forget God;
the hope of the godless shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:27 - You put my feet in the stocks
and watch all my paths;
you set a limit for[fn] the soles of my feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:22 - For when a few years have come
I shall go the way from which I shall not return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:8 - He has walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:12 - On my right hand the rabble rise;
they push away my feet;
they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:32 - (the sojourner has not lodged in the street;
I have opened my doors to the traveler),

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:11 - he puts my feet in the stocks
and watches all my paths.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For according to the work of a man he will repay him,
and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:8 - the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
whatever passes along 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;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;
at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:4 - With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:10 - All the paths of the LORD are steadfast love and faithfulness,
for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:11 - Teach me your way, O LORD,
and lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:18 - Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:9 - Beth
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:15 - I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:101

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:101 - I hold back my feet from every evil way,
in order to keep your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:104

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:104 - Through your precepts I get understanding;
therefore I hate every false way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:128

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:128 - Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right;
I hate every false way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:3 - You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 142:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 142:3 - When my spirit faints within me,
you know my way!
In the path where I walk
they have hidden a trap for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19 - Such are the ways of everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it takes 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 justice
and watching over the way of his saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13 - who forsake 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 - men 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 come back,
nor do they regain the paths of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:20 - So you will walk in the way 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 acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of the evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6 - she does not ponder the path of life;
her ways wander, and 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,
in the paths of justice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17 - Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life,
but he who rejects reproof leads others 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 its pathway there is no death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10 - There is severe discipline for him who forsakes the way;
whoever hates reproof will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19 - The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,
but the path of the upright is a level 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,
that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - The wicked accepts a bribe in secret[fn]
to pervert the ways of justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25 - lest you learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:3 - and many peoples shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law,[fn]
and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:12 - My people—infants are their oppressors,
and women rule over them.
O my people, your guides mislead you
and they have swallowed up[fn] the course of your paths.

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