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Lexicon :: Strong's H1870 - dereḵ

Aa
דֶּרֶךְ
Transliteration
dereḵ
Pronunciation
deh'-rek
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 453a

Strong’s Definitions

דֶּרֶךְ derek, deh'-rek; from H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb:—along, away, because of, by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 705x

The KJV translates Strong's H1870 in the following manner: way (590x), toward (31x), journey (23x), manner (8x), miscellaneous (53x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 705x
The KJV translates Strong's H1870 in the following manner: way (590x), toward (31x), journey (23x), manner (8x), miscellaneous (53x).

  1. way, road, distance, journey, manner

    1. road, way, path

    2. journey

    3. direction

    4. manner, habit, way

    5. of course of life (fig.)

    6. of moral character (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
דֶּרֶךְ derek, deh'-rek; from H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb:—along, away, because of, by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
STRONGS H1870: Abbreviations
דֶּ֫רֶךְ 715 noun masculineDeuteronomy 17:16 & (less often) feminineExodus 18:20 way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute ד׳ Genesis 38:16 +; דָּ֑רֶךְ Genesis 38:21 +; construct דֶּרֶךְ Genesis 3:24; suffix דַּרְכִּי Genesis 24:42 + 4 times + 2 Samuel 22:33 דַּרְכִּ֯ו; דַּרְכְּךָ Hosea 10:13; 1 Kings 19:15; דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 5:9 +9 times; דַּרְכֵךְ Jeremiah 2:23 +8 times; דַּרְכּוֺ Genesis 6:12 +; דַּרְכָּהּ 1 Samuel 1:18; Job 28:23; דַּרְכֵּנוּ Judges 18:5 + 2 times; דַּרְכְּכֶם Genesis 19:2 + 3 times, דַּרָכָּם 1 Kings 2:4 +; dual דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6, 18; plural דְּרָכִים Deuteronomy 28:7 + 6 times; construct דַּרְכֵי Proverbs 3:17 + 24 times; suffix דְּרָכַי Job 13:15 + 17 times, דְּרָכָ֑י Psalm 95:10 + 4 times; דְּרָכֶיךָ Deuteronomy 28:29 + 16 times; דְּרָכֶךָ Exodus 33:13 + 2 times; דְּרָכַיִךְ Jeremiah 3:18 + 4 times; דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ Ezekiel 7:3 + 3 times; דְּרָכָיו Deuteronomy 10:12 +; דְּרָכֶיהָ Proverbs 3:17 + 3 times; דְּרָכֵינוּ Lamentations 3:40; Zechariah 1:6; דַּרְכֵיכֶם Leviticus 26:22 + 17 times; דַּרְכֵיהֶם Jeremiah 16:17 + 5 times; דַּרְכֵיהֶן Ezekiel 16:47; —
1. way, road, path Genesis 35:3 (E) Genesis 38:16, 21 (both J) Genesis 48:7 (P), Genesis 49:17 (J; poem) Leviticus 26:22 (H, only here in Leviticus) Numbers 22:22, 23 (3 times in verse); Numbers 22:31, 34 (all J E) Deuteronomy 6:7; Deuteronomy 22:4, 6; Deuteronomy 23:5; Deuteronomy 24:9; Deuteronomy 25:17, 18; Joshua 3:4 (D) Ruth 1:7; 1 Samuel 4:13 (on text compare Dr) 1 Samuel 15:2; 1 Samuel 24:4; 2 Samuel 16:13; 1 Kings 13:9, 10 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:12, 17, 24 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 13:25, 26, 28; 1 Kings 18:6 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:7; 1 Kings 20:38; 2 Kings 2:23; 2 Kings 3:8; 2 Kings 6:19; 2 Kings 7:15, 19:28; 2 Kings 19:33 = Isaiah 37:29, 34; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 13:7; Isaiah 43:16, 19; Isaiah 49:9, 11; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 57:14 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:25; Lamentations 1:5; Ezekiel 21:24; Ezekiel 21:25; Ezekiel 42:11, 12; Joel 2:7; Ezra 8:22, 31; Job 12:24; Psalm 107:40; Psalm 110:7; Proverbs 7:8; Proverbs 8:2; Proverbs 26:13; Ecclesiastes 10:3; Ecclesiastes 12:5; construct way of (often = to, toward) עֵץ הַחַיִּים ד׳ Genesis 3:24 (J) שׁוּר ד׳ Genesis 16:7 (J) פְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶרֶץ ד׳ Exodus 13:17 (E) הַבָּשָׁן ד׳ Numbers 21:33 (JE); compare Deuteronomy 1:2, 19; Deuteronomy 3:1; Joshua 2:7 (JE) Joshua 12:3; 1 Samuel 6:9, 12; 1 Samuel 13:17, 18 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 17:52; 2 Kings 3:20; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 2:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 50:5; Ezekiel 47:15; Ezekiel 48:1; הַמִּדְבָּר ד׳ (of different ways) Exodus 13:18 (E) Joshua 8:15 (JE) Judges 20:42, compare Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:24; 2 Kings 3:8; ד׳ אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר 2 Samuel 15:23 is corrupt; read הַזַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ד׳ בַּטִּדְבָּר LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Dr compare We the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; הָעֲרָבָה ד׳ Deuteronomy 2:8 and (with different reference) 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Jeremiah 39:4; הַכִּכָּר ד׳ 2 Samuel 18:23; יַםסֿוּף ד׳ Numbers 14:25; Numbers 21:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:40; Deuteronomy 2:1; often of gateway, as הַשַּׁעַר ד׳ 2 Samuel 15:2 compare 2 Kings 11:19; 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Ezekiel 9:2; Ezekiel 43:4; Ezekiel 44:1, 4; Ezekiel 46:9 (5 times in verse); Ezekiel 47:2; ד׳ אוּלָם הַשַּׁעַר Ezekiel 44:3; Ezekiel 46:2, 8; בֵּית הַגָּן ד׳ 2 Kings 9:27, גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ ד׳ Jeremiah 39:4; הַיָּם ד׳ Isaiah 8:23 (compare Commentaries & SchumacherJaulan 63 and PEF Apr. 1889, 78); מְבוֺא הַסּוּסִים ד׳ 2 Kings 11:16; followed by ָ  ה locative Genesis 35:19 (E), Genesis 38:14 (J) Genesis 48:7 (P; read אפרתה Ol); הַמֶּלֶךְ נֵלֵךְ ד׳ † Numbers 20:17; Numbers 21:22 (both J E; Arabic درب السلطان of different highroads, compare Seetzeni. 61, 132, ii. 336 RobBR iii. 141 Di; = מְסִלָּה Numbers 20:19) i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; compare || בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ Deuteronomy 2:27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves † בַּיָּם דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:20 (|| וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯ בְּמַיִם רַבִּים); וּבִשְׂעָרָה דַּרְכּוֺ Nahum 1:3; compare פַּנּוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר י׳ ד׳ Isaiah 40:3 (|| יַשְּׁרוּ בָּֽעֲרָבָה מְסִלָּה לאלהינו); also Malachi 3:1, compare Isaiah 43:16, 19 (way made by י׳) & Isaiah 51:10; path of lighting Job 28:26; Job 38:25; of light Job 38:19, 24, of camel (בִּכְרָה) Jeremiah 2:23, of locusts Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things Proverbs 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 maid (i.e. no trace is left in any case); compare also Proverbs 30:20 כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ אִשָּׁה מְנָאָ֑פֶת; figure of death אָנֹכִי הוֺלֵךְ הַיּוֺם בְּדֶרֶךְ כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ Joshua 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 1 Kings 2:2 (compare Genesis 19:31 4a).
2. journey Genesis 24:21, 40, 42, 56 (all J) Numbers 9:10, 13 (P) Joshua 9:11, 13 (both J E) 1 Kings 18:27; 1 Kings 19:7 רַב מִמְּךָ הַדּ׳; לַעֲשׂוֺת ד׳ Judges 17:8; בְּאֵר ד׳ שָׁ֑בַע Amos 8:14 (journey of — to — Beersheba compare Hi St; but text dubious, Greek Version of the LXX ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; HoffmZAW 1883, 123 proposes דֹּדְךָ, We בְּאֵרְךָ compare BuThLz 1892, 62); דֶּרֶךְ חֹל 1 Samuel 21:6 a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary modification שְׁלשֶׁת יָמִים ד׳ Genesis 30:36 (J) Exodus 3:18; Exodus 5:3; Exodus 8:23; Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (all J E), Numbers 33:8 (P) compare also Genesis 31:23 (E) Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE), 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 3:9; go one's way הָלַךְ לְדַרְכּוֺ † Genesis 19:2 (J), Genesis 32:2 [Genesis 32:1 (E), Genesis 33:16 (J), Numbers 24:25; Joshua 2:16 (both J E), Judges 18:26; Judges 19:27; 1 Samuel 1:18; 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Samuel 30:2; 1 Kings 1:49; Jeremiah 28:11, see הלך; also הָפַךְ לְד׳ † 1 Samuel 25:12, & (figurative) לִד׳ פָּנָה † Isaiah 53:6 (so Isaiah 56:11 5 below); of זוֺנָה, figurative of Israel, וַתְּפַזְּרִי אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ לַזָּרִים Jeremiah 3:13.
3. of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1 Kings 8:44, 48 2 Chronicles 6:34, 38 pray toward the city, etc.; 2 Chronicles 18:43 look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. צָפוֺנָה ד׳ Ezekiel 8:5 (twice in verse); compare Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 40:6; construct הַקָּדִים ד׳ Ezekiel 40:10 (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co) Ezekiel 40:22; Ezekiel 43:1; הַצָּפוֺן ד׳ Ezekiel 43:20 compare הַדָּרוֺם ד׳ Ezekiel 43:24; Ezekiel 43:24, הַיָּם ד׳ Ezekiel 41:12, הֶחָצֵר ד׳ Ezekiel 42:7 etc. (with + 28 times Ezekiel); (see also מִדֶּרֶךְ Ezekiel 9:2; compare Ezekiel 43:2; Ezekiel 44:3; on אַמָּה אֶחָת ד׳ Ezekiel 42:4 see VB Co Da) compare לֹאיִֿפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים Job 24:18.
†4., way, manner:
a. usage כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ ד׳ Genesis 19:31 (J; compare also Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2 above)
b. = customary experience, or condition נָשִׁים ד׳ Genesis 31:35 (E).
c. מִצְרַיִם ד׳ Amos 4:10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Isaiah 10:24, 26.
d. habit of animals, ants Proverbs 6:6 (plural)
†5. figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ תַצְלִיחַ לֹא Deuteronomy 28:29 compare Joshua 1:8 (D) 1 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:33 = Psalm 18:33; Job 3:23; Job 8:19; Job 17:9; Job 22:28; Job 24:23; Job 31:4; Job 34:21; Psalm 10:5; Psalm 35:6; Psalm 37:5; Psalm 37:7; Psalm 37:23; Psalm 91:11; Psalm 102:24; Psalm 119:37; Psalm 128:1; Psalm 139:3; Psalm 146:9; Proverbs 2:8; Proverbs 3:6, 23; Proverbs 11:5; Proverbs 20:24; Proverbs 29:27; Proverbs 31:3; Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 45:13; Isaiah 48:15; Isaiah 55:8, 9; Jeremiah 2:36; Jeremiah 10:23; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 23:12; Lamentations 3:9, 11; Hosea 2:8; Hosea 9:8; Hosea 10:13; Amos 2:7 (עְנָוִים ד׳); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְרָכָיו וּדְבָרָיו 2 Chronicles 13:22; of Jotham וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו וּדְרָכָיו 2 Chronicles 27:7; of Ahaz וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים 2 Chronicles 28:26; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ ד׳ Isaiah 3:12 compare also Isaiah 30:11; and Isaiah 57:18; = gain Isaiah 56:11, pleasure, etc. Isaiah 58:13.
6.
†a. of moral action and character הִשְׁחִית כָּלבָּֿשָׂר אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ עַלהָֿאָרֶץ Genesis 6:12 (P); compare Jeremiah 3:21; יִשְׁמְרוּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25 2 Chronicles 6:16; compare 2 Chronicles 6:39 2 Chronicles 6:30; הֵכִין דְּרָכָיו לִפְנֵי י׳ 2 Chronicles 27:6; Psalm 5:9; Psalm 39:2; Psalm 49:14; Psalm 50:23; Psalm 119:5; Psalm 119:26; Psalm 119:59; Psalm 119:168; Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 5:8, 21; Proverbs 10:9; Proverbs 14:2, 8, 12; Proverbs 16:2, 7, 9, 17, 25; Proverbs 19:3, 16; Proverbs 21:2, 29; Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 6:27; Jeremiah 7:3, 5; Jeremiah 16:17; Jeremiah 17:10; Jeremiah 18:11, 15; Jeremiah 26:13; Jeremiah 32:19 (twice in verse); Lamentations 3:40; Ezekiel 7:3; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 14:22; Ezekiel 14:23; Ezekiel 18:25; Ezekiel 18:29; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 24:14; Ezekiel 28:15; Ezekiel 33:17; Ezekiel 33:20; Ezekiel 36:19; Haggai 1:5; Haggai 1:7; Zechariah 1:6; דַּרְכֵי לִבְּךָ Ecclesiastes 11:9 compare Isaiah 57:17 (& Jeremiah 32:39 c. below).
b. of duty (commanded by י׳, etc.) יֵלְכוּ בָּהּ הַדּ׳ Exodus 18:20 (E) compare Exodus 32:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 9:12, 16; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 31:29; Judges 2:17; Job 31:7; Psalm 25:8; Psalm 25:12; Psalm 32:8; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 143:8; Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 22:6; Proverbs 23:19; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 48:17; Jeremiah 7:23; Malachi 2:8; so too, of wisdom דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם Proverbs 3:17, חָכְמָה ד׳ Proverbs 4:11; Proverbs 8:32; compare Proverbs 23:26; בִּינָה ד׳ Proverbs 9:6 compare Isaiah 40:14.
†c. specifically: in good sense הַטּוֺבָה וְהַיְשָׁרָה ד׳ 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27; compare Proverbs 16:31; Jeremiah 6:16; תֹּם דְּרָכֶיךָ Job 4:6; compare Job 22:8; Proverbs 13:6; דְּרָכָיו (i.e. of light) Job 24:13 (|| נְתִיבֹתָיו); צַדִּיקִים ד׳ Psalm 1:6, טוֺבִים ד׳ Proverbs 2:20, יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ Psalm 37:14, תְּמִימֵי דָ֑רֶךְ Proverbs 11:20; Psalm 119:1; תָּמִים ד׳ Psalm 101:2; Psalm 101:6, אֱמוּנָה ד׳ Psalm 119:30, שָׁלוֺם דּ׳ Isaiah 59:8; עוֺלָּם ד׳ Psalm 139:24, חַיִּים ד׳ Proverbs 6:23, compare Proverbs 12:28; Jeremiah 21:8 (opposed to המות ד׳ see below); without modifier 1 Samuel 8:3, 5; Job 13:15; Job 23:10, לֵב אֶחָד וְד׳ אֶחָד Jeremiah 32:39; compare also a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 22:2; 2 Chronicles 11:17; 20:32; 21:12 (twice in verse) (plural) so 2 Chronicles 34:2; compare דַּרְכֵי דָּוִיד הָרִאשֹׁנִים 2 Chronicles 17:3 the first ways of David; also דַּרְכֵי עַמִּי Jeremiah 12:16.
†d. oftener in bad sense דַּרְכָּם הַקָּשָׁה Judges 2:19, דַּרְכּוֺ הָרָעָה 1 Kings 13:33, רַע ד׳ Proverbs 2:12; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 28:10; compare 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Jeremiah 18:11; Jeremiah 23:22; Jeremiah 25:5; Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 36:2, 7; Ezekiel 3:18, 19; Ezekiel 13:22; Ezekiel 20:44; Ezekiel 33:11; Jonah 3:8, 10; Zechariah 1:4; לֹא טוֺב ד׳ Psalm 36:5; Proverbs 16:29; Isaiah 65:2; דַּרְכֵךְ זִמָּה Ezekiel 16:27; compare with completed metaphor לֹא סְלוּלָה ד׳ Jeremiah 18:15; further שֶׁקֶר ד׳ Psalm 119:29, עֹצֶב ד׳ Psalm 139:24, פִּשְׁעָם ד׳ Psalm 107:17; דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ Proverbs 2:13; דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת Proverbs 14:12 = Proverbs 16:25; דרך המות Jeremiah 21:8, compare above c; עָצֵל ד׳ Proverbs 15:19 (compare Proverbs 6:6); חַטָּאִים ד׳ Psalm 1:1 compare Psalm 1:6; Proverbs 1:15; Proverbs 3:31; Proverbs 4:19 (רְשָׁעִים ד׳), Proverbs 12:15 (אֱוִיל ד׳), Proverbs 13:15 (בֹּגְדִים ד׳), also Proverbs 15:9; Proverbs 21:8; Isaiah 55:7; עִקֵּשׁ ד׳ Proverbs 22:5, compare עִקֵּשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:6 compare Proverbs 28:18; further, without modifier, Hosea 4:9; Hosea 12:3; Proverbs 7:25; Proverbs 14:14; Isaiah 53:6; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 2:23 (of idolatry רְאִי דַרְכֵךְ בַּגַּיְא) Jeremiah 2:33; Jeremiah 4:11 (compare Hi Gf) Jeremiah 4:18; Jeremiah 15:7; Jeremiah 22:1; Ezekiel 16:47 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 16:61; Ezekiel 18:23; Ezekiel 20:43; Ezekiel 23:13, 31; Ezekiel 33:8, 9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:11; Ezekiel 36:17 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 36:31.Ezekiel 36:32 compare also below a. above; לָתֵת דַּרְכּוֺ בְּראֹשׁוֺ 1 Kings 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2 Chronicles 6:23, compare Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 9:10; Ezekiel 11:21; Ezekiel 16:43; Ezekiel 22:31; דַּרְכָּם פְּרִי Proverbs 1:31; especially construct before names of bad kings יָרָבְעָם ד׳ 1 Kings 15:34 (compare 1 Kings 15:26) 1 Kings 16:2, 19, 26; 1 Kings 22:53 compare 1 Kings 22:53; 1 Kings 22:53; also מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ד׳ 2 Kings 8:18; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Chronicles 21:6, 13; 28:2 (plural); דַּרְכֵי בֵּית אַחְאָב 2 Kings 8:27 2 Chronicles 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); הָעָם הַזֶּה ד׳ Isaiah 8:11, הַגּוֺיִם ד׳ Jeremiah 10:2, ד׳ אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 20:30 compare 2 Kings 21:21.
†e. way of י׳ :
(a) = his creative activity Job 26:14; applied in concrete sense to behemoth (hippopotamus) הוּא רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכֵיאֵֿל Job 40:19 (hyperbole); compare of wisdom רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 8:22;
(b) = his moral administration, Exodus 33:13 (plural; J E); Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31 = Psalm 18:31; Job 21:31; Job 36:23; אלהים בַּקֹּדֶשׁ דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 77:14 (|| מִי אֵל גָּדוֺל כֵּאלֹהִים); Psalm 85:14 [Psalm 85:13]; Psalm 103:7; Psalm 138:5; Psalm 145:17; Proverbs 10:29; Isaiah 55:8, 9; Jeremiah 5:4, 5; Ezekiel 18:25 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 18:29 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 33:17, 20; Hosea 14:10 [Hosea 14:9].
(c) = his commandments צְדָקָה לַעֲשׂוֺת י׳ ד׳ וְשָֽׁמְרוּ וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט Genesis 18:19 (J); כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה י׳ Deuteronomy 5:30 compare (plural) Deuteronomy 8:6; Deuteronomy 10:12; Deuteronomy 11:22, 28; Deuteronomy 19:9; Deuteronomy 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:9; Deuteronomy 30:16; Joshua 22:5 (D) Judges 2:22; 2 Samuel 22:22 = Psalm 18:22, 1 Kings 2:3; 1 Kings 3:14; 1 Kings 8:58; 1 Kings 11:33, 38; 2 Kings 21:22; 2 Chronicles 6:31; Job 21:14; Job 23:11; Job 34:27; Psalm 25:4; Psalm 25:9; Psalm 27:11; Psalm 37:34; Psalm 51:15; Psalm 67:3; Psalm 81:14; Psalm 86:11; Psalm 95:10; Psalm 119:3; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Isaiah 42:24; Isaiah 58:2; Isaiah 63:17; Isaiah 64:4; Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 2:9; compare וַיִּגְבַּהּ לִבּוֺ בְּדַרְכֵי י׳ 2 Chronicles 17:6; see also עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ ד׳ Psalm 119:14; פִּקּוּדֶיךָ ד׳ Psalm 119:27, מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ ד׳ Psalm 119:32, חֻקֶּיךָ ד׳ Psalm 119:33.
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Genesis

3:24; 3:24; 6:12; 6:12; 16:7; 18:19; 19:2; 19:2; 19:31; 19:31; 24:21; 24:40; 24:42; 24:42; 24:56; 30:36; 31:23; 31:35; 32:1; 33:16; 35:3; 35:19; 38:14; 38:16; 38:16; 38:21; 38:21; 48:7; 48:7; 49:17

Exodus

3:18; 5:3; 8:23; 13:17; 13:18; 18:20; 18:20; 32:8; 33:13; 33:13

Leviticus

26:22; 26:22

Numbers

9:10; 9:13; 10:33; 11:31; 14:25; 20:17; 20:19; 21:4; 21:22; 21:33; 22:22; 22:23; 22:31; 22:34; 24:25; 33:8

Deuteronomy

1:2; 1:19; 1:40; 2:1; 2:8; 2:8; 2:27; 3:1; 5:30; 6:7; 8:6; 9:12; 9:16; 10:12; 10:12; 11:22; 11:28; 13:6; 17:16; 19:9; 22:4; 22:6; 23:5; 24:9; 25:17; 25:18; 26:17; 28:7; 28:9; 28:29; 28:29; 30:16; 31:29; 32:4

Joshua

1:8; 2:7; 2:16; 3:4; 8:15; 9:11; 9:13; 12:3; 22:5; 23:14; 23:14

Judges

2:17; 2:19; 2:22; 17:8; 18:5; 18:26; 19:27; 20:42

Ruth

1:7

1 Samuel

1:18; 1:18; 4:13; 6:9; 6:12; 8:3; 8:5; 12:23; 13:17; 13:18; 15:2; 17:52; 18:14; 21:6; 24:4; 25:12; 26:25; 30:2

2 Samuel

2:24; 4:7; 15:2; 15:23; 16:13; 18:23; 22:22; 22:31; 22:33; 22:33

1 Kings

1:49; 2:2; 2:2; 2:3; 2:4; 2:4; 3:14; 8:25; 8:32; 8:36; 8:44; 8:48; 8:58; 11:33; 11:38; 13:9; 13:10; 13:12; 13:17; 13:24; 13:25; 13:26; 13:28; 13:33; 15:26; 15:34; 16:2; 16:19; 16:26; 18:6; 18:7; 18:27; 19:4; 19:7; 19:15; 20:38; 22:43; 22:53; 22:53; 22:53

2 Kings

2:23; 3:8; 3:8; 3:9; 3:20; 6:19; 7:15; 8:18; 8:27; 9:27; 11:16; 11:19; 16:3; 17:13; 19:28; 19:33; 21:21; 21:22; 22:2; 25:4; 25:4

2 Chronicles

6:16; 6:23; 6:27; 6:30; 6:31; 6:34; 6:38; 6:39; 7:14; 11:17; 13:22; 17:3; 17:6; 20:32; 21:6; 21:12; 21:13; 22:3; 27:6; 27:7; 28:2; 28:26; 34:2

Ezra

8:22; 8:31

Job

3:23; 4:6; 8:19; 12:24; 13:15; 13:15; 17:9; 21:14; 21:31; 22:8; 22:28; 23:10; 23:11; 24:13; 24:18; 24:23; 26:14; 28:23; 28:26; 31:4; 31:7; 34:21; 34:27; 36:23; 38:19; 38:24; 38:25; 40:19

Psalms

1:1; 1:6; 1:6; 5:9; 5:9; 10:5; 18:22; 18:31; 18:33; 25:4; 25:8; 25:9; 25:12; 27:11; 32:8; 35:6; 36:5; 37:5; 37:7; 37:14; 37:23; 37:34; 39:2; 49:14; 50:23; 51:15; 67:3; 77:14; 77:20; 81:14; 85:13; 86:11; 91:11; 95:10; 95:10; 101:2; 101:6; 102:24; 103:7; 107:17; 107:40; 110:7; 119:1; 119:1; 119:3; 119:5; 119:14; 119:26; 119:27; 119:29; 119:30; 119:32; 119:33; 119:37; 119:59; 119:168; 128:1; 138:5; 139:3; 139:24; 139:24; 143:8; 145:17; 146:9

Proverbs

1:15; 1:31; 2:8; 2:12; 2:13; 2:20; 3:6; 3:17; 3:17; 3:17; 3:23; 3:31; 4:11; 4:19; 4:26; 5:8; 5:21; 6:6; 6:6; 6:23; 7:8; 7:25; 8:2; 8:13; 8:22; 8:32; 9:6; 10:9; 10:29; 11:5; 11:20; 12:15; 12:28; 13:6; 13:15; 14:2; 14:8; 14:12; 14:12; 14:14; 15:9; 15:19; 16:2; 16:7; 16:9; 16:17; 16:25; 16:25; 16:29; 16:31; 19:3; 19:16; 20:24; 21:2; 21:8; 21:16; 21:29; 22:5; 22:6; 23:19; 23:26; 26:13; 28:6; 28:6; 28:10; 28:18; 28:18; 29:27; 30:19; 30:20; 31:3

Ecclesiastes

10:3; 11:9; 12:5

Isaiah

2:3; 3:12; 8:11; 10:24; 10:26; 15:5; 30:11; 30:21; 37:29; 37:34; 40:3; 40:14; 40:27; 42:24; 43:16; 43:16; 43:19; 43:19; 45:13; 48:15; 48:17; 49:9; 49:11; 51:10; 51:10; 53:6; 53:6; 55:7; 55:8; 55:8; 55:9; 55:9; 56:11; 56:11; 57:14; 57:17; 57:18; 58:2; 58:13; 59:8; 63:17; 64:4; 65:2; 66:3

Jeremiah

2:18; 2:23; 2:23; 2:23; 2:33; 2:33; 2:36; 3:13; 3:18; 3:21; 4:11; 4:18; 5:4; 5:5; 6:16; 6:25; 6:27; 7:3; 7:5; 7:23; 10:2; 10:23; 12:1; 12:16; 15:7; 16:17; 16:17; 17:10; 18:11; 18:11; 18:15; 18:15; 21:8; 21:8; 22:1; 23:12; 23:22; 25:5; 26:3; 26:13; 28:11; 32:19; 32:39; 32:39; 35:15; 36:2; 36:7; 39:4; 39:4; 50:5; 52:7; 52:7

Lamentations

1:5; 3:9; 3:11; 3:40; 3:40

Ezekiel

3:18; 3:19; 7:3; 7:3; 7:4; 7:8; 7:9; 7:27; 8:5; 9:2; 9:2; 9:10; 11:21; 13:22; 14:22; 14:23; 16:27; 16:43; 16:47; 16:47; 16:61; 18:23; 18:25; 18:25; 18:29; 18:29; 18:30; 20:30; 20:43; 20:44; 21:2; 21:24; 21:25; 22:31; 23:13; 23:31; 24:14; 28:15; 33:8; 33:9; 33:11; 33:11; 33:17; 33:17; 33:20; 33:20; 36:17; 36:19; 36:31; 36:32; 40:6; 40:10; 40:22; 41:12; 42:4; 42:7; 42:11; 42:12; 43:1; 43:2; 43:4; 43:20; 43:24; 43:24; 44:1; 44:3; 44:3; 44:4; 46:2; 46:8; 46:9; 47:2; 47:15; 48:1

Hosea

2:8; 4:9; 6:9; 9:8; 10:13; 10:13; 12:3; 13:7; 14:9

Joel

2:7; 2:7

Amos

2:7; 4:10; 8:14

Jonah

3:8; 3:10

Micah

4:2

Nahum

1:3

Haggai

1:5; 1:7

Zechariah

1:4; 1:6; 1:6; 3:7

Malachi

2:8; 2:9; 3:1

H1870

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Strong's Number H1870 matches the Hebrew דֶּרֶךְ (dereḵ),
which occurs 712 times in 626 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 13 (1Ki 16:2–2Ch 21:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:19 - because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD and following the ways of Jeroboam and committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:6 - So they divided the land they were to cover, Ahab going in one direction and Obadiah in another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:43 - “Go and look toward the sea,” he told his servant. And he went up and looked. “There is nothing there,” he said. Seven times Elijah said, “Go back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:4 - while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:7 - The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:15 - The LORD said to him, “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:38 - Then the prophet went and stood by the road waiting for the king. He disguised himself with his headband down over his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:43 - In everything he followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed, and the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:52 - He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, because he followed the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:23 - From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - “By what route shall we attack?” he asked. “Through the Desert of Edom,” he answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:9 - So the king of Israel set out with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. After a roundabout march of seven days, the army had no more water for themselves or for the animals with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:20 - The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was—water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:19 - Elisha told them, “This is not the road and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you are looking for.” And he led them to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - They followed them as far as the Jordan, and they found the whole road strewn with the clothing and equipment the Arameans had thrown away in their headlong flight. So the messengers returned and reported to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:18 - He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:27 - He followed the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the eyes of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was related by marriage to Ahab’s family.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When Ahaziah king of Judah saw what had happened, he fled up the road to Beth Haggan.[fn] Jehu chased him, shouting, “Kill him too!” They wounded him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he escaped to Megiddo and died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:12 - Jehu then set out and went toward Samaria. At Beth Eked of the Shepherds,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:16 - So they seized her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds, and there she was put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - He took with him the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, the guards and all the people of the land, and together they brought the king down from the temple of the LORD and went into the palace, entering by way of the gate of the guards. The king then took his place on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:3 - He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - The LORD warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and seers: “Turn from your evil ways. Observe my commands and decrees, in accordance with the entire Law that I commanded your ancestors to obey and that I delivered to you through my servants the prophets.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:33 - By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city,

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:21 - He followed completely the ways of his father, worshiping the idols his father had worshiped, and bowing down to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:22 - He forsook the LORD, the God of his ancestors, and did not walk in obedience to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:2 - He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:4 - Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[fn] were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:16 - “Now, LORD, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:23 - then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:31 - so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:34 - “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:38 - and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:17 - They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam son of Solomon three years, following the ways of David and Solomon during this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:22 - The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:3 - The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:6 - His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah went up and slapped Micaiah in the face. “Which way did the spirit from[fn] the LORD go when he went from me to speak to you?” he asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:32 - He followed the ways of his father Asa and did not stray from them; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:6 - He followed the ways of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for he married a daughter of Ahab. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:12 - Jehoram received a letter from Elijah the prophet, which said: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not followed the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:13 - But you have followed the ways of the kings of Israel, and you have led Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, members of your own family, men who were better than you.

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