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Lexicon :: Strong's H734 - 'ōraḥ

Aa
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 20 times in 19 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:13

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 2:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:18 - But the path H734 of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:20 - I lead in the way H734 of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:15

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:17

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:10

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:19

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:23 - A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways H734 of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:25

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