אֹ֫רַחnoun masculineJob 6:18 (
feminineProverbs 15:19)
way, path (Assyrian
ur—u COT
Gloss, Aramaic
אֹרַח,
) —
׳א absolute
Psalm 19:6 +; construct
Proverbs 4:18 +; suffix
אָרְחִיJob 19:8;
Psalm 139:3 <
Infinitive construct, and ""
רִבְעִי (
Infinitive construct of II.
רבע),
notדרכי, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute
אֳרָחוֺתJudges 5:6 (twice in verse) construct
אָרְחוֺתJob 8:13 +; suffix
אָרְחֹתָ֑יJob 13:27;
Job 33:11;
אָרְחוֺתָםJoel 2:7;
Proverbs 9:15;
אָרְחֹתֵיהֶםProverbs 2:15; also
אֹרְחֹתָיוIsaiah 2:3 +;
אֹרְחֹתֶיךָPsalm 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׳אcrooked (by- paths;) compare also הֹלְכֵי נְתִיבוֺתib.); Isaiah 33:8׳עֹבֵר א=wayfarer ("" מְסִלּוֺת), see also Genesis 49:17 (blessing of Jocob) ("" דֶּרֶךְ) & הֵמְיַשְּׁרִים אָרְחוֺתָםthose who make straight their ways ("" עֹבְרֵי דָרֶ֑ךְ) Proverbs 9:15, ׳בּוֺא אgo (tread) a pathIsaiah 41:3; of course of locusts Joel 2:7׳לֹא יְעַבְּטוּן אthey confuse not their paths ("" דְּרָכִים); יַמִּים׳אpaths of the seasPsalm 8:9; רוּץ אֹרַחrun 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 אֹרְחֹתֶיךָIsaiah 3:12; plain or even pathמִישׁוֺר׳אPsalm 27:11; in two cases with a special reference (1) אֹרַח כַּנָּשִׁיםGenesis 18:11 (J) of menstruation; (2) אֹרַח לֹא אָשׁוּב אֶהֱלֹךְa path (which) I shall not return, I am goingJob 16:22 i.e. to Sh®°ôl, compare Assyrian name of lower world irƒit lâ târat, land without return, see Jr10; Jr65.
3 figurative way, of mode of living, or of character Job 34:11 ("" מֹּעַל) Psalm 119:9. Specifically:
a.ways of׳י, his mode of action Psalm 25:10;
b.of man's righteousness, calledways of׳יPsalm 25:4 ("" דְּרָכִים) Psalm 44:19; Psalm 119:15 ("" מִּקּוּדִים) Isaiah 2:3=Micah 4:2 ("" דְּרָכִים) compare מִשְׁמָּטֶיךָ׳אIsaiah 26:8; also way of justice, uprightness, etc. מִשְׁמָּט׳אProverbs 2:8 ("" דֶּרֶח) Proverbs 17:23; Isaiah 40:14 ("" דֶּרֶח), ישֶׁר׳אProverbs 2:13 ("" id.), צְדָקָה׳אProverbs 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׳אProverbs 10:17 (on these compare Str Proverbs 14:32);
c.of wickedness, מָּרִיץ׳אway, path of the violentPsalm 17:4, compare also Proverbs 22:25; רְשָׁעְים׳אProverbs 4:14 ("" דֶּרֶךְ), בֹּצֵעַ׳אProverbs 1:19; followed by abstract שָׁ֑קֶר׳אPsalm 119:104, so Psalm 119:128 ("" מִּקּוּדִים), also with adjective רָע׳אPsalm 119:101 compare Proverbs 2:15 (עִקְּשִׁיםcrooked) called עלָוֺם׳הָאJob 22:15; note also אֵידָם׳אtheir destructive ways, i.e. ways that cause destruction Job 30:12 (compare Job 19:12).
4by meton. traveler, wayfarerJob 31:32 (compare חֵלֶךְ2 Samuel 12:4) & in plural caravans2 Samuel 6:18,19 but read perhaps לָאֹרֵחַ 2Sam 31:32, אֹרְחוֺת2 Samuel 6:18,19.
Strong's Hebrew: 734. אֹ֫רַח (orach) — 59 Occurrences
Genesis 18:11
HEB:לִהְי֣וֹת לְשָׂרָ֔ה אֹ֖רַח כַּנָּשִֽׁים׃
NAS: Sarah was past childbearing.
KJV: to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
INT: become Sarah the manner of women
Genesis 49:17
HEB:שְׁפִיפֹ֖ן עֲלֵי־ אֹ֑רַח הַנֹּשֵׁךְ֙ עִקְּבֵי־
NAS: A horned snake in the path, That bites
KJV: an adder in the path, that biteth
INT: A horned in the path bites heels
Judges 5:6
HEB:יָעֵ֔ל חָדְל֖וּ אֳרָח֑וֹת וְהֹלְכֵ֣י נְתִיב֔וֹת
NAS: of Jael, the highways were deserted,
KJV: of Jael, the highways were unoccupied,
INT: of Jael were deserted the highways went path
Judges 5:6
HEB:נְתִיב֔וֹת יֵלְכ֕וּ אֳרָח֖וֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת׃
NAS: went by roundabout ways.
INT: path went ways roundabout
Job 6:18
HEB: יִ֭לָּ֣פְתוּ אָרְח֣וֹת דַּרְכָּ֑ם יַעֲל֖וּ
NAS:The paths of their course wind along,
KJV:The paths of their way
INT: wind the paths of their course go
Job 6:19
HEB: הִ֭בִּיטוּ אָרְח֣וֹת תֵּמָ֑א הֲלִיכֹ֥ת
NAS:The caravans of Tema looked,
KJV:The troops of Tema looked,
INT: looked the caravans of Tema the travelers
Job 8:13
HEB: כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־ שֹׁ֣כְחֵי
NAS: So are the paths of all who forget
KJV:So [are] the paths of all that forget
INT: So are the paths of all who
Job 13:27
HEB:וְתִשְׁמ֥וֹר כָּל־ אָרְחוֹתָ֑י עַל־ שָׁרְשֵׁ֥י
NAS: all my paths; You set a limit
KJV: and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print
INT: and watch all my paths for the soles
Job 16:22
HEB:מִסְפָּ֣ר יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ וְאֹ֖רַח לֹא־ אָשׁ֣וּב
NAS: I shall go the way of no
KJV: then I shall go the way [whence] I shall not return.
INT: A few are past the way of no return
Job 19:8
HEB: אָרְחִ֣י גָ֭דַר וְלֹ֣א
NAS: He has walled up my way so that I cannot
KJV: He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass,
INT:my way has walled cannot
Job 22:15
HEB: הַאֹ֣רַח עוֹלָ֣ם תִּשְׁמֹ֑ר
NAS: to the ancient path Which
KJV: the old way which wicked
INT:path to the ancient keep
Job 30:12
HEB:וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃
NAS: up against me their ways of destruction.
KJV: and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
INT: and build against their ways of destruction
Job 31:32
HEB:גֵּ֑ר דְּ֝לָתַ֗י לָאֹ֥רַח אֶפְתָּֽח׃
NAS: my doors to the traveler.
KJV: my doors to the traveller.
INT: the alien my doors to the traveler have opened
Job 33:11
HEB:יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כָּל־ אָרְחֹתָֽי׃
NAS: He watches all my paths.'
KJV: he marketh all my paths.
INT: watches all my paths
Job 34:11
HEB:יְשַׁלֶּם־ ל֑וֹ וּֽכְאֹ֥רַח אִ֝֗ישׁ יַמְצִאֶֽנּוּ׃
NAS: And makes him find it according to his way.
KJV: to find according to [his] ways.
INT: A man pays to his way man find
Psalm 8:8
HEB:הַיָּ֑ם עֹ֝בֵ֗ר אָרְח֥וֹת יַמִּֽים׃
NAS: Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
KJV: [and whatsoever] passeth through the paths of the seas.
INT: of the sea passes the paths of the seas
Psalm 16:11
HEB: תּֽוֹדִיעֵנִי֮ אֹ֤רַח חַ֫יִּ֥ים שֹׂ֣בַע
NAS: You will make known to me the path of life;
KJV: Thou wilt shew me the path of life:
INT: will make the path of life is fullness
Psalm 17:4
HEB:אֲנִ֥י שָׁ֝מַ֗רְתִּי אָרְח֥וֹת פָּרִֽיץ׃
NAS: I have kept from the paths of the violent.
KJV: I have kept [me from] the paths of the destroyer.
INT: I have kept the paths of the violent
Psalm 19:5
HEB:כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר לָר֥וּץ אֹֽרַח׃
NAS: as a strong man to run his course.
KJV: as a strong man to run a race.
INT: A strong to run his course
Psalm 25:4
HEB:יְ֭הוָה הוֹדִיעֵ֑נִי אֹ֖רְחוֹתֶ֣יךָ לַמְּדֵֽנִי׃
NAS: O LORD; Teach me Your paths.
KJV: O LORD; teach me thy paths.
INT: LORD know your paths Teach
Psalm 25:10
HEB: כָּל־ אָרְח֣וֹת יְ֭הוָה חֶ֣סֶד
NAS: All the paths of the LORD
KJV:All the paths of the LORD [are] mercy
INT: All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness
Psalm 27:11
HEB:דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן
NAS: me in a level path Because
KJV: me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
INT: your way and lead path A level Because
Psalm 44:18
HEB:אֲשֻׁרֵ֗ינוּ מִנִּ֥י אָרְחֶֽךָ׃
NAS: have not deviated from Your way,
KJV: declined from thy way;
INT: have our steps from your way
Psalm 119:9
HEB:נַּ֭עַר אֶת־ אָרְח֑וֹ לִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ׃
NAS: keep his way pure?
KJV: cleanse his way? by taking heed
INT: keep A young his way beward to your word
Psalm 119:15
HEB:אָשִׂ֑יחָה וְ֝אַבִּ֗יטָה אֹרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: on Your precepts And regard Your ways.
KJV: and have respect unto thy ways.
INT: will meditate and regard your ways
Psalm 119:101
HEB: מִכָּל־ אֹ֣רַח רָ֭ע כָּלִ֣אתִי
NAS: evil way, That I may keep
KJV: from every evil way, that I might keep
INT: every way evil have restrained
Psalm 119:104
HEB:שָׂנֵ֤אתִי ׀ כָּל־ אֹ֬רַח שָֽׁקֶר׃
NAS: every false way. Nun.
KJV: therefore I hate every false way.
INT: hate every way false.
Psalm 119:128
HEB:יִשָּׁ֑רְתִּי כָּל־ אֹ֖רַח שֶׁ֣קֶר שָׂנֵֽאתִי׃
NAS: every false way. Pe.
KJV: [and] I hate every false way.
INT: esteem every way false. hate
Psalm 139:3
HEB: אָרְחִ֣י וְרִבְעִ֣י זֵרִ֑יתָ
NAS: You scrutinize my path and my lying down,
KJV: Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
INT:my path down scrutinize
Psalm 142:3
HEB:יָדַ֪עְתָּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י בְּאֹֽרַח־ ז֥וּ אֲהַלֵּ֑ךְ
NAS: my path. In the way where
KJV: my path. In the way wherein
INT: knew my path the way where walk
Proverbs 1:19
HEB: כֵּ֗ן אָ֭רְחוֹת כָּל־ בֹּ֣צֵֽעַ
NAS: So are the ways of everyone who gains
KJV:So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy
INT: So are the ways of everyone gains
Proverbs 2:8
HEB: לִ֭נְצֹר אָרְח֣וֹת מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְדֶ֖רֶךְ
NAS: Guarding the paths of justice,
KJV: He keepeth the paths of judgment,
INT: Guarding the paths of justice the way
Proverbs 2:13
HEB: הַ֭עֹ֣זְבִים אָרְח֣וֹת יֹ֑שֶׁר לָ֝לֶ֗כֶת
NAS: From those who leave the paths of uprightness
KJV: Who leave the paths of uprightness,
INT: leave the paths of uprightness to walk
Proverbs 2:15
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָרְחֹתֵיהֶ֣ם עִקְּשִׁ֑ים וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים
NAS: Whose paths are crooked,
KJV:Whose ways [are] crooked,
INT: Whose paths are crooked are devious
Proverbs 2:19
HEB:וְלֹֽא־ יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃
NAS: do they reach the paths of life.
KJV: neither take they hold of the paths of life.
INT: Nor reach the paths of life
Proverbs 2:20
HEB:בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ טוֹבִ֑ים וְאָרְח֖וֹת צַדִּיקִ֣ים תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃
NAS: And keep to the paths of the righteous.
KJV: [men], and keep the paths of the righteous.
INT: the way of good to the paths of the righteous and keep
Proverbs 3:6
HEB:וְ֝ה֗וּא יְיַשֵּׁ֥ר אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃
NAS: Him, And He will make your paths straight.
KJV: him, and he shall direct thy paths.
INT: and He will make your paths
Proverbs 4:14
HEB: בְּאֹ֣רַח רְ֭שָׁעִים אַל־
NAS: Do not enter the path of the wicked
KJV: Enter not into the path of the wicked,
INT:the path of the wicked not
Proverbs 4:18
HEB: וְאֹ֣רַח צַ֭דִּיקִים כְּא֣וֹר
NAS:But the path of the righteous
KJV:But the path of the just
INT:the path of the righteous the light
Proverbs 5:6
HEB: אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים פֶּן־
NAS: She does not ponder the path of life;
KJV: Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life,
INT:the path of life does not
Proverbs 8:20
HEB: בְּאֹֽרַח־ צְדָקָ֥ה אֲהַלֵּ֑ך
NAS: I walk in the way of righteousness,
KJV: I lead in the way of righteousness,
INT:the way of righteousness walk
Proverbs 9:15
HEB:דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃
NAS: by, Who are making their paths straight:
KJV: passengers who go right on their ways:
INT: Who are making their paths
Proverbs 10:17
HEB: אֹ֣רַח לְ֭חַיִּים שׁוֹמֵ֣ר
NAS:He is [on] the path of life who heeds
KJV:He [is in] the way of life
INT:is the path of life heeds
Proverbs 12:28
HEB: בְּאֹֽרַח־ צְדָקָ֥ה חַיִּ֑ים
NAS:In the way of righteousness is life,
KJV:In the way of righteousness [is] life;
INT:the way of righteousness life
Proverbs 15:10
HEB:רָ֭ע לְעֹזֵ֣ב אֹ֑רַח שׂוֹנֵ֖א תוֹכַ֣חַת
NAS: is for him who forsakes the way; He who hates
KJV: unto him that forsaketh the way: [and] he that hateth
INT: Grievous forsakes the way hates reproof
Proverbs 15:19
HEB:כִּמְשֻׂ֣כַת חָ֑דֶק וְאֹ֖רַח יְשָׁרִ֣ים סְלֻלָֽה׃
NAS: of thorns, But the path of the upright
KJV: of thorns: but the way of the righteous
INT: A hedge of thorns the path of the upright highway
Proverbs 15:24
HEB: אֹ֣רַח חַ֭יִּים לְמַ֣עְלָה
NAS:The path of life [leads] upward
KJV:The way of life [is] above
INT:the path of life upward
Proverbs 17:23
HEB:יִקָּ֑ח לְ֝הַטּ֗וֹת אָרְח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
NAS: To pervert the ways of justice.
KJV: to pervert the ways of judgment.
INT: receives to pervert the ways of justice
Proverbs 22:25
HEB:[אָרְחָתֹו כ] (אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו ק) וְלָקַחְתָּ֖
NAS: you will learn his ways And find
KJV: Lest thou learn his ways, and get
INT: Or will learn manner and find A snare
Isaiah 2:3
HEB:מִדְּרָכָ֔יו וְנֵלְכָ֖ה בְּאֹרְחֹתָ֑יו כִּ֤י מִצִּיּוֹן֙
NAS: And that we may walk in His paths. For the law
KJV: and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion
INT: his ways may walk his paths from Zion
Isaiah 3:12
HEB:מַתְעִ֔ים וְדֶ֥רֶךְ אֹֽרְחֹתֶ֖יךָ בִּלֵּֽעוּ׃ ס
NAS: the direction of your paths.
KJV: and destroy the way of thy paths.
INT: lead the direction of your paths and confuse
Isaiah 26:7
HEB: אֹ֥רַח לַצַּדִּ֖יק מֵֽישָׁרִ֑ים
NAS:The way of the righteous is smooth;
KJV:The way of the just [is] uprightness:
INT:the way of the righteous is smooth
Isaiah 26:8
HEB: אַ֣ף אֹ֧רַח מִשְׁפָּטֶ֛יךָ יְהוָ֖ה
NAS: Indeed, [while following] the way of Your judgments,
KJV:Yea, in the way of thy judgments,
INT: Indeed the way of your judgments LORD
Isaiah 30:11
HEB:הַטּ֖וּ מִנֵּי־ אֹ֑רַח הַשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ
NAS: turn aside from the path, Let us hear no
KJV: turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One
INT: turn from the path hear before
Isaiah 33:8
HEB:שָׁבַ֖ת עֹבֵ֣ר אֹ֑רַח הֵפֵ֤ר בְּרִית֙
INT: has ceased the traveler manner has broken the covenant
Isaiah 40:14
HEB:וַיְבִינֵ֔הוּ וַֽיְלַמְּדֵ֖הוּ בְּאֹ֣רַח מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וַיְלַמְּדֵ֣הוּ
NAS: And [who] taught Him in the path of justice
KJV: him, and taught him in the path of judgment,
INT: and gave and taught the path of justice and taught
Isaiah 41:3
HEB:יַעֲב֣וֹר שָׁל֑וֹם אֹ֥רַח בְּרַגְלָ֖יו לֹ֥א
NAS: on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing
KJV: safely; [even] by the way [that] he had not gone
INT: passing safety A way his feet had not
Joel 2:7
HEB:וְלֹ֥א יְעַבְּט֖וּן אֹרְחוֹתָֽם׃
NAS: Nor do they deviate from their paths.
KJV: and they shall not break their ranks:
INT: Nor deviate their paths
Micah 4:2
HEB:מִדְּרָכָ֔יו וְנֵלְכָ֖ה בְּאֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו כִּ֤י מִצִּיּוֹן֙
NAS: And that we may walk in His paths. For from Zion
KJV: and we will walk in his paths: for the law
INT: his ways may walk his paths from Zion
) — ׳א absolute Psalm 19:6 +; construct Proverbs 4:18 +; suffix אָרְחִיJob 19:8; Psalm 139:3 < Infinitive construct, and "" רִבְעִי (Infinitive construct of II. רבע), notדרכי, compare Bae. etc.; plural absolute אֳרָחוֺתJudges 5:6 (twice in verse) construct אָרְחוֺתJob 8:13 +; suffix אָרְחֹתָ֑יJob 13:27; Job 33:11; אָרְחוֺתָםJoel 2:7; Proverbs 9:15; אָרְחֹתֵיהֶםProverbs 2:15; also אֹרְחֹתָיוIsaiah 2:3 +; אֹרְחֹתֶיךָPsalm 119:15 + etc.; — way, path (in Hebrew mostly poetry)