Strong H1870H1870Jדֶּ֫רֶךְ

way: direction

One of the 6 senses of Strong H1870

Transliteration
derek
Pronunciation
deh'-rek
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

: direction
1) way, road, distance, journey, manner
1a) road, way, path
1b) journey
1c) direction
1d) manner, habit, way
1e) of course of life (fig.)
1f) of moral character (fig.)

General definition

From H1869; a road (as trodden); figuratively a course of life or mode of {action} often adverbially: - {along} {away} because {of} + {by} {conversation} {custom} [east-] {ward} {journey} {manner} {passenger} {through} {toward} [high-] [path-] way {[-side]} whither [-soever].

In the Bible

Strong H1870J appears in 58 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • way33
  • toward23
  • thee2
  • eastward1
  • me1
  • of1

First verses

  1. Deuteronomy 1:40
    But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
  2. Deuteronomy 2:1
    Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
  3. Deuteronomy 2:8
    And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion–gaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
  4. Joshua 8:15
    And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
  5. Joshua 12:3
    And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth–jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth–pisgah:
  6. Judges 9:37
    And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
  7. Judges 20:42
    Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.
  8. 1 Samuel 6:12
    And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth–shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth–shemesh.
  9. 1 Samuel 9:6
    And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go.
  10. 1 Samuel 9:8
    And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
  11. 1 Samuel 13:17
    And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
  12. 1 Samuel 13:18
    And another company turned the way to Beth–horon: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
  13. 2 Samuel 15:23
    And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.
  14. 1 Kings 8:44
    If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
  15. 1 Kings 8:48
    And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
  16. 1 Kings 13:12
    And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
  17. 1 Kings 18:6
    So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
  18. 1 Kings 18:43
    And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
  19. 2 Kings 3:20
    And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.
  20. 2 Kings 9:27
    But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
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