Strong H3384H3384Aיָרָא

to shoot

Transliteration: yârâh yârâ'
Pronunciation: {yaw-raw'} yaw-raw'
Morphology: Hebrew Verb

Definition

1) to shoot, pour
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to shoot arrows
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to shoot at
1b2) part. shooter, archer

1c) to throw water, rain

General definition

A primitive root; properly to flow as water (that {is} to rain); transitively to lay or throw (especially an {arrow} that {is} to shoot); figuratively to point out (as if by aiming the {finger}) to teach: - (+) {archer} {cast} {direct} {inform} {instruct} {lay} {shew} {shoot} teach ({-er} {-ing}) through.

In the Bible

Strong H3384A appears in 25 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

shoot10
shot7
archer3
cast3
rain2
casteth1
lay1
shooter1
through1
water1

First verses

Exodus 15:4
Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Exodus 19:13
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Numbers 21:30
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Joshua 18:6
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God.
1 Samuel 20:20
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
1 Samuel 20:36
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
1 Samuel 20:37
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
1 Samuel 31:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
2 Samuel 11:20
And if so be that the king’s wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
2 Samuel 11:24
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king’s servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
2 Kings 13:17
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kings 19:32
Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
1 Chronicles 10:3
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
2 Chronicles 26:15
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
2 Chronicles 35:23
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 38:6
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
Psalms 11:2
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 64:4
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Psalms 64:7
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.

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