דֶּרֶךְ derekh

Hebrew word for “way” · Strong’s H1870 · used 706 times in 626 verses

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Meaning

: conduct/lifestyle; 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner;

Senses in the lexicon

• way: conduct (328)
• way: journey (155)
• way: road (145)
• way: direction (75)
• (King's) Highway (2)
• Way (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for derekh in context, with how often each is used:

• way 346
• ways 146
• journey 56
• direction 55
• road 47
• conduct 15
• path 7
• roads 7
• own way 6
• manner 3
• two ways 2
• own ways 2

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (13), Ezekiel 40 (10), 1 Kings 13 (9), 1 Kings 8 (7), 2 Chronicles 6 (7), Proverbs 16 (7), Ezekiel 42 (7), Genesis 24 (6), Numbers 22 (6), Deuteronomy 1 (6)

Forms

• דרך 194
• בדרך 125
• הדרך 54
• דרכי 37
• דרכו 29
• דרכיו 24
• דרכך 20
• דרכם 19
• ודרך 19
• דרכיך 16

Words used with it

Words that share verses with derekh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 183
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 63
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 42
• יָדַע yada “to know” 47
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 44
• רַע ra “bad” 40
• הָ ha “her” 36
• מִדְבָּר midbar “wilderness” 30
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 30
• יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 24
• מִן־ min “from” 39
• אָב av “father” 38

Key verses

The verses using derekh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Psalms 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:…
• Isaiah 35:8 — And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the…
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
• Jeremiah 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
• Lamentations 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of…
• Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
• Malachi 3:1 — Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.