יָרַד yarad

Hebrew word for “to go down” · Strong’s H3381 · used 380 times in 345 verses

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Meaning

1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down;

How it is translated

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

• went down 80
• will go down 28
• go down 27
• came down 26
• will come down 19
• will bring down 15
• those who go down 14
• going down 13
• goes down 12
• come down 10
• brought down 9
• bring down 6

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Kings 1 (9), Ezekiel 32 (8), Genesis 43 (7), Exodus 19 (7), Genesis 44 (6), Judges 7 (6), 1 Samuel 23 (6), Ezekiel 31 (6), Judges 14 (5), Genesis 24 (4)

Forms

• וירד 64
• ירד 43
• וירדו 26
• ירדו 22
• יורדי 15
• רד 13
• ותרד 12
• תרד 12
• לרדת 10
• הורד 6

Words used with it

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

• שְׁאוֹל sheol “hell” 26
• שָׁם sham “there” 42
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 40
• הַר har “mountain” 34
• מִן־ min “from” 38
• אֵת et “with” 33
• בּוֹר bor “pit” 18
• עִם im “with” 32
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 26
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 19
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 25
• דָּוִד david “David” 25

Key verses

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

• Genesis 43:11 — And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a…
• Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing…
• Exodus 19:18 — And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole…
• Numbers 11:17 — And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of…
• Psalms 55:23 — But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
• Isaiah 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;…
• Isaiah 42:10 — Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants…
• Isaiah 47:1 — Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be…
• Isaiah 64:1 — Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
• Jeremiah 13:17 — But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD’s flock…
• Lamentations 1:9 — Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for…
• Joel 2:23 — Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you…

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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.