יָרָה yarah
Hebrew word for “to show” · Strong’s H3384 · used 80 times in 72 verses
Meaning
1) to point out, show; 1b) to direct, teach, instruct
Senses in the lexicon
- to show (47)
- to shoot (33)
How it is translated
Glosses given for yarah in context, with how often each is used:
- teach 10
- will teach 6
- may teach 6
- archers 6
- will instruct 5
- will shoot 4
- shoot 4
- teaches 3
- who teaches 2
- taught 2
- has thrown 2
- shot at 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 12 | 0.6 | |
| Exodus | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Job | 8 | 1.0 | |
| 1 Samuel | 7 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Kings | 6 | 0.5 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Proverbs | 5 | 0.7 | |
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Deuteronomy | 4 | 0.3 | |
| 2 Samuel | 3 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 2 | 0.2 |
Also in 9 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 20 (3), Exodus 4 (2), Exodus 15 (2), Deuteronomy 17 (2), 2 Samuel 11 (2), 2 Kings 17 (2), Job 12 (2), Psalms 25 (2), Psalms 64 (2), Psalms 119 (2)
Forms
- יורה 6
- ירה 6
- יורו 4
- מורה 4
- יורוך 3
- הורני 3
- המורים 3
- להורת 2
- והוריתי 2
- ולהורת 2
Words used with it
Words that share verses with yarah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֵץ chets “arrow” 9
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 12
- תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 7
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 6
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 8
- כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 6
- יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 4
- דָּבָר davar “word” 7
- פֶּה peh “lip” 5
- אֶבֶן even “stone” 4
- ךָּ ka “you” 5
- אֹרַח orach “way” 3
Key verses
The verses using yarah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 33:10 — They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
- 1 Samuel 12:23 — Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
- Psalms 25:8 — Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
- Psalms 45:4 — And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
- Psalms 86:11 — Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
- Isaiah 2:3 — And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways,…
- Isaiah 9:15 — The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Hosea 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and…
- Hosea 10:12 — Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
- Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
- Micah 4:2 — And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his…
- Habakkuk 2:18 — What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to…
See all 72 verses in the Word Atlas
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.