אֹרַח orach

Hebrew word for “way” · Strong’s H734 · used 58 times in 57 verses

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Meaning

1) way, path; 1a) path, road;

How it is translated

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

• path 24
• paths 23
• way 6
• roads 2
• caravans 1
• ¿ a path 1
• ways 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (5), Proverbs 2 (5), Proverbs 15 (3), Job 6 (2), Psalms 25 (2), Proverbs 4 (2), Isaiah 26 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Genesis 49 (1), Judges 5 (1)

Forms

• ארח 16
• ארחות 14
• בארח 6
• וארח 3
• ארחתיך 3
• ארחותם 2
• בארחתיו 2
• ארחותי 1
• ארחי 1
• הארח 1

Words used with it

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

• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 18
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 9
• נְתִיבָה netivah “path” 5
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 10
• חַי chay “alive” 6
• רֶגֶל regel “foot” 5
• מַעְגָּל magal “track” 3
• פִּקּוּד piqqud “precept” 3
• יָשַׁר yashar “to smooth” 3
• מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 5
• יָדַע yada “to know” 6
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 5

Key verses

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

• Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
• Psalms 16:11 — Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
• Psalms 25:4 — Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.
• Psalms 25:10 — All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
• Psalms 27:11 — Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
• Psalms 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
• Proverbs 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
• Proverbs 4:18 — But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• Proverbs 8:20 — I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
• 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 26:8 — Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
• 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…

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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.