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Way

דֶּ֫רֶךְStrong’s H1870

derekh (de-rekh)

Appears in 627 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Derekh is the Hebrew word usually translated “way of”, “way” and “direction of”. It appears in 627 verses of the Old Testament.

“Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.”
Zechariah 1:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. Way, road, distance, journey, mannerroad, way, path · journey · direction · manner, habit, way · of course of life (fig.) · of moral character (fig.)
  2. This name means way, road
How it's translated
  • way of 77
  • the way 40
  • direction of 38
  • ways your 28
  • in way of 26
  • ways his 23
  • on the way 22
  • way his 21

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 76
  • Proverbs 69
  • Psalms 64
  • Jeremiah 47
  • Deuteronomy 43
  • Isaiah 42

32 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 627 verses, by book
Leviticus 1
26:22
Ruth 1
1:7
Nehemiah 2
9:129:19
Ecclesiastes 4
10:311:511:912:5
Joel 1
2:7
Jonah 2
3:83:10
Micah 1
4:2
Nahum 2
1:32:1
Haggai 2
1:51:7
Zechariah 3
1:41:63:7
Malachi 3
2:82:93:1
Hebrew dictionary

דֶּ֫רֶךְ derekh · way

: conduct/lifestyle 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

דֶּ֫רֶךְ derekh · Way

This name means way, road

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “way” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

WAY, noun

[G., Latin ]

  1. Literally, a passing; hence, a passage; the place of passing; hence, a road of any kind; a highway; a private road; a lane; a street; any place for the passing of men; cattle or other animals; a word of very comprehensive signification.
  2. Length of space; as a great way; a little way
  3. Course; direction of motion or travel.
  4. Passage; room for passing.
All definitions
  1. Course, or regular course.
  2. Tendency to any meaning or act.
  3. Sphere of observation.
  4. Manner of doing any thing; method; means of doing.
  5. Method; scheme of management.
  6. Manner of thinking or behavior; particular turn of opinion; determination or humor.
  7. Manner; mode.
  8. Method; manner of practice.
  9. Method or plan of life and conduct.“Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace” Proverbs 3:17“All flesh had corrupted his way” Genesis 6:12
  10. Course; process of things, good or bad.
  11. Right method to act or know.
  12. General scheme of acting.
  13. Ways, plural the timbers on which a ship is launched.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.