Quick Definition
way
Strong's Definition
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Derivation: from H732 (אָרַח);
KJV Usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
TWOT Reference: 161a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) — way. 1) way, path 1a) path, road 1b) the path, way, passing of life (fig.) 1c) way of living (fig.) 1d) traveller, wayfarer (meton) Aramaic equivalent: o.rach (אֹ֫רַח "way" H0735)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · ארח
Roads | ≈ דֶּרֶךְ · חוּץ · מְסִלָּה
path, road = relatively narrow road that connects two locations and facilitates travelling
GEN 49:17 · JDG 5:6 · JDG 5:6 · JOB 16:22 · JOB 31:32 · PSA 8:9 · ISA 33:8 · ISA 41:3
Roads | ≈ דֶּרֶךְ
course = the course that one follows, whether it is on an actual road or path or not
Act | ≈ דֶּרֶךְ · מַעְגָּל · נְתִיבָה · פֹּעַל · פְּעֻלָּה · פִּקּוּדִים
way(s), activities, behavior, fate = a pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, ◄ understood as a journey through life
GEN 18:11 · JOB 8:13 · JOB 13:27 · JOB 19:8 · JOB 22:15 · JOB 30:12 · JOB 33:11 · JOB 34:11 · PSA 16:11 · PSA 17:4 · PSA 25:4 · PSA 25:10 · PSA 27:11 · PSA 44:19 · PSA 119:9 · PSA 119:15 · PSA 119:101 · PSA 119:104 · PSA 119:128 · PSA 142:4 · PRO 1:19 · PRO 2:8 · PRO 2:13 · PRO 2:15 · PRO 2:19 · PRO 2:20 · PRO 3:6 · PRO 4:14 · PRO 4:18 · PRO 5:6 · PRO 8:20 · PRO 10:17 · PRO 12:28 · PRO 15:10 · PRO 15:19 · PRO 15:24 · PRO 17:23 · PRO 22:25 · ISA 2:3 · ISA 3:12 · ISA 26:7 · ISA 26:8 · ISA 30:11 · ISA 40:14 · MIC 4:2
1 JOB 30:12 RSV "ways of destruction" NJPS NRSV "roads for my ruin" | NIV REB "siege-ramps against me" 2 PRO 22:25 MT-K ארחתו | MT-Q אֹרְחֹתָיו
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֹ֫רַח n.m. way, path lit.
fig. path, way, of course & fortunes of life
fig. way, of mode of living, or character
by meton. traveller, wayfarer
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