דָּרַךְ
dârak · daw-rak'
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
- to tread
- by implication, to walk
- also, to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the head, the highest › the open hand that covers
The doorway, the way in of the head, the highest of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּרַךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
62 occurrences · 62 OT · 0 NT · 57 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he hath bent3 · 9%
- and treadeth2 · 6%
- have trodden2 · 6%
- all ye that bend2 · 6%
- thou shalt tread2 · 6%
- and tread2 · 6%
- and bend2 · 6%
- bend2 · 6%
- shall tread upon1 · 3%
- lead1 · 3%
- unto thee; and thou shalt tread1 · 3%
- that ye shall tread1 · 3%
- some treading1 · 3%
- thou hast trodden down1 · 3%
- archers1 · 3%
- shall tread1 · 3%
- and to shoot1 · 3%
- tread1 · 3%
- them, and trode them down1 · 3%
- and drew1 · 3%
- and trode1 · 3%
- have not trodden1 · 3%
- he hath trodden upon1 · 3%
- will he guide1 · 3%
- there shall come1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.