דֶּרֶךְ
derek · deh'-rek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1869 (דָּרַךְ);
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
- a road (as trodden)
- figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
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 דֶּרֶךְ 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
708 occurrences · 708 OT · 0 NT · 283 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- by the way64 · 16%
- the way53 · 13%
- in the way46 · 12%
- way40 · 10%
- his way20 · 5%
- toward20 · 5%
- journey14 · 4%
- ways12 · 3%
- in his ways12 · 3%
- out of the way11 · 3%
- my ways11 · 3%
- thy way10 · 3%
- of the way9 · 2%
- their way9 · 2%
- in the ways8 · 2%
- a way8 · 2%
- in all his ways7 · 2%
- his ways6 · 2%
- your ways6 · 2%
- in my ways5 · 1%
- the ways5 · 1%
- from the way5 · 1%
- thee in the way5 · 1%
- on his way5 · 1%
- my way5 · 1%
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.