יָרַד
yârad · yaw-rad'
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- to descend (literally, to go downwards
- or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.
- or figuratively, to fall)
- causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרַד 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
381 occurrences · 381 OT · 0 NT · 262 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- came down24 · 15%
- went down22 · 14%
- come down14 · 9%
- go down11 · 7%
- down9 · 6%
- shall come down8 · 5%
- and went down8 · 5%
- with them that go down7 · 4%
- to go down6 · 4%
- descended5 · 3%
- get thee down4 · 3%
- and he went down4 · 3%
- and descended4 · 3%
- get you down3 · 2%
- i will go down3 · 2%
- to come down3 · 2%
- which are gone down3 · 2%
- run down3 · 2%
- shall go down3 · 2%
- will come down2 · 1%
- shall bring down2 · 1%
- took down2 · 1%
- and she went down2 · 1%
- and let down2 · 1%
- let us go down2 · 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.