אֹרַח
ʼôrach · o'-rakh
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Lexicon
Derivation: from H732 (אָרַח);
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
- a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively)
- also, a caravan
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֹרַח 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
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the paths5 · 13%
- the way4 · 11%
- way4 · 11%
- in the way3 · 8%
- in his paths2 · 5%
- after the manner1 · 3%
- in the path1 · 3%
- the highways1 · 3%
- the troops1 · 3%
- so are the paths1 · 3%
- unto all my paths1 · 3%
- my way1 · 3%
- against me the ways1 · 3%
- to the traveller1 · 3%
- all my paths1 · 3%
- according to his ways1 · 3%
- me the path1 · 3%
- me from the paths1 · 3%
- a race1 · 3%
- me thy paths1 · 3%
- all the paths1 · 3%
- path1 · 3%
- from thy way1 · 3%
- his way1 · 3%
- unto thy ways1 · 3%
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.