STRONGS NUMBER H1870

H1870. derek

דֶּ֫רֶךְ‎₇₁₅ noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 17:16} & (less often) feminine^{Exodus 18:20} way, road, distance, journey, manner — absolute ׳ד‎ Genesis 38:16 +; דָּ֑רֶךְ‎ 38:21 +; construct דֶּרֶךְ‎ 3:24; suffix דַּרְכִּי‎ 24:42 4t. + 2 Samuel 22:33 דַּרְכִּ֯ו‎; דַּרְכְּךָ‎ Hosea 10:13; 1 Kings 19:15; דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ‎ Psalm 5:9 9t.; דַּרְכֵךְ‎ Jeremiah 2:23 8t.; דַּרְכּוֺ‎ Genesis 6:12 +; דַּרְכָּהּ‎ 1 Samuel 1:18; Job 28:23; דַּרְכֵּנוּ‎ Judges 18:5 2t.; דַּרְכְּכֶם‎ Genesis 19:2-3t., דַּרָכָּם‎ 1 Kings 2:4 +; dual דְּרָכַיִם‎ Proverbs 28:6, 18; plural דְּרָכִים‎ Deuteronomy 28:7 6t.; construct דַּרְכֵי‎ Proverbs 3:17 24t.; suffix דְּרָכַי‎ Job 13:15 17t., דְּרָכָ֑י‎ Psalm 95:10 4t.; דְּרָכֶיךָ‎ Deuteronomy 28:29 16t.; דְּרָכֶךָ‎ Exodus 33:13 2t.; דְּרָכַיִךְ‎ Jeremiah 3:18 4t.; דְּרָכָ֑יִךְ‎ Ezekiel 7:3 3t.; דְּרָכָיו‎ Deuteronomy 10:12 +; דְּרָכֶיהָ‎ Proverbs 3:17 3t.; דְּרָכֵינוּ‎ Lamentations 3:40; Zechariah 1:6; דַּרְכֵיכֶם‎ Leviticus 26:22 17t.; דַּרְכֵיהֶם‎ Jeremiah 16:17 5t.; דַּרְכֵיהֶן‎ Ezekiel 16:47; —

1 way, road, path Genesis 35:3 (E) 38:16, 21 (both J) 48:7 (P), 49:17 (J; poem) Leviticus 26:22 (H, only here in Leviticus) Numbers 22:22-23, (3 t. in verse); 22:31, 34 (all J E) Deuteronomy 6:7; 22:4, 6; 23:5; 24:9; 25:17-18, Joshua 3:4 (D) Ruth 1:7; 1 Samuel 4:13 (on text compare Dr) 15:2; 24:4; 2 Samuel 16:13; 1 Kings 13:9-10, (twice in verse); 13:12, 17, 24 (twice in verse); 13:25-26, 28; 18:6 (twice in verse); 18:7; 20:38; 2 Kings 2:23; 3:8; 6:19; 7:15, 19:28; 19:33 = Isaiah 37:29, 34; Hosea 6:9; 13:7; Isaiah 43:16, 19; 49:9, 11; 51:10; 57:14 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:25; Lamentations 1:5; Ezekiel 21:24; 21:25; 42:11-12, Joel 2:7; Ezra 8:22, 31; Job 12:24; Psalm 107:40; 110:7; Proverbs 7:8; 8:2; 26:13; Ecclesiastes 10:3; 12:5; construct way of (often = to, toward) ׳ד הַחַיִּים עֵץ‎ Genesis 3:24 (J) ׳ד שׁוּר‎ 16:7 (J) ׳ד מְּלִשְׁתִּים אֶרֶץ‎ Exodus 13:17 (E) ׳ד הַבָּשָׁן‎ Numbers 21:33 (JE); compare Deuteronomy 1:2, 19; 3:1; Joshua 2:7 (JE) 12:3; 1 Samuel 6:9, 12; 13:17-18, (twice in verse); 17:52; 2 Kings 3:20; Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 2:18 (twice in verse); 50:5; Ezekiel 47:15; 48:1; ׳ד הַמִּדְבָּר‎ (of different ways) Exodus 13:18 (E) Joshua 8:15 (JE) Judges 20:42, compare Deuteronomy 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:24; 2 Kings 3:8; אֶתהַֿמִּדְבָּר ׳ד‎ 2 Samuel 15:23 is corrupt; read ᵐ5 בַּטִּדְבָּר ׳ד אֲשֶׁר הַזַּיִת‎^L Dr compare We the way of the olive-tree which, etc.; ׳ד הָעֲרָבָה‎ Deuteronomy 2:8 and (with different reference) 2 Samuel 4:7; 2 Kings 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; 39:4; ׳ד הַכִּכָּר‎ 2 Samuel 18:23; ׳ד יַםסֿוּף‎ Numbers 14:25; 21:4 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:40; 2:1; often of gateway, as ׳ד הַשַּׁעַר‎ 2 Samuel 15:2 compare 2 Kings 11:19; 25:4 = Jeremiah 52:7; Ezekiel 9:2; 43:4; 44:1, 4; 46:9 (5 t. in verse); 47:2; הַשַּׁעַר אוּלָם ׳ד‎ 44:3; 46:2, 8; ׳ד הַגָּן בֵּית‎ 2 Kings 9:27, ׳ד גַּןהַֿמֶּלֶךְ‎ Jeremiah 39:4; ׳ד הַיָּם‎ Isaiah 8:23 (compare Commentaries & Schumacher^{Jaulan 63 and} PEF^{Apr. 1889, 78}); ׳ד הַסּוּסִים מְבוֺא‎ 2 Kings 11:16; followed by ָ ה‎ locative Genesis 35:19 (E), 38:14 (J) 48:7 (P; read אפרתה‎ Ol); ׳ד נֵלֵךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ‎ Numbers 20:17; 21:22 (both J E; Arabic of different highroads, compare Seetzen^{i. 61, 132, ii. 336} Rob^{BR iii. 141} Di; = מְסִלָּה‎ 20:19) i.e. the highway, used by king with his army; compare "" בַּדֶּרֶךְ בַּדֶּרֶךְ‎ Deuteronomy 2:27 i.e. straight (or steadily) along the way; in particular of path, way, in which God moves דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ בַּיָּם‎ Psalm 77:20 ("" רַבִּים בְּמַיִם וּשְׁבִילְיךָ֯‎); דַּרְכּוֺ וּבִשְׂעָרָה‎ Nahum 1:3; compare ׳ד ׳י מַּנּוּ בַּמִּדְבָּר‎ Isaiah 40:8 ("" לאלהינו מְסִלָּה בָּֽעֲרָבָה יַשְּׁרוּ‎); also Malachi 3:1, compare Isaiah 43:16, 19 (way made by ׳י‎) & 51:10; path of lighting Job 28:26; 38:25; of light 38:19, 24, of camel (בִּכְרָה‎) Jeremiah 2:23, of locusts Joel 2:7 (plural); see further the four wonderful things Proverbs 30:19 the way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid (i.e. no trace is left in any case); compare also 30:20 מְנָאָ֑פֶת אִשָּׁה דֶּרֶךְ כֵּן‎; figure of death כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ בְּדֶרֶךְ הַיּוֺם הוֺלֵךְ אָנֹכִי‎ Joshua 23:14 I am going to-day in the way of all the earth (D); so also 1 Kings 2:2 (compare Genesis 19:31 4a).

2 journey Genesis 24:21, 40, 42, 56 (all J) Numbers 9:10, 13 (P) Joshua 9:11, 13 (both J E) 1 Kings 18:27; 19:7 הַדּ מִמְּךָ ׳רַב‎; ד ׳לַעֲשׂוֺת‎ Judges 17:8; שָׁ֑בַע ׳ד בְּאֵר‎ Amos 8:14 (journey of — to — Beersheba compare Hi St; but text dubious, ᵐ5‎ ὁ θεός, compare Gunning; Hoffm^{ZAW 1883, 123} proposes דֹּדְךָ‎, We בְּאֵרְךָ‎ compare Bu^{ThLz 1892, 62}); חֹל דֶּרֶךְ‎ 1 Samuel 21:6 a common (not sacred) journery; especially with temporary modification ׳ד יָמִים שְׁלשֶׁת‎ Genesis 30:36 (J) Exodus 3:18; 5:3; 8:23; Numbers 10:33 (twice in verse) (all J E), 33:8 (P) compare also Genesis 31:23 (E) Numbers 11:31 (twice in verse) (JE), 1 Kings 19:4; 2 Kings 3:9; go one's way לְדַרְכּוֺ הָלַךְ‎ Genesis 19:2 (J), 32:2 (E), 33:16 (J), Numbers 24:25; Joshua 2:16 (both J E), Judges 18:26; 19:27; 1 Samuel 1:18; 26:25; 30:2; 1 Kings 1:49; Jeremiah 28:11, see הלך‎; also לְד ׳הָפַךְ‎ 1 Samuel 25:12, & (figurative) לְד ׳מָּנָה‎ Isaiah 53:6 (so 56:11

5 below); of זוֺנָה‎, figurative of Israel, לַזָּרִים אֶתדְּֿרָכַיִךְ וַתְּפַזְּרִי‎ Jeremiah 3:13.

3 of direction, almost or quite = toward, 1 Kings 8:44, 48 2 Chronicles 6:34, 38 pray toward the city, etc.; 2 Chron 18:43 look toward the sea; especially in Ezek. of looking, going, etc. ׳ד צָפוֺנָה‎ Ezekiel 8:5 (twice in verse); compare 21:2; 40:6; construct ׳ד הַקָּדִים‎ 40:10 (strike out ᵐ5‎ Hi Co) 40:22; 43:1; ׳ד הַצָּפוֺן‎ 43:20 compare ׳ד הַדָּרוֺם‎ 43:24; 43:24, ׳ד הַיָּם‎ 41:12, ׳ד הֶחָצֵר‎ 42:7 etc. (c. 28 t. Ezekiel); (see also מִדֶּרֶךְ‎ 9:2; compare 43:2; 44:3; on ׳ד אֶחָת אַמָּה‎ 42:4 see VB Co Da) compare כְּרָמִים דֶּרֶךְ לֹאיִֿפְנֶה‎ Job 24:18.

4 way, manner:

a. usage ׳ד כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ‎ Genesis 19:31 (J; compare also Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2 above)

b. = customary experience, or condition ׳ד נָשִׁים‎ Genesis 31:35 (E).

c. ׳ד מִצְרַיִם‎ Amos 4:10 the manner of Egypt, i.e. as was done in Egypt; Isaiah 10:24, 26.

d. habit of animals, ants Proverbs 6:6 (plural)

5 figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. אֶתדְּֿרָכֶיךָ תַצְלִיחַ לֹא‎ Deuteronomy 28:29 compare Joshua 1:8 (D) 1 Samuel 18:14; 2 Samuel 22:33 = Psalm 18:33; Job 3:23; 8:19; 17:9; 22:28; 24:23; 31:4; 34:21; Psalm 10:5; 35:6; 37:5; 37:7; 37:23; 91:11; 102:24; 119:37; 128:1; 139:3; 146:9; Proverbs 2:8; 3:6, 23; 11:5; 20:24; 29:27; 31:3; Isaiah 40:27; 45:13; 48:15; 55:8-9, Jeremiah 2:36; 10:23; 12:1; 23:12; Lamentations 3:9, 11; Hosea 2:8; 9:8; 10:13; Amos 2:7 (׳ד עְנָוִים‎); thrice (Chronicles) in summary of a king's life, of Abijah וּדְבָרָיו וּדְרָכָיו‎2 Chronicles 13:22; of Jotham וּדְרָכָיו וְכָלמִֿלְחֲמֹתָיו‎27:7; of Ahaz וְהָאַחֲרוֺנִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים וְכָלדְּֿרָכָיו‎28:26; ׳ד אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ‎ Isaiah 3:12 compare also 30:11; and 57:18; = gain 56:11, pleasure, etc. 58:13.

6. a. of moral action and character עַלהָֿאָרֶץ אֶתדַּֿרְכּוֺ כָּלבָּֿשָׂר הִשְׁחִית‎ Genesis 6:12 (P); compare Jeremiah 3:21; אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם יִשְׁמְרוּ‎ 1 Kings 2:4; 8:25 2 Chronicles 6:16; compare 6:39 6:30; י לִפְנֵי דְּרָכָיו ׳הֵכִין‎27:6; Psalm 5:9; 39:2; 49:14; 50:23; 119:5; 119:26; 119:59; 119:168; Proverbs 4:26; 5:8, 21; 10:9; 14:2, 8, 12; 16:2, 7, 9, 17, 25; 19:3, 16; 21:2, 29; Jeremiah 2:33; 6:27; 7:3, 5; 16:17; 17:10; 18:11, 15; 26:13; 32:19 (twice in verse); Lamentations 3:40; Ezekiel 7:3; 7:8; 7:9; 7:27; 14:22; 14:23; 18:25; 18:29; 18:30; 24:14; 28:15; 33:17; 33:20; 36:19; Haggai 1:5; 1:7; Zechariah 1:6; לִבְּךָ דַּרְכֵי‎ Ecclesiastes 11:9 compare Isaiah 57:17 (& Jeremiah 32:39 c. below)

b. of duty (commanded by ׳י‎, etc.) ׳הַדּ בָּהּ יֵלְכוּ‎ Exodus 18:20 (E) compare 32:8 (JE) Deuteronomy 9:12, 16; 13:6; 31:29; Judges 2:17; Job 31:7; Psalm 25:8; 25:12; 32:8; 119:1; 143:8; Proverbs 21:16; 22:6; 23:19; Isaiah 30:21; 48:17; Jeremiah 7:23; Malachi 2:8; so too, of wisdom דַרְכֵינֹֿעַם דְּרָכֶיהָ‎ Proverbs 3:17, ׳ד חָכְמָה‎ 4:11; 8:32; compare 23:26; ׳ד בִּינָה‎ 9:6 compare Isaiah 40:14.

c. specifically: in good sense ׳ד וְהַיְשָׁרָה הַטּוֺבָה‎ 1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 8:36 2 Chronicles 6:27; compare Proverbs 16:31; Jeremiah 6:16; דְּרָכֶיךָ תֹּם‎ Job 4:6; compare 22:8; Proverbs 13:6; דְּרָכָיו‎ (i.e. of light) Job 24:13 ("" נְתִיבֹתָיו‎); ׳ד צַדִּיקִים‎ Psalm 1:6, ׳ד טוֺבִים‎ Proverbs 2:20, יִשְׁרֵידָֿ֑רֶךְ‎ Psalm 37:14, דָ֑רֶךְ תְּמִימֵי‎ Proverbs 11:20; Psalm 119:1; ׳ד תָּמִים‎ 101:2; 101:6, ׳ד אֱמוּנָה‎ 119:30, ׳דּ שָׁלוֺם‎ Isaiah 59:8; ׳ד עוֺלָּם‎ Psalm 139:24, ׳ד חַיִּים‎ Proverbs 6:23, compare 12:28; Jeremiah 21:8 (opposed to ׳ד המות‎ see below); without modifier 1 Samuel 8:3, 5; Job 13:15; 23:10, אֶחָד וְד אֶחָד ׳לֵב‎ Jeremiah 32:39; compare also a. above; especially construct before names of good kings 1 Kings 22:43; 2 Kings 22:2; 2 Chronicles 11:17; 20:32; 21:12 (twice in verse) (plural) Songs 34:2; compare הָרִאשֹׁנִים דָּוִיד דַּרְכֵי‎17:3 the first ways of David; also עַמִּי דַּרְכֵי‎ Jeremiah 12:16.

d. oftener in bad sense הַקָּשָׁה דַּרְכָּם‎ Judges 2:19, הָרָעָה דַּרְכּוֺ‎ 1 Kings 13:33, ׳ד רַע‎ Proverbs 2:12; 8:13; 28:10; compare 2 Kings 17:13; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Jeremiah 18:11; 23:22; 25:5; 26:3; 35:15; 36:2, 7; Ezekiel 3:18-19, 13:22; 20:44; 33:11; Jonah 3:8, 10; Zechariah 1:4; ׳ד טוֺב לֹא‎ Psalm 36:5; Proverbs 16:29; Isaiah 65:2; זִמָּה דַּרְכֵךְ‎ Ezekiel 16:27; compare with completed metaphor ׳ד סְלוּלָה לֹא‎ Jeremiah 18:15; further ׳ד שֶׁקֶר‎ Psalm 119:29, ׳ד עֹצֶב‎ 139:24, ׳ד מִּשְׁעָם‎ 107:17; דַּרְכֵיחֿשֶׁךְ‎ Proverbs 2:13; מָוֶת דַּרְכֵי‎ 14:12 = 16:25; המות דרך‎ Jeremiah 21:8, compare above c; ׳ד עָצֵל‎ Proverbs 15:19 (compare 6:6); ׳ד חַטָּאִים‎ Psalm 1:1 compare 1:6; Proverbs 1:15; 3:31; 4:19 (׳ד רְשָׁעִים‎), 12:15 (׳ד אֱוִיל‎), 13:15 (׳ד בֹּגְדִים‎), also 15:9; 21:8; Isaiah 55:7; ׳ד עִקֵּשׁ‎ Proverbs 22:5, compare דְּרָכַיִם עִקֵּשׁ‎ 28:6 compare 28:18; further, without modifier, Hosea 4:9; 12:3; Proverbs 7:25; 14:14; Isaiah 53:6; 66:3; Jeremiah 2:23 (of idolatry בַּגַּיְא דַרְכֵךְ רְאִי‎) 2:33; 4:11 (compare Hi Gf) 4:18; 15:7; 22:1; Ezekiel 16:47 (twice in verse); 16:61; 18:23; 20:43; 23:13, 31; 33:8-9, (twice in verse); 33:11; 36:17 (twice in verse); 36:31.36:32 compare also below a. above; בְּראֹשׁוֺ דַּרְכּוֺ לָתֵת‎ 1 Kings 8:32 to place his way upon his head, i.e. requite it on him = 2 Chronicles 6:23, compare Ezekiel 7:4; 9:10; 11:21; 16:43; 22:31; דַּרְכָּם מְּרִי‎ Proverbs 1:31; especially construct before names of bad kings ׳ד יָרָבְעָם‎ 1 Kings 15:34 (compare 15:26) 16:2, 19, 26; 22:53 compare 22:53; 22:53; also ׳ד יִשְׂרָאֵל מַלְכֵי‎ 2 Kings 8:18; 16:3; 2 Chronicles 21:6, 13; 28:2 (plural); אַחְאָב בֵּית דַּרְכֵי‎ 2 Kings 8:27 2 Chronicles 22:3 (of Ahaziah, grandson of Ahab); ׳ד הַזֶּה הָעָם‎ Isaiah 8:11, ׳ד הַגּוֺיִם‎ Jeremiah 10:2, אֲבוֺתֵיכֶם ׳ד‎ Ezekiel 20:30 compare 2 Kings 21:21.

e. way of ׳י‎: (a) = his creative activity Job 26:14; applied in concrete sense to behemoth (hippopotamus) דַּרְכֵיאֵֿל רֵאשִׁית הוּא‎ 40:19 (hyperb.); compare of wisdom דַּרְכּוֺ רֵאשִׁית‎ Proverbs 8:22; (b) = his moral administration, Exodus 33:13 (plural; J E); Deuteronomy 32:4; 2 Samuel 22:31 = Psalm 18:31; Job 21:31; 36:23; דַּרְכֶּ֑ךָ בַּקֹּדֶשׁ אלהים‎ Psalm 77:14 ("" כֵּאלֹהִים גָּדוֺל אֵל מִי‎); Psalm 85:14; 103:7; 138:5; 145:17; Proverbs 10:29; Isaiah 55:8-9, Jeremiah 5:4-5, Ezekiel 18:25 (twice in verse); 18:29 (twice in verse); 33:17, 20; Hosea 14:10. (c) = his commandments וּמִשְׁמָּ֑ט ד ׳וְשָֽׁמְרוּ ׳י צְדָקָה לַעֲשׂוֺת‎ Genesis 18:19 (J); י צִוָּה אֲשֶׁר ׳כָּלהַֿדֶּרֶךְ‎ Deuteronomy 5:30 compare (plural) 8:6; 10:12; 11:22, 28; 19:9; 26:17; 28:9; 30:16; Joshua 22:5 (D) Judges 2:22; 2 Samuel 22:22 = Psalm 18:22, 1 Kings 2:3; 3:14; 8:58; 11:33, 38; 2 Kings 21:22; 2 Chronicles 6:31; Job 21:14; 23:11; 34:27; Psalm 25:4; 25:9; 27:11; 37:34; 51:15; 67:3; 81:14; 86:11; 95:10; 119:3; Isaiah 2:3 = Micah 4:2; Isaiah 42:24; 58:2; 63:17; 64:4; Zechariah 3:7; Malachi 2:9; compare י בְּדַרְכֵי לִבּוֺ ׳וַיִּגְבַּהּ‎2 Chronicles 17:6; see also ׳ד עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ‎ Psalm 119:14; ׳ד מִּקּוּדֶיךָ‎ 119:27, ׳ד מִצְוֺתֶ֑יךָ‎ 119:32, ׳ד חֻקֶּיךָ‎ 119:33.