Midvash

דֶּרֶךְderek

way, road, distance, journey, manner

Pronunciation: deh'-rek · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1870

Meanings

1. way, road, path (Genesis 35:3; Genesis 38:16; Genesis 38:21)

2. journey (Genesis 24:21; Genesis 24:40; Genesis 24:42)

3. of direction, almost or quite = toward (1 Kings 8:44; 1 Kings 8:48; 2 Chronicles 6:34)

4. way, manner

a. usage (Genesis 19:31; Joshua 23:14; 1 Kings 2:2)

c. the manner of Egypt (Amos 4:10; Isaiah 10:24; Isaiah 10:26)

d. habit (Proverbs 6:6)

5. figurative of course of life, or action, undertakings, etc. (Deuteronomy 28:29; Joshua 1:8; 1 Samuel 18:14)

6.

a. of moral action and character (Genesis 6:12; Jeremiah 3:21; 1 Kings 2:4)

b. of duty (Exodus 18:20; Exodus 32:8; Deuteronomy 9:12)

c. specifically: in good sense (1 Samuel 12:23; 1 Kings 8:36; 2 Chronicles 6:27)

d. oftener in bad sense (Judges 2:19; 1 Kings 13:33; Proverbs 2:12)

e. way of ׳ (Job 26:14; Job 40:19; Proverbs 8:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 706 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:24 After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.
  • Genesis 6:12 God observed all this corruption in the world, for everyone on earth was corrupt.
  • Genesis 16:7 The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
  • Genesis 18:19 I have singled him out so that he will direct his sons and their families to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then I will do for Abraham all that I have promised.”
  • Genesis 19:2 “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.” “Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
  • Genesis 19:31 One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).