אֹרַח

מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh · H4546 · highway, way (of life)

Both words denote routes, paths and ways, overlapping in the core sense of "path" and "way."

דֶּרֶךְ derek · H1870 · road, way, path

Both words occupy the core range of "road," "path," "way" and "manner" or "conduct," in literal and figurative journey and travel; both can denote physical paths and metaphorical ways of life. They are distinct Hebrew words that can substitute for each other in sense.

מַעְגָּל maʻgâl · H4570 · track, path

Both words denote path or way, in motion-routes and courses of action. מַעְגָּל (maʻgâl, H4570) emphasizes physical pathways ("trench, way-side"), while אֹרַח (ʼôrach, H734) includes both concrete paths and abstract extensions of manner, rank and traveler, but the core "path" or "way" sense is shared.

מַסְלוּל maçlûwl · H4547 · highway

Both words denote physical pathways and roads (מַסְלוּל (maçlûwl, H4547) "highway" and אֹרַח (ʼôrach, H734) "path" or "way"), overlapping in the sense of a route; מַסְלוּל (maçlûwl, H4547) occurs only once.

מִשְׁעוֹל mishʻôwl · H4934 · path, road

Both words denote pathways and routes.

הֲלִיכָה hălîykâh · H1979 · going, way, going > conduct

Both words share the senses of path, way and movement (הֲלִיכָה (hălîykâh, H1979): "way, walk, going"; אֹרַח (ʼôrach, H734): "way, path"), overlapping in travel and path, with "way" common to both.

נָתִיב nâthîyb · H5410 · path, way

Both words denote path or way, in both literal and figurative or behavioral senses (similar to English "path" and "route"), and can substitute for overlapping senses.

שָׁבִיל shâbîyl · H7635 · path > conduct

Both words share the core sense "path," and could substitute for each other in contexts of roads and ways; שָׁבִיל (shâbîyl, H7635) occurs only twice.

ὁδός hodós · G3598 · road, highway, street

Greek ὁδός (hodos) serves as the standard Septuagint rendering of Hebrew אֹרַח (orach), both denoting 'way, path, road' in literal and figurative senses, including moral/behavioral 'manner' or 'course of life.'

τρίβος tríbos · G5147 · path, beaten path

Greek τρίβος (tríbos, G5147) specifically denotes a beaten path or worn track, serving as the Greek lexical equivalent for Hebrew אֹרַח (ʼôrach, H734) in contexts referring to physical paths or roadways, though Hebrew אֹרַח has broader semantic range including metaphorical 'manner' or 'way of life' that Greek τρίβος does not typically cover.

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אֹרַח names a path, road, or way, the physical route travelers take, as in Jacob's blessing describing Dan as a viper beside the path.

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The word extends metaphorically to a manner of conduct or course of life, the figurative 'way' a person walks in their actions.

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אֹרַח can also designate a company or troop of travelers moving together along the way.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.