אֹרַח
ʼôrach · H735 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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A pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, understood as a journey through life (way(s), activities, behavior, fate)
ExamplesDaniel 4:37 “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just; and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
Daniel 5:23 but you have risen up against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine out of them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ךָyour 1
- הוּhis 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- דִּיןjudgement 1
- וֹhim 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- דֶּרֶךְ derek · H1870 · road, way, path
- דֶּרֶךְ is the most common Hebrew word for 'way, road, path' and serves as a near synonym to אֹרַח; both denote a path or way of travel, though דֶּרֶךְ is far more frequent and has broader semantic range while אֹרַח may carry more poetic or specialized nuance.
- נָתִיב nâthîyb · H5410 · path, way
- נָתִיב denotes a path or pathway, often in poetic contexts, and overlaps semantically with אֹרַח in designating a traveled route or way; both can be used in parallel poetic constructions.
- מְסִלָּה mᵉçillâh · H4546 · highway, way (of life)
- מְסִלָּה refers to a highway or raised/constructed road, a more specific type of way that can function as a near synonym to אֹרַח in contexts denoting a path or route of travel.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ὁδός hodós · G3598 · road, highway, street
- Standard Greek translation equivalent for Hebrew 'way' terminology; ὁδός is the primary Greek term for 'way, road, path' used throughout the LXX to render Hebrew terms for way/path concepts.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Act002002002001
- Daniel 4:37 has Nebuchadnezzar conclude, “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just; and He is able to humble those who walk in pride.”
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H735. orach [אֹ֫רַח ? as ᵑ7 Syriac] noun [masculine?] way (figurative) (Biblical Hebrew);…
[אֹ֫רַח ? as ᵑ7 Syriac] noun [masculine?] way (figurative) (Biblical Hebrew); — plural suffix אָרְחָתָךְ (compare K§ 51, 2, Anm. 3) Dan 5:23 thy ways (the progress and outcome of thine affairs); הֵתּ- Dan 4:34 his ways (i.e. the course of God's dealings, || מַעֲבָדוֺהִי).
אַרְיֵה see ארה. above
אַרְיוֺךְ
proper name, masculine in Babylonian (Biblical Hebrew id., compare DlBaer Dn ix); — Dan 2:14-15, (twice in verse); Dan 2:24-25, Αριωχ(ης).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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