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de.rekh H1870

דֶּ֫רֶךְ (de.rekh) means “way: conduct” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

דֶּ֫רֶךְ Hebrew · H1870 706 tagged occurrences in 626 verses

Pronunciation guide: deh'-rek Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H1870G

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: conduct

: conduct/lifestyle 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870H

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · Way

This name means way, road

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TBESH · H1870I

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · (King's) Highway

This name means way, road Combined with me.lekh (מֶ֫לֶךְ "King's" H4428I)

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TBESH · H1870J

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: direction

: direction 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870K

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: road

: road/route 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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TBESH · H1870L

דֶּ֫רֶךְ · de.rekh · way: journey

: journey 1) way, road, distance, journey, manner 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H1869 (דָּרַךְ); a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

KJV glosses: along, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

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How translators render H1870

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the way	62
your ways	24
ways	22
the road	21
way	21
his ways	16
my ways	16
in the way	15
in his ways	14
in the ways	14
journey	14
the ways	13
by way	12
along the road	11
his way	11
in the road	9
the path	9
toward	8
on the road	7
on your way	7
on his way	6
on the journey	6
on the way	6
path	6
their ways	6
through	6
your way	6
along the way	5
by	5
in my ways	5
is the way	5
a way	4
according to his ways	4
by the way	4
in the direction	4
in your ways	4
on	4
road	4
their way	4
to	4
according to your ways	3
along the route	3
and	3
but the way	3
direction	3
facing	3
my way	3
of his ways	3
on their way	3
roads	3
wherever	3
along the path	2
and the way	2
but the ways	2
conduct	2
down the road	2
for their journey	2
for your journey	2
for your ways	2
from his way	2
from the direction	2
from their ways	2
from your ways	2
highway	2
in the path	2
in their ways	2
its ways	2
of the road	2
on a journey	2
route	2
street	2
the distance	2
the roads	2
the same way	2
their conduct	2
their path	2
up the road	2
vvv	2
what he has done	2
a path	1
a ramp	1
a road	1
according to his way	1
according to our ways	1
according to their conduct	1
according to their ways	1
all her ways	1
along	1
along the route to	1
along with his ways	1
along your way	1
and a path	1
and his ways	1
and make your journey	1
and one whose way	1
are my ways	1
are the way	1
are those whose way	1
as is the custom	1
at your behavior	1
away	1
beside the road	1
blows toward	1
bring your deeds	1
but another path	1
by a route	1
by a way	1
by the road	1
by the way you came	1
by their own ways	1
by way of	1
bypaths	1
course	1
did	1
does the way	1
down a path	1
for their ways	1
from	1
from a journey	1
from his ways	1
from it	1
from the path	1
from the way	1
from their routes	1
had made his journey	1
has been your way	1
has made my journey	1
her ways	1
his behavior	1
his course	1
his journey	1
his own way	1
his path	1
his paths	1
his way sure	1
his ways straight	1
i am having my period	1
i will bring their conduct	1
i will bring their deeds	1
in all you do	1
in formation	1
in his journey	1
in his mission	1
in their walk	1
in your own way	1
in your rebellion	1
into roads	1
is in the road	1
is it my way	1
is the fate	1
is the road	1
its way	1
journeys	1
keep your path	1
lie on the path	1
like those	1
long	1
make my journey	1
may their path	1
missions	1
my path	1
of his own ways	1
of his way	1
of the walkway	1
of the ways	1
of their own way	1
of what route	1
of your ways	1
off the road	1
on her way	1
on his journey	1
on the	1
on the mission	1
on the path	1
on the right course	1
on their path	1
on your journey	1
one road	1
or	1
or as surely as the way	1
or clears a path	1
or on a journey	1
or the journey	1
or your vigor	1
our journey	1
our way	1
our ways	1
out of the way	1
out of their way	1
room	1
started on his way	1
than your ways	1
that your ways	1
the crossroads	1
the example	1
the highways	1
the pathways	1
the way i have taken	1
their behavior	1
their course	1
their own ways	1
this way	1
those whose ways	1
to his own way	1
to his way	1
to the desires	1
to the path	1
to their own way	1
until your roads	1
way of life	1
we will stay on the main road	1
where the road	1
whose ways	1
with a passageway	1
with your word	1
works	1
you in the way	1
you on a mission	1
you on the way	1
you the way	1
your favors	1
your journey	1
your own way	1
your path	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
the way	66
by the way	65
in the way	50
way	46
toward	27
his way	21
ways	16
journey	15
my ways	11
out of the way	11
in his ways	10
thy way	10
a way	9
of the way	9
their way	9
in the ways	8
in all his ways	7
the ways	7
your ways	7
his ways	6
according to his ways	5
in my ways	5
my way	5
thee in the way	5
thy ways	5
and the way	4
but the way	4
from the way	4
in all the way	4
not the way	4
on his way	4
after the manner	3
from his way	3
her ways	3
in thy ways	3
no way	3
of his way	3
thee according to thy ways	3
thee by the way	3
them the way	3
to their way	3
and his ways	2
and in the way	2
are not your ways	2
conversation	2
for the way	2
him by the way	2
in all the ways	2
in all thy ways	2
in by the way	2
in his way	2
in thy way	2
me thy way	2
not in the way	2
of thy ways	2
on thy way	2
unto the way	2
unto thee toward	2
us of his ways	2
us our way	2
ye the way	2
your way	2
according to their way	1
according to thy ways	1
according unto all his ways	1
after his ways	1
after their ways	1
against thee after the manner	1
all his ways	1
all my ways	1
all the way	1
all the ways	1
along by the high way	1
along that way	1
and a way	1
and if the way	1
and is not in a journey	1
and it came to pass by the way	1
and it came to pass while they were in the way	1
and let all thy ways	1
and lo all the way	1
and make your ways	1
and now what hast thou to do in the way	1
and of all his ways	1
and the manner	1
and was with me in the way	1
any of his ways	1
are not my ways	1
as he journeyed	1
at thee	1
away	1
because	1
because of the way	1
because the journey	1
but as for them their way	1
by	1
by a way	1
by the same way	1
by the way side	1
by the wayside	1
by what way	1
eastward	1
every way	1
for all his ways	1
for all my ways	1
for him in the way	1
for in the way	1
for the custom	1
for the journey	1
for the ways	1
for your own ways	1
from his ways	1
from me the way	1
from thy ways	1
he me the way	1
her into the way	1
her way	1
him and he shall make his way	1
him because the way	1
him his way	1
him in the way	1
him into the way	1
himself in a way	1
his journey	1
his own way	1
in a journey	1
in a manner	1
in a way	1
in their ways	1
in this way	1
is not my way	1
it by their own way	1
let their way	1
make thy way	1
me in the way	1
me now thy way	1
me thy ways	1
me toward	1
mine own ways	1
no more that way	1
none of his ways	1
nor in the ways	1
nor thy ways	1
not by the way	1
not from their ways	1
not in his ways	1
not in thy ways	1
not the ways	1
not thou in the way	1
now the way	1
of	1
of every way	1
of his ways	1
of the ways	1
of their own way	1
of their way	1
of thy way	1
on his ways	1
on my ways	1
on the way	1
on their way	1
on your way	1
on your ways	1
or a way	1
or he is in a journey	1
or what hast thou to do in the way	1
our ways	1
out their way	1
passengers	1
shall be there and a way	1
so are my ways	1
than your ways	1
that the way	1
that thou makest thy ways	1
that thy way	1
the journey	1
the pathway	1
the way toward	1
thee a way	1
thee from the way	1
thee in all thy ways	1
thee in thy ways	1
thee on a journey	1
thee out of the way	1
their own way	1
their own ways	1
their ways	1
them along the way	1
them by the way	1
them for the ways	1
them for their ways	1
them in the way	1
there in the way	1
thine own ways	1
this their way	1
thou me in thy way	1
thou thy way	1
through	1
through the way	1
throughout all the way	1
thy manner	1
to her ways	1
to him the way	1
to his own way	1
to my ways	1
to the way	1
to their own way	1
unto her by the way	1
unto thee by the way	1
unto them after their way	1
unto them what way	1
unto us according to our ways	1
unto us after the manner	1
up thy way	1
upon all the ways	1
upon all their ways	1
upon the ways	1
upon their ways	1
upon them by the way	1
upon thy ways	1
us in all the way	1
us the way	1
was in the way	1
wherefore doth the way	1
wherefore their way	1
whether our way	1
which way	1
whithersoever	1
whose way	1
with his own ways	1
with in the ways	1
ye in all the ways	1
ye in the ways	1
you by what way	1
you the way	1

Verses containing H1870

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2 Chronicles 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
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2 Chronicles 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
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2 Chronicles 27:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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2 Chronicles 28:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made cast images of the Baals.
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2 Chronicles 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for the rest of the acts of Ahaz and all his ways, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.
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2 Chronicles 34:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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Ezra 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
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Ezra 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
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Ezra 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
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Nehemiah 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
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Nehemiah 9:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
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Job 3:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
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Job 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
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Job 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
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Job 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
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Job 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He deprives the earth’s leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
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Job 13:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
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Job 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
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Job 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
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Job 21:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet they say to God: ‘Leave us alone! For we have no desire to know Your ways.
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Job 21:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have you never asked those who travel the roads? Do you not accept their reports?
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Job 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
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Job 22:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?
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Job 22:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.
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Job 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
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Job 23:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.
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Job 24:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
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Job 24:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
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Job 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
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Job 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
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Job 26:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”
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Job 28:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But God understands its way, and He knows its place.
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Job 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt,
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Job 29:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
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Job 31:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?
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Job 31:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
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Job 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
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Job 34:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
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Job 36:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’?
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Job 38:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Where is the way to the home of light? Do you know where darkness resides,
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Job 38:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In which direction is the lightning dispersed, or the east wind scattered over the earth?
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Job 38:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who cuts a channel for the flood or clears a path for the thunderbolt,
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Job 40:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
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Psalms 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
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Psalms 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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Psalms 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
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Psalms 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
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Psalms 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
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Psalms 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
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Source alternate reference: 18.22
Psalms 18:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is flawless. He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him.
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Source alternate reference: 18.31

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