Yareach יָרֵחַ

Yareach (Hebrew יָרֵחַ, Strong's H3394) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “moon”. It occurs 27 times in 27 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Yareach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 37:9
  And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 4:19
  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
• Deuteronomy 17:3
  And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—

Joshua

• Joshua 10:12
  Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
• Joshua 10:13
  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 23:5
  And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

Job

• Job 25:5
  Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
• Job 31:26
  If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;if I have beheld the sun in its radiance or the moon moving in splendor,

Psalms

• Psalm 8:3
  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;When I behold Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have set in place—
• Psalm 72:5
  They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.May they fear him as long as the sun shines, as long as the moon remains, through all generations.
• Psalm 72:7
  In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound, until the moon is no more.
• Psalm 89:37
  It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.like the moon, established forever, a faithful witness in the sky.” Selah
• Psalm 104:19
  He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.
• Psalm 121:6
  The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
• Psalm 136:9
  The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalm 148:3
  Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.Praise Him, O sun and moon; praise Him, all you shining stars.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 12:2
  While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,

Isaiah

• Isaiah 13:10
  For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light.
• Isaiah 60:19
  The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
• Isaiah 60:20
  Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 8:2
  And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
• Jeremiah 31:35
  Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 32:7
  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

Joel

• Joel 2:10
  The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:Before them the earth quakes; the heavens tremble. The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness.
• Joel 2:31
  The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.
• Joel 3:15
  The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will no longer shine.

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:11
  The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).