Orach אֹ֫רַח

Orach (Hebrew אֹ֫רַח, Strong's H734) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “way”. It occurs 58 times in 57 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 Orach, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 18:11
  Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
• Genesis 49:17
  Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.He will be a snake by the road, a viper in the path that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.

Judges

• Judges 5:6
  In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

Job

• Job 6:18
  The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.
• Job 6:19
  The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.The caravans of Tema look for water; the travelers of Sheba hope to find it.
• Job 8:13
  So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
• Job 13:27
  Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
• Job 16:22
  When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
• Job 19:8
  He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
• Job 22:15
  Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?Will you stay on the ancient path that wicked men have trod?
• Job 30:12
  Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
• Job 31:32
  The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—
• Job 33:11
  He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
• Job 34:11
  For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.

Psalms

• Psalm 8:8
  The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.the birds of the air and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.
• Psalm 16:11
  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
• Psalm 17:4
  Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.
• Psalm 19:5
  Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.Like a bridegroom emerging from his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course,
• Psalm 25:4
  Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
• Psalm 25:10
  All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
• Psalm 27:11
  Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
• Psalm 44:18
  Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
• Psalm 119:9
  Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.How can a young man keep his way pure? By guarding it according to Your word.
• Psalm 119:15
  I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.I will meditate on Your precepts and regard Your ways.
• Psalm 119:101
  I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
• Psalm 119:104
  Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
• Psalm 119:128
  Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.Therefore I admire all Your precepts and hate every false way.
• Psalm 142:3
  When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:19
  So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.Such is the fate of all who are greedy, whose unjust gain takes the lives of its possessors.
• Proverbs 2:8
  He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
• Proverbs 2:13
  Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;from those who leave the straight paths to walk in the ways of darkness,
• Proverbs 2:15
  Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
• Proverbs 2:19
  None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
• Proverbs 2:20
  That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.So you will follow in the ways of the good, and keep to the paths of the righteous.
• Proverbs 3:6
  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
• Proverbs 4:14
  Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.
• Proverbs 4:18
  But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
• Proverbs 5:6
  Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
• Proverbs 8:20
  I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
• Proverbs 9:15
  To call passengers who go right on their ways:calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
• Proverbs 10:17
  He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
• Proverbs 12:28
  In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
• Proverbs 15:10
  Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
• Proverbs 15:19
  The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.
• Proverbs 15:24
  The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
• Proverbs 17:23
  A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
• Proverbs 22:25
  Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.or you may learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 2:3
  And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 3:12
  As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
• Isaiah 26:7
  The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
• Isaiah 26:8
  Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
• Isaiah 30:11
  Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”
• Isaiah 33:8
  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
• Isaiah 40:14
  With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
• Isaiah 41:3
  He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet.He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

Joel

• Joel 2:7
  They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.

Micah

• Micah 4:2
  And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

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).