Usually translated as
way, toward, journey, manner, conversation, highway, away, custom, eastward, through, pathway, wayside, whithersoever, along, because of, by, ward, passenger, whither
Occurrences
Derek occurs 704 times in 624 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (30), Exodus (13), Leviticus (1), Numbers (18), Deuteronomy (43), Joshua (16), Judges (14), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (25), 2 Samuel (12), 1 Kings (39), 2 Kings (20), 2 Chronicles (23), Ezra (3), Nehemiah (2), Job (32), Psalms (64), Proverbs (69), Ecclesiastes (4), Isaiah (42), Jeremiah (46), Lamentations (6), Ezekiel (76), Hosea (8), Joel (1), Amos (3), Jonah (2), Micah (1), Nahum (2), Haggai (2), Zechariah (3), Malachi (3)
- Genesis 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way (דֶּ֖רֶךְ) of the tree of life.
- Genesis 6:12 — And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way (דַּרְכּ֖וֹ) upon the earth.
- Genesis 16:7 — And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way (בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ) to Shur.
- Genesis 18:19 — For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way (דֶּ֣רֶךְ) of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
- Genesis 19:2 — And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant’s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways (לְדַרְכְּכֶ֑ם). And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
- Genesis 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner (כְּדֶ֖רֶךְ) of all the earth:
- Genesis 24:21 — And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey (דַּרְכּ֖וֹ) prosperous or not.
- Genesis 24:27 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way (בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙), the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
- Genesis 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way (דַּרְכֶּ֔ךָ); and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:
- Genesis 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way (דַּרְכִּ֔י) which I go:
- Genesis 24:48 — And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way (בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ) to take my master’s brother’s daughter unto his son.
- Genesis 24:56 — And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way (דַּרְכִּ֑י); send me away that I may go to my master.
- Genesis 28:20 — And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way (בַּדֶּ֤רֶךְ) that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
- Genesis 30:36 — And he set three days’ journey (דֶּ֚רֶךְ) betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- Genesis 31:23 — And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey (דֶּ֖רֶךְ); and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
- Genesis 31:35 — And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom (דֶ֥רֶךְ) of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
- Genesis 32:1 — And Jacob went on his way (לְדַרְכּ֑וֹ), and the angels of God met him.
- Genesis 33:16 — So Esau returned that day on his way (לְדַרְכּ֖וֹ) unto Seir.
- Genesis 35:3 — And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way (בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ) which I went.
- Genesis 35:19 — And Rachel died, and was buried in the way (בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ) to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
- Genesis 38:14 — And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way (דֶּ֣רֶךְ) to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Genesis 38:16 — And he turned unto her by the way (הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ), and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
- Genesis 38:21 — Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side (הַדָּ֑רֶךְ)? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
- Genesis 42:25 — Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way (לַדָּ֑רֶךְ): and thus did he unto them.
- Genesis 42:38 — And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way (בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙) in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 45:21 — And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way (לַדָּֽרֶךְ).
- Genesis 45:23 — And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way (לַדָּֽרֶךְ).
- Genesis 45:24 — So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way (בַּדָּֽרֶךְ).
- Genesis 48:7 — And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way (בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ), when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.
- Genesis 48:7 — And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way (בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ) of Ephrath; the same is Beth-lehem.
- Genesis 49:17 — Dan shall be a serpent by the way (דֶ֔רֶךְ), an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
- Exodus 3:18 — And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days’ journey (דֶּ֣רֶךְ) into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.
- Exodus 4:24 — And it came to pass by the way (בַדֶּ֖רֶךְ) in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
- Exodus 5:3 — And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey (דֶּרֶךְ֩) into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
- Exodus 8:27 — We will go three days’ journey (דֶּ֚רֶךְ) into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us.
- Exodus 13:17 — And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way (דֶּ֚רֶךְ) of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
- Exodus 13:18 — But God led the people about, through the way (דֶּ֥רֶךְ) of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way (הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ); and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
- Exodus 18:8 — And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel’s sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way (בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ), and how the LORD delivered them.
- Exodus 18:20 — And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way (הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙) wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
- Exodus 23:20 — Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way (בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ), and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
- Exodus 32:8 — They have turned aside quickly out of the way (הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙) which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 33:3 — Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way (בַּדָּֽרֶךְ).
- Exodus 33:13 — Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way (דְּרָכֶ֔ךָ), that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
- Leviticus 26:22 — I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways (דַּרְכֵיכֶֽם) shall be desolate.
- Numbers 9:10 — Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey (בְדֶ֨רֶךְ) afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD.
- Numbers 9:13 — But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey (וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ), and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.
- Numbers 10:33 — And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey (דֶּ֖רֶךְ): and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
- Numbers 10:33 — And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey (דֶּ֚רֶךְ), to search out a resting place for them.
- Numbers 11:31 — And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey (כְּדֶ֧רֶךְ) on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.