Definition
verb
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
- to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down
- (Qal)
- to go or come down
- to sink
- to be prostrated
- to come down (of revelation)
- (Hiphil)
- to bring down
- to send down
- to take down
- to lay prostrate
- to let down
- (Hophal)
- to be brought down
- to be taken down
Usually translated as
go, come, bring down, carry down, cast down, down, get down, hang down, let down, put down, run down, take down, going, coming, indeed, abundantly, fall, downward, light, sink, subdue
Occurrences
Yârad occurs 378 times in 343 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (35), Exodus (19), Leviticus (1), Numbers (14), Deuteronomy (12), Joshua (16), Judges (27), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (35), 2 Samuel (15), 1 Kings (14), 2 Kings (23), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (6), Nehemiah (3), Job (3), Psalms (23), Proverbs (7), Ecclesiastes (1), Song of Songs (2), Isaiah (23), Jeremiah (13), Lamentations (5), Ezekiel (23), Hosea (1), Joel (3), Amos (3), Obadiah (2), Jonah (3), Micah (2), Haggai (1), Zechariah (2)
- Genesis 11:5 — And the LORD came down (וַיֵּ֣רֶד) to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
- Genesis 11:7 — Go to, let us go down (נֵֽרְדָ֔ה), and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.
- Genesis 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down (וַיֵּ֨רֶד) into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 15:11 — And when the fowls came down (וַיֵּ֥רֶד) upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
- Genesis 18:21 — I will go down (אֵֽרֲדָה) now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
- Genesis 24:16 — And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down (וַתֵּ֣רֶד) to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 24:18 — And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down (וַתֹּ֧רֶד) her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink.
- Genesis 24:45 — And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down (וַתֵּ֥רֶד) unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
- Genesis 24:46 — And she made haste, and let down (וַתּ֤וֹרֶד) her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also.
- Genesis 26:2 — And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down (תֵּרֵ֣ד) into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
- Genesis 28:12 — And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending (וְיֹרְדִ֖ים) on it.
- Genesis 37:25 — And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down (לְהוֹרִ֥יד) to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:35 — And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down (אֵרֵ֧ד) into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
- Genesis 38:1 — And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down (וַיֵּ֥רֶד) from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
- Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down (הוּרַ֣ד) to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
- Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down (הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ) thither.
- Genesis 42:2 — And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down (רְדוּ) thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
- Genesis 42:3 — And Joseph’s ten brethren went down (וַיֵּרְד֥וּ) to buy corn in Egypt.
- Genesis 42:38 — And he said, My son shall not go down (יֵרֵ֥ד) with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- 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 in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down (וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם) my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 43:4 — If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down (נֵרְדָ֕ה) and buy thee food:
- Genesis 43:5 — But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down (נֵרֵ֑ד): for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
- Genesis 43:7 — And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down (הוֹרִ֖ידוּ)?
- Genesis 43:11 — And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down (וְהוֹרִ֥ידוּ) the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
- Genesis 43:15 — And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down (וַיֵּרְד֣וּ) to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
- Genesis 43:20 — And said, O sir, we came indeed down (יָרַ֛דְנוּ) at the first time to buy food:
- Genesis 43:20 — And said, O sir, we came indeed down (יָרֹ֥ד) at the first time to buy food:
- Genesis 43:22 — And other money have we brought down (הוֹרַ֥דְנוּ) in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
- Genesis 44:11 — Then they speedily took down (וַיּוֹרִ֛דוּ) every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- Genesis 44:21 — And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down (הוֹרִדֻ֖הוּ) unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
- Genesis 44:23 — And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down (יֵרֵ֛ד) with you, ye shall see my face no more.
- Genesis 44:26 — And we said, We cannot go down (לָרֶ֑דֶת): if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
- Genesis 44:26 — And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down (וְיָרַ֔דְנוּ): for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
- Genesis 44:29 — And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down (וְהֽוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם) my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 44:31 — It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down (וְהוֹרִ֨ידוּ) the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 45:9 — Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down (רְדָ֥ה) unto me, tarry not:
- Genesis 45:13 — And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down (וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֥ם) my father hither.
- Genesis 46:3 — And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down (מֵרְדָ֣ה) into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:
- Genesis 46:4 — I will go down (אֵרֵ֤ד) with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.
- Exodus 2:5 — And the daughter of Pharaoh came down (וַתֵּ֤רֶד) to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
- Exodus 3:8 — And I am come down (וָאֵרֵ֞ד) to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Exodus 9:19 — Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down (וְיָרַ֧ד) upon them, and they shall die.
- Exodus 11:8 — And all these thy servants shall come down (וְיָרְד֣וּ) unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
- Exodus 15:5 — The depths have covered them: they sank (יָרְד֥וּ) into the bottom as a stone.
- Exodus 19:11 — And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down (יֵרֵ֧ד) in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
- Exodus 19:14 — And Moses went down (וַיֵּ֧רֶד) from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.
- Exodus 19:18 — And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended (יָרַ֥ד) upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
- Exodus 19:20 — And the LORD came down (וַיֵּ֧רֶד) upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
- Exodus 19:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down (רֵ֖ד), charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
- Exodus 19:24 — And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down (רֵ֔ד), and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them.