Yârad — H3381

H3381 · Hebrew — ירד

Pronunciation: yaw-rad'

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)

  1. to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down
    1. (Qal)
      1. to go or come down
      2. to sink
      3. to be prostrated
      4. to come down (of revelation)
    2. (Hiphil)
      1. to bring down
      2. to send down
      3. to take down
      4. to lay prostrate
      5. to let down
    3. (Hophal)
      1. to be brought down
      2. 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

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

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)

Strong's Lexicon — Y