Yârâh — H3384

H3384 · Hebrew — ירה

Pronunciation: yaw-raw'

Other spellings: yârâʼ יָרָא

Definition

verb

properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach

  1. to throw, shoot, cast, pour
    1. (Qal)
      1. to throw, cast
      2. to cast, lay, set
      3. to shoot arrows
      4. to throw water, rain
    2. (Niphal) to be shot
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to throw, cast
      2. to shoot
      3. to point out, show
      4. to direct, teach, instruct
      5. to throw water, rain

Usually translated as

teach, shoot, cast, direct, inform, teacher, teaching, archer, instruct, lay, shew, through

Origin

or (2 Chronicles 26:15) yârâʼ; a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yârâh occurs 82 times in 73 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Exodus (6), Leviticus (2), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (4), Job (9), Psalms (11), Proverbs (6), Isaiah (6), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Micah (2), Habakkuk (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y