Way

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: way, ways. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “way” or one of its forms.

• דֶּרֶךְ derek392
• ὁδός hodós56
• οὕτω hoútō33
• הָלַךְ hâlak17
• כֵּן kên13
• πορεύομαι poreúomai12
• πᾶς pâs12
• שָׁלַח shâlach11
• עַד ad11
• אֹרַח ôrach11
• ὁμοίως homoíōs9
• כֹּהֵן kôhên8

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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

• דֶּרֶךְ derekway, road, distance, journey, mannertranslated this way 392 times of its 653 uses · Strong’s H1870Noun  ·  Translated: way 204, ways 166, road 54, journey 35

  Genesis 3:24 So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

  Exodus 4:24 Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

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• הָלַךְ hâlakgo, come, walktranslated this way 17 times of its 1,461 uses · Strong’s H1980Verb  ·  Translated: go 338, went 173, walk 116, Come 84

  Genesis 14:11 The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.

  Genesis 30:26 Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”

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• כֵּן kênright, veritable, honesttranslated this way 13 times of its 461 uses · Strong’s H3651Adverb  ·  Translated: Therefore 159, so 111, this 24, way 13

  Exodus 26:17 Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.

  Leviticus 4:20 He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.

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• שָׁלַח shâlachsendtranslated this way 11 times of its 829 uses · Strong’s H7971Verb  ·  Translated: sent 334, send 126, go 43, sending 19

  Genesis 24:54 Then he and the men with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, “Send me on my way to my master.”

  Genesis 24:56 But he replied, “Do not delay me, since the LORD has made my journey a success. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”

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• עַד adas far as, even to, up to, until, whiletranslated this way 11 times of its 1,111 uses · Strong’s H5704Preposition  ·  Translated: until 348, to 278, far 48, forever 43Full study and all 1,024 verses →
• אֹרַח ôrachway, pathtranslated this way 11 times of its 56 uses · Strong’s H734Noun  ·  Translated: path 17, paths 15, way 5, ways 5

  Job 16:22 For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.’’

  Psalm 17:4 As for the deeds of men — by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent.

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• כֹּהֵן kôhênpriesttranslated this way 8 times of its 726 uses · Strong’s H3548Noun  ·  Translated: priest 387, priests 285, way the priest 8, priestly 5

  Leviticus 4:31 Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

  Leviticus 4:35 And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.’’

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• כָּכָה kâkâhthustranslated this way 5 times of its 33 uses · Strong’s H3602Adverb  ·  Translated: this is how 6, this is what 4, this 4, thing 4

  Numbers 15:13 Everyone who is native-born shall prepare these things in this way when he presents a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  1 Kings 1:6 (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)

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• בּוֹא bôcome in, come, go in, gotranslated this way 3 times of its 2,442 uses · Strong’s H935Verb  ·  Translated: come 358, came 298, bring 209, brought 201

  Genesis 13:10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

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• עָבַר âbarpass over, through, by, pass ontranslated this way 3 times of its 542 uses · Strong’s H5674Verb  ·  Translated: pass 62, crossed 57, cross 52, passed 35

  Genesis 18:5 And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

  Deuteronomy 29:16 For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.

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• כֹּה kôhthus, heretranslated this way 3 times of its 534 uses · Strong’s H3541Adverb  ·  Translated: this is what 369, that this is what 74, Thus 16, and ever so 12

  Exodus 2:12 After looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.

  Numbers 22:30 But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” “No,” he replied.

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• מַעַן maanpurpose, intenttranslated this way 3 times of its 254 uses · Strong’s H4616Conjunction  ·  Translated: so that 90, sake 44, that 21, to 18

  Exodus 8:22 But on that day I will give special treatment to the land of Goshen, where My people live; no swarms of flies will be found there. In this way you will know that I, the LORD, am in the land.

  Judges 2:22 In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”

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• זֹאת zôththistranslated this way 3 times of its 559 uses · Strong’s H2063Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 333, of this 33, in this 26, and this 15

  Judges 13:23 But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

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• אֵלֶּה êl-lehthesetranslated this way 3 times of its 693 uses · Strong’s H428Pronoun  ·  Translated: these 377, things 36, of these 28, this 25

  Leviticus 2:8 When you bring to the LORD the grain offering made in any of these ways, it is to be presented to the priest, and he shall take it to the altar.

  Leviticus 5:5 If someone incurs guilt in one of these ways, he must confess the sin he has committed,

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• כֹּל kôlthe whole, alltranslated this way 2 times of its 5,107 uses · Strong’s H3605Noun  ·  Translated: all 1,589, and all 471, whole 223, every 196

  Genesis 24:1 By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.

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• יָצָא yâtsâgo or come outtranslated this way 2 times of its 1,035 uses · Strong’s H3318Verb  ·  Translated: brought 108, went 103, go 82, came 78

  Exodus 4:14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well, and he is now on his way to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.

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• נָצַל nâtsalstrip, plundertranslated this way 2 times of its 205 uses · Strong’s H5337Verb  ·  Translated: deliver 75, delivered 34, rescue 30, rescued 9Full study and all 191 verses →
• פָּנִים pânîmface, beforetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,836 uses · Strong’s H6440Noun  ·  Translated: before 448, face 222, presence 147, before you 123Full study and all 1,671 verses →
• סָבִיב sâbîbcircuit, round abouttranslated this way 2 times of its 295 uses · Strong’s H5439Adverb  ·  Translated: around 151, side 31, surrounding 29, sides 16Full study and all 268 verses →
• כָּפַר kâpharcover over (figurative), pacify, make propitiationtranslated this way 2 times of its 100 uses · Strong’s H3722Verb  ·  Translated: make atonement 58, atoned 6, made atonement 4, atone 3Full study and all 94 verses →
• אָן ânwhere?translated this way 2 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s H575Interrogative  ·  Translated: where 16, and where 2, way 2Full study and all 23 verses →
• מָעַד mâadslip, slide, totter, shaketranslated this way 2 times of its 7 uses · Strong’s H4571Verb  ·  Translated: give way 2, slipping 1, wavering 1, falter 1Full study and all 7 verses →
• נָקַף nâqaphstrike offtranslated this way 2 times of its 19 uses · Strong’s H5362Verb  ·  Translated: surround 3, circling 2, way 2, surrounded 2Full study and all 19 verses →
• נָתִיב nâthîbpath, pathwaytranslated this way 2 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s H5410Noun  ·  Translated: paths 9, path 8, way 2Full study and all 23 verses →
• אֵל êlmotion totranslated this way 2 times of its 4,199 uses · Strong’s H413Preposition  ·  Translated: to 1,941, to me 285, to you 149, to him 137Full study and all 3,455 verses →
• מַעְגָּל magâlentrenchmenttranslated this way 2 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s H4570Noun  ·  Translated: paths 5, path 4, ways 2, tracks 2Full study and all 16 verses →
• אֹרַח ôrachwaytranslated this way 2 times of its 2 uses · Strong’s H735Noun  ·  Translated: ways 2Full study and all 2 verses →

Greek words (New Testament)

• ὁδός hodósa way, road, journeytranslated this way 56 times of its 97 uses · Strong’s G3598Noun  ·  Translated: way 49, road 22, path 8, ways 6Full study and all 95 verses →
• οὕτω hoútōthus, so, in this mannertranslated this way 33 times of its 163 uses · Strong’s G3779Adverb  ·  Translated: so 67, way 33, this 10, like 8Full study and all 161 verses →
• πορεύομαι poreúomaiI travel, journey, gotranslated this way 12 times of its 147 uses · Strong’s G4198Verb  ·  Translated: go 59, went 22, going 10, way 8Full study and all 141 verses →
• πᾶς pâsall, the whole, every kind oftranslated this way 12 times of its 1,133 uses · Strong’s G3956Adjective  ·  Translated: all 462, everyone 131, every 116, everything 87Full study and all 998 verses →
• ὁμοίως homoíōsin like mannertranslated this way 9 times of its 26 uses · Strong’s G3668Adverb  ·  Translated: way 9, likewise 6, the same 2Full study and all 26 verses →
• ὡσαύτως hōsaútōslikewisetranslated this way 7 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s G5615Adverb  ·  Translated: way 7, likewise 5, thing 3, the same 1Full study and all 16 verses →
• πῶς pōshow, in what mannertranslated this way 4 times of its 104 uses · Strong’s G4459Adverb  ·  Translated: how 83, way 4, somehow 3, context 1Full study and all 101 verses →
• ἔρχομαι érchomaiI come, gotranslated this way 4 times of its 619 uses · Strong’s G2064Verb  ·  Translated: come 193, came 128, coming 65, comes 53Full study and all 584 verses →
• τρόπος tróposway, manner, charactertranslated this way 4 times of its 10 uses · Strong’s G5158Noun  ·  Translated: way 4, as 3, just as 1, Keep your lives 1Full study and all 10 verses →
• ἀναστροφή anastrophḗbehavior, manner of lifetranslated this way 4 times of its 12 uses · Strong’s G391Noun  ·  Translated: way of life 4, conduct 3, behavior 2, you do 1Full study and all 12 verses →
• αὐτός autóshe, she, it, they, them, sametranslated this way 3 times of its 4,051 uses · Strong’s G846Personal / Possessive Pronoun  ·  Translated: him 1,014, his 849, them 557, their 272Full study and all 2,999 verses →
• οὗτος hoûtosthis, he, she, ittranslated this way 3 times of its 1,042 uses · Strong’s G3778Demonstrative Pronoun  ·  Translated: this 534, these 121, things 105, he 31Full study and all 976 verses →
• προπέμπω propémpōI send forward, accompanytranslated this way 3 times of its 9 uses · Strong’s G4311Verb  ·  Translated: accompanied 2, equip 2Full study and all 9 verses →
• καί kaíand, even, also, namelytranslated this way 2 times of its 6,414 uses · Strong’s G2532Conjunction  ·  Translated: and 5,245, then 262, also 157, even 101Full study and all 4,279 verses →
• ὑπάγω hypágōI go away, departtranslated this way 2 times of its 79 uses · Strong’s G5217Verb  ·  Translated: go 42, going 22, went 2, Get 2Full study and all 75 verses →
• τίς tíswho, which, whattranslated this way 2 times of its 502 uses · Strong’s G5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun  ·  Translated: what 227, who 118, why 79, which 24Full study and all 457 verses →
• ὅς hóswho, which, what, thattranslated this way 2 times of its 866 uses · Strong’s G3739Personal / Relative Pronoun  ·  Translated: which 107, what 107, whom 100, who 94Full study and all 777 verses →
• πολύς polýsmuch, many, oftentranslated this way 2 times of its 338 uses · Strong’s G4183Adjective  ·  Translated: many 172, great 37, large 32, much 31Full study and all 307 verses →

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Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.