What does דָּרַךְ · τολμητής mean in the Bible?
דָּרַךְ · τολμητής is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to bend or tread a bow in preparation for shooting".
Hebrew · H1869, G5113
דָּרַךְ
To tread ; by implication, to walk ; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending) · a daring (audacious) man
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דָּרַךְ H1869 to tread ; by implication, to walk ; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
Pronunciation dōrēḵ
Physical force applied downward — treading, walking, threshing — extends to guiding and leading others forward
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τολμητής G5113 a daring (audacious) man
Pronunciation tolmētḗs
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What does דָּרַךְ (darakh) mean in the Bible?
דָּרַךְ · τολμητής is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to bend or tread a bow in preparation for shooting".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1869, G5113?
H1869, G5113 is connected to 63 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to bend or tread a bow in preparation for shooting
Source Gloss
to bend or tread a bow in preparation for shooting
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 37
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 36×
Imperfect Isa 16:10 · Jer 48:33 · Jer 51:3 · Mic 5:4 · Mic 5:5 · Ps 58:8 · Deut 33:29 · Mic 6:15 · Ps 91:13 · Deut 11:24 · Josh 1:3 · 1Sam 5:5 · Deut 11:25 · Judg 5:21 15×
Perfect Deut 1:36 · Lam 1:15 · Lam 2:4 · Lam 3:12 · Num 24:17 · Ps 7:13 · Job 22:15 · Job 24:11 · Ps 64:4 · Isa 63:3 · Zech 9:13 · Hab 3:15 · Josh 14:9 13×
Participle active 1Chr 8:40 · Isa 59:8 · Jer 46:9 · Jer 50:14 · Jer 50:29 · Neh 13:15 6×
Participle passive Isa 5:28 · Isa 21:15 2×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Ps 25:9 1×
Word Origins
דָּרַךְ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain