What does דֶּרֶךְ · אֶחָד mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · אֶחָד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "one way, unified path of life".
Hebrew · H1870, H259
דֶּרֶךְ אֶחָד
A road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb · properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first
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דֶּרֶךְ H1870 a road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Pronunciation derek
Path literally walked becomes metaphor for life's moral and spiritual trajectory; covenant-defining directional term
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אֶחָד H259 properly, united , i.e. one ; or (as an ordinal) first
Pronunciation echad
One fundamentally means "united" or "unified" — emphasizing wholeness and integration rather than mere singularity or counting.
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What does דֶּרֶךְ אֶחָד (derekh echad) mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · אֶחָד is a Hebrew phrase meaning "one way, unified path of life".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1870, H259?
H1870, H259 is connected to 1,688 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. one way, unified path of life
Strong's H1870, H259
Lexical occurrences 1,688 verses Source Gloss
one way, unified path of life
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דֶּרֶךְ אֶחָד is built from this root:
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