What does דֶּרֶךְ · טוֹב mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H1870, H2896
דֶּרֶךְ לֹא־טוֹב
A road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb · good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
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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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טוֹב H2896 good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
What does דֶּרֶךְ לֹא־טוֹב (derek lōʾ-ṭôḇ) mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · טוֹב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "a path not good.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1870, H2896?
H1870, H2896 is connected to 1,277 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. a path not good.
Strong's H1870, H2896
Lexical occurrences 1,277 verses Source Gloss
a path not good.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דֶּרֶךְ לֹא־טוֹב is built from this root:
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