What does דֶּרֶךְ · מַעְגָּל mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H1870, H4570
דֶּרֶךְ / מַעְגָּל
A road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb · a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular )
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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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מַעְגָּל H4570 a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular )
Pronunciation ma‘agal
Circular path or enclosure marking a bounded space; tracks worn by repeated movement through terrain or life
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What does דֶּרֶךְ / מַעְגָּל (derek / maʿgāl) mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · מַעְגָּל is a Hebrew phrase meaning "way, road, path, track.".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1870, H4570?
H1870, H4570 is connected to 728 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. way, road, path, track.
Strong's H1870, H4570
Lexical occurrences 728 verses Source Gloss
way, road, path, track.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דֶּרֶךְ / מַעְגָּל is built from this root:
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