What does דֶּרֶךְ · רַע mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · רַע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "evil way, wicked pattern of life".
Hebrew · H1870, H7451
דַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה
A road (as trodden ); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb · bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
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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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רַע H7451 bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
Pronunciation ra
Encompasses both moral wickedness and physical affliction; God's judgment often conflates ethical and natural evil.
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What does דַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה (darko hara'ah) mean in the Bible?
דֶּרֶךְ · רַע is a Hebrew phrase meaning "evil way, wicked pattern of life".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1870, H7451?
H1870, H7451 is connected to 1,378 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. evil way, wicked pattern of life
Strong's H1870, H7451
Lexical occurrences 1,378 verses Source Gloss
evil way, wicked pattern of life
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דַּרְכּוֹ הָרָעָה is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
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