Definition

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

Etymology

from H1869 (דָּרַךְ);

Where the KJV renders it

• along
• away
• because of
• by
• conversation
• custom
• (east-) ward
• journey
• manner
• passenger
• through
• toward
• (high-) (path-) way(-side)
• whither(-soever)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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