יָרָה (yârâh) — Archer
Hebrew word study: יָרָה (yârâh), Strong's H3384. properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (a
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
KJV translation words: ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.
Strong's H3384 is tagged on 80 words in 72 verses across 21 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 31:51 and last appears in Habakkuk 2:19.
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Books where it appears most
Verses (first 25 of 72)
- Genesis 31:51 — יָרִיתִי — I have set up
- Genesis 46:28 — לְהוֹרֹת — to show
- Exodus 4:12 — וְהוֹרֵיתִיךָ — and I will teach you
- Exodus 4:15 — וְהוֹרֵיתִי — and I will teach
- Exodus 15:4 — יָרָה — he has thrown
- Exodus 15:25 — וַיּוֹרֵהוּ — and he showed him
- Exodus 19:13 — יָרֹה — certainly to shot
- Exodus 24:12 — לְהוֹרֹתָם — to teach them
- Exodus 35:34 — וּלְהוֹרֹת — and to teach
- Leviticus 10:11 — וּלְהוֹרֹת — and to teach
- Leviticus 14:57 — לְהוֹרֹת — to teach
- Numbers 21:30 — וַנִּירָם — and we shot at them
- Deuteronomy 17:10 — יוֹרוּךָ — they will instruct you
- Deuteronomy 17:11 — יוֹרוּךָ — they will instruct you
- Deuteronomy 24:8 — יוֹרוּ — they will instruct
- Deuteronomy 33:10 — יוֹרוּ — they will teach
- Joshua 18:6 — וְיָרִיתִי — and I will throw
- Judges 13:8 — וְיוֹרֵנוּ — so he may teach us
- 1 Samuel 12:23 — וְהוֹרֵיתִי — and I will teach
- 1 Samuel 20:20 — אוֹרֶה — I will shoot
- 1 Samuel 20:36 — מוֹרֶה — am about to shoot
- 1 Samuel 20:37 — יָרָה — he had shot
- 1 Samuel 31:3 — הַמּוֹרִים — the archers
- 2 Samuel 11:20 — יֹרוּ — they will shoot
- 2 Samuel 11:24 — וַיֹּרוּ — and they shot arrows
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H3138 יוֹרֶה (yôwreh), H3139 יוֹרָה (Yôwrâh), H3140 יוֹרַי (Yôwray), H3385 יְרוּאֵל (Yᵉrûwʼêl), H3389 יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim), H3400 יְרִיאֵל (Yᵉrîyʼêl), H3404 יְרִיָּה (Yᵉrîyâh), H4175 מוֹרֶה (môwreh), H8451 תּוֹרָה (tôwrâh).
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What does yârâh (H3384) mean?
Properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach.
How is H3384 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H3384 as: ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through..
How often does יָרָה (yârâh) appear?
Strong's H3384 is tagged on 80 words in 72 verses across 21 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 31:51 and last appears in Habakkuk 2:19.
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