Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Read in context →And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
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derek · deh'-rek
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
Strong's KJV usage: along, away, because of, by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).
Strong's first: Genesis 3:24Strong's last: Malachi 3:1
Open full H1870 profile →hodós · hod-os'
a road; by implication, a progress (the route, act or distance); figuratively, a mode or means
Strong's KJV usage: :--journey, (high-)way.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:12Strong's last: Revelation 16:12
Open full G3598 profile →ʼôrach · o'-rakh
a well-trodden road (literally or figuratively); also a caravan
Strong's KJV usage: manner, path, race, rank, traveller, troop, (by-, high-) way.
Strong's first: Job 16:22Strong's last: Isaiah 41:3
Open full H734 profile →hypágō · hoop-ag'-o
to lead (oneself) under, i.e. withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--depart, get hence, go (a-)way.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:24Strong's last: John 18:8
Open full G5217 profile →yâlak · yaw-lak'
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Strong's KJV usage: × again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, × be weak.
Strong's first: Genesis 12:19Strong's last: Daniel 12:13
Open full H3212 profile →apérchomai · ap-erkh'-om-ahee
to go off (i.e. depart), aside (i.e. apart) or behind (i.e. follow), literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: :--come, depart, go (aside, away, back, out, … ways), pass away, be past.
Strong's first: Matthew 13:25Strong's last: James 1:24
Open full G565 profile →poreúomai · por-yoo'-om-ahee
to traverse, i.e. travel (literally or figuratively; especially to remove (figuratively, die), live, etc.);
Strong's KJV usage: --depart, go (away, forth, one's way, up), (make a, take a) journey, walk.
Strong's first: Luke 4:30Strong's last: Acts 24:25
Open full G4198 profile →propémpō · prop-em'-po
to send forward, i.e. escort or aid in travel
Strong's KJV usage: :--accompany, bring (forward) on journey (way), conduct forth.
Strong's first: Acts 15:3Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 1:16
Open full G4311 profile →ʼerets · eh'-rets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Strong's KJV usage: × common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Strong's first: Genesis 35:16Strong's last: 2 Kings 5:19
Open full H776 profile →mésos · mes'-os
middle (as an adjective or (neuter) noun)
Strong's KJV usage: :--among, X before them, between, + forth, mid(-day, -night), midst, way.
Strong's first: Colossians 2:14Strong's last: 2 Thessalonians 2:7
Open full G3319 profile →trópos · trop'-os
a turn, i.e. (by implication) mode or style (especially with preposition or relative prefix as adverb, like); figuratively, deportment or character
Strong's KJV usage: :--(even) as, conversation, (+ like) manner, (+ by any) means, way.
Strong's first: Romans 3:2Strong's last: Philippians 1:18
Open full G5158 profile →kôh · ko
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
Strong's KJV usage: also, here, hitherto, like, on the other side, so (and much), such, on that manner, (on) this (manner, side, way, way and that way), mean while, yonder.
Strong's first: Exodus 2:12Strong's last: Exodus 2:12
Open full H3541 profile →nâthîyb · naw-theeb'
a (beaten) track
Strong's KJV usage: path(-way), × travel(-ler), way.
Strong's first: Job 18:10Strong's last: Psalms 78:50
Open full H5410 profile →tâʻâh · taw-aw'
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
Strong's KJV usage: (cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.
Strong's first: Isaiah 28:7Strong's last: Isaiah 28:7
Open full H8582 profile →adelphós · ad-el-fos'
a brother (literally or figuratively) near or remote (much like G1)
Strong's KJV usage: :--brother.
Strong's first: Romans 14:13Strong's last: Romans 14:13
Open full G80 profile →allachóthen · al-lakh-oth'-en
from elsewhere
Strong's KJV usage: :--some other way.
Strong's first: John 10:1Strong's last: John 10:1
Open full G237 profile →ekklínō · ek-klee'-no
to deviate, i.e. (absolutely) to shun (literally or figuratively), or (relatively) to decline (from piety)
Strong's KJV usage: :--avoid, eschew, go out of the way.
Strong's first: Romans 3:12Strong's last: Romans 3:12
Open full G1578 profile →ektrépō · ek-trep'-o
to deflect, i.e. turn away (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--avoid, turn (aside, out of the way).
Strong's first: Hebrews 12:13Strong's last: Hebrews 12:13
Open full G1624 profile →makrán · mak-ran'
at a distance (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(a-)far (off), good (great) way off.
Strong's first: Luke 15:20Strong's last: Luke 15:20
Open full G3112 profile →párodos · par'-od-os
a by-road, i.e. (actively) a route
Strong's KJV usage: :--way.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 16:7Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 16:7
Open full G3938 profile →planáō · plan-ah'-o
to (properly, cause to) roam (from safety, truth, or virtue)
Strong's KJV usage: :--go astray, deceive, err, seduce, wander, be out of the way.
Strong's first: Hebrews 5:2Strong's last: Hebrews 5:2
Open full G4105 profile →pórrhō · por'-rho
forwards, i.e. at a distance
Strong's KJV usage: :--far, a great way off.
Strong's first: Luke 14:32Strong's last: Luke 14:32
Open full G4206 profile →ʼay · ah'ee
where? hence how?
Strong's KJV usage: how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
Strong's first: 1 Kings 22:24Strong's last: 1 Kings 22:24
Open full H335 profile →bôwʼ · bo
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.
Strong's first: Genesis 24:62Strong's last: Genesis 24:62
Open full H935 profile →hênnâh · hane'-naw
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
Strong's KJV usage: here, hither(-to), now, on this (that) side, since, this (that) way, thitherward, thus far, to...fro, yet.
Strong's first: Joshua 8:20Strong's last: Joshua 8:20
Open full H2008 profile →hâphak · haw-fak'
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Strong's KJV usage: × become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Strong's first: Genesis 3:24Strong's last: Genesis 3:24
Open full H2015 profile →mânôwç · maw-noce'
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
Strong's KJV usage: × apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 25:35Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:35
Open full H4498 profile →mᵉçillâh · mes-il-law'
a thoroughfare (as turnpiked), literally or figuratively; specifically a viaduct, a staircase
Strong's KJV usage: causeway, course, highway, path, terrace.
Strong's first: Numbers 20:19Strong's last: Numbers 20:19
Open full H4546 profile →mᵉʻaṭ · meh-at'
a little or few (often adverbial or comparative)
Strong's KJV usage: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, × very.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 19:36Strong's last: 2 Samuel 19:36
Open full H4592 profile →nâçaʻ · naw-sah'
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on a journey
Strong's KJV usage: cause to blow, bring, get, (make to) go (away, forth, forward, onward, out), (take) journey, march, remove, set aside (forward), × still, be on his (go their) way.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 4:7Strong's last: Jeremiah 4:7
Open full H5265 profile →ʻâbar · aw-bar'
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Strong's KJV usage: alienate, alter, × at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, shave, cause to (make) sound, × speedily, × sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
Strong's first: Esther 4:17Strong's last: Esther 4:17
Open full H5674 profile →qirʼâh · keer-aw'
an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
Strong's KJV usage: × against (he come), help, meet, seek, × to, × in the way.
Strong's first: Exodus 5:20Strong's last: Exodus 5:20
Open full H7125 profile →râchaq · raw-khak'
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
Strong's KJV usage: (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, × refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).
Strong's first: Judges 18:22Strong's last: Judges 18:22
Open full H7368 profile →shâlach · shaw-lakh'
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Strong's first: Genesis 18:16Strong's last: Genesis 18:16
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And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way.
So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem.
Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people.
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WAY, noun [G., Latin ]
1. Literally, a passing; hence, a passage; the place of passing; hence, a road of any kind; a highway; a private road; a lane; a street; any place for the passing of men; cattle or other animals; a word of very comprehensive signification.
2. Length of space; as a great way; a little way
3. Course; direction of motion or travel. What way did he take? Which way shall I go? Keep in the way of truth and knowledge.
Mark what way I make.
4. Passage; room for passing. Make way for the jury.
5. Course, or regular course.
And let eternal justice take the way
6. Tendency to any meaning or act.
There is nothing in the words that sounds that way
7. Sphere of observation.
The general officers and the public ministers that fell in my way--
8. Manner of doing any thing; method; means of doing. Seek the best way of learning, and pursue it.
By noble ways we conquest will prepare.
9. Method; scheme of management.
What impious ways my wishes took.
10. Manner of thinking or behavior; particular turn of opinion; determination or humor. Let him have his way when that will not injure him, or any other person. But multitudes of children are ruined by being permitted to have their way
11. Manner; mode. In no way does this matter belong to me. We admire a persons way of expressing his ideas.
12. Method; manner of practice. Find, if you can, the easiest way to live.
Having lost the way of nobleness.
13. Method or plan of life and conduct. Instruct your children in the right way
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Proverbs 3:23.
All flesh had corrupted his way Genesis 6:12.
14. Course; process of things, good or bad. Things are in a prosperous way
15. Right method to act or know.
We are quite out of the way
16. General scheme of acting.
Men who go out of the way to hint free things, must be guilty of absurdity or rudeness.
17. Ways, plural the timbers on which a ship is launched.
To make way to give room for passing; or to make a vacancy.
To give way to recede; to make room; or to yield; to concede the place or opinion to another.
To make ones way to advance in life by efforts; to advance successfully.
By the way en passant, as we proceed; a phrase introducing something in discourse, not immediately connected with the subject.
To go ones way or to come ones way to go or come along.
To go the way of all the earth, to die.
In the way a phrase noting obstruction. What is there in the way of your success?
In Scripture, the ways of God, are his providential government, or his works. Romans 11:33. Job 11:1.
WAY and ways are used in certain phrases, in the sense of wise. He is no ways a match for his antagonist.
Tis no way the interest even of the priesthood.
To be under way in seamens language, to be in motion, as when a ship begins to move. So a ship is said to have head-way, when she moves forward in her course, and stern-way, when she is driven astern. She is said also to gather way or to lose way Lee-way is a movement of a ship aside of her course, or to the leeward.
Milky way in astronomy, the galaxy; a broad luminous belt or space in the heavens, supposed to be occasioned by the blended light of an immense number of stars. By means of a telescope of uncommon magnifying powers, Dr. Herschel has been able to ascertain this fact, by distinguishing the stars.
Covert way in fortification, a passage covered from the enemys fire.
WAYs and means, in legislation, means for raising money; resources for revenue.
WAY-going crop, among farmers, is the crop which is taken from the ground the year the tenant leaves the farm. [England.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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