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Strong's H1869 דָּרַךְ (darak)

Darak means “bend” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1869 — epairo (“exalt self”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1869
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 59
Books 18

Strong's H1869 Quick Answer

Strong's H1869 דָּרַך (darak) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. darak (daw-rak') v. 1. to tread 2. (by implication) to walk It has 59 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include tread, bow, treadeth, come, and bows. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
darak (daw-rak') v. 1. to tread 2. (by implication) to walk
Usage
59 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
tread, bow, treadeth, come, and bows

Meaning and Definition

darak (daw-rak') v. 1. to tread 2. (by implication) to walk 3. (also) to string a bow (by treading on it in bending) [a primitive root] KJV: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.

Original Word
דָּרַך
Transliteration
darak
Derivation
Root: דרך
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1869. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to tread

Usage: 1) to tread, bend, lead, march 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to tread, march, march forth 1a2) to tread on, tread upon 1a3) to tread (a press) 1a4) to tread (bend) a bow 1a5) archer, bow-benders (participle) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to tread, tread down 1b2) to tread (bend with the foot) a bow 1b3) to cause to go, lead, march, tread

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How Strong's H1869 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render darak, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

tread Deuteronomy 11:24 14× bow 1 Chronicles 5:18 13× treadeth Job 9:8 bows 2 Chronicles 14:8 come Numbers 24:17 walk Habakkuk 3:15 archers 1 Chronicles 8:40 string Psalms 11:2 treading Nehemiah 13:15

How Strong's H1869 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 59 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1869 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1869 in the Old Testament

59 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Numbers 24:17 KJV

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

Deuteronomy 1:36 KJV

Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.

Deuteronomy 11:24 KJV

Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.

Usage Excerpts

First 59 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1869.

Numbers 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Deuteronomy 1:36 Old Testament, KJV
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD.
Deuteronomy 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.
Deuteronomy 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
Deuteronomy 33:29 Old Testament, KJV
Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Joshua 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.
Joshua 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
Judges 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
Judges 9:27 Old Testament, KJV
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges 20:43 Old Testament, KJV
Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.
1 Samuel 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.
1 Chronicles 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
1 Chronicles 8:40 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
2 Chronicles 14:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
Nehemiah 13:15 Old Testament, KJV
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
Job 9:8 Old Testament, KJV
Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea.
Job 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
Job 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job 28:8 Old Testament, KJV
The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Psalms 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psalms 11:2 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
Psalms 25:5 Old Testament, KJV
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Psalms 25:9 Old Testament, KJV
The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalms 58:7 Old Testament, KJV
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
Psalms 64:3 Old Testament, KJV
Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
Psalms 91:13 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psalms 107:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Psalms 119:35 Old Testament, KJV
Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Proverbs 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Isaiah 5:28 Old Testament, KJV
Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:
Isaiah 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
Isaiah 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah 21:15 Old Testament, KJV
For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.
Isaiah 42:16 Old Testament, KJV
And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
Isaiah 48:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isaiah 59:8 Old Testament, KJV
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Isaiah 63:2 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
Isaiah 63:3 Old Testament, KJV
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
Jeremiah 9:3 Old Testament, KJV
And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 25:30 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Jeremiah 46:9 Old Testament, KJV
Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
Jeremiah 48:33 Old Testament, KJV
And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.
Jeremiah 50:14 Old Testament, KJV
Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD.
Jeremiah 50:29 Old Testament, KJV
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:3 Old Testament, KJV
Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host.
Jeremiah 51:33 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come.
Lamentations 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.
Lamentations 2:4 Old Testament, KJV
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.
Lamentations 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Amos 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name.
Amos 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Micah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Micah 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Micah 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Micah 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Habakkuk 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
Habakkuk 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Zechariah 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1869, grouped by book.

Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 4 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 10 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Old Testament
Micah 4 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H1869 FAQ

What does darak (דָּרַךְ) mean?

Darak (Strong's H1869) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bend". darak (daw-rak') v. 1. to tread 2. (by implication) to walk

How many times is darak (דָּרַךְ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 59 linked usages for Strong's H1869 across 18 books.

Where can I study darak (דָּרַךְ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1869 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate darak (דָּרַךְ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as tread, bow, treadeth, come, bows, and walk. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.