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Strong's H3384 יָרָה (yarah)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3384 — meter (“mother”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3384
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 74
Books 21

Strong's H3384 Quick Answer

Strong's H3384 יָרָה יָרָא (yarah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. yarah (yaw-raw') (or (2 Chr. 26) v. 1. (properly) to flow as water 2. (hence) to rain It has 74 linked Bible usages across 21 books. Visible English usage signals include arrow, arrows, rain, shoot, and out. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
yarah (yaw-raw') (or (2 Chr. 26) v. 1. (properly) to flow as water 2. (hence) to rain
Usage
74 linked usages
Books
21 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
arrow, arrows, rain, shoot, and out

Meaning and Definition

yarah (yaw-raw') (or (2 Chr. 26) v. 1. (properly) to flow as water 2. (hence) to rain 3. (transitively) to lay or throw (especially an arrow) 4. (hence) to shoot 5. (figuratively) to point out (as if by aiming the finger) 6. (hence) to teach [a primitive root] KJV: (+) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Original Word
יָרָה יָרָא
Transliteration
yarah
Derivation
Root: ירה ירא
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3384. 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 shoot

Usage: 1) to shoot, pour 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to shoot arrows 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to shoot at 1b2) part. shooter, archer 1c) to throw water, rain

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How Strong's H3384 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render yarah, 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.

arrow 1 Samuel 20:36 arrows 1 Samuel 20:20 rain 1 Kings 8:36 out Job 8:10 shoot 2 Samuel 11:20 have Genesis 31:51 water Isaiah 30:20 watereth Proverbs 11:25 waters Exodus 15:25

How Strong's H3384 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 74 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3384 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 H3384 in the Old Testament

74 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 31:51 KJV

And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:

Genesis 46:28 KJV

And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

Exodus 4:12 KJV

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.

Usage Excerpts

First 74 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3384.

Genesis 31:51 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee:
Genesis 46:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Exodus 4:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Exodus 4:15 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
Exodus 15:4 Old Testament, KJV
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea.
Exodus 15:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,
Exodus 19:13 Old Testament, KJV
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
Exodus 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Exodus 35:34 Old Testament, KJV
And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
Leviticus 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 14:57 Old Testament, KJV
To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.
Numbers 21:30 Old Testament, KJV
We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba.
Deuteronomy 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:
Deuteronomy 17:11 Old Testament, KJV
According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.
Deuteronomy 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
Deuteronomy 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar.
Joshua 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God.
Judges 13:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
1 Samuel 12:23 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Samuel 20:20 Old Testament, KJV
And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
1 Samuel 20:36 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
1 Samuel 20:37 Old Testament, KJV
And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee?
1 Samuel 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers.
2 Samuel 11:20 Old Testament, KJV
And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall?
2 Samuel 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.
1 Kings 8:36 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
2 Kings 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
2 Kings 17:27 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings 17:28 Old Testament, KJV
Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD.
2 Kings 19:32 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
1 Chronicles 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
2 Chronicles 6:27 Old Testament, KJV
Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
2 Chronicles 15:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law.
2 Chronicles 26:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.
2 Chronicles 35:23 Old Testament, KJV
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
Job 6:24 Old Testament, KJV
Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
Job 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Job 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
Job 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
Job 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
Job 30:19 Old Testament, KJV
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
Job 34:32 Old Testament, KJV
That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Job 36:22 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?
Job 38:6 Old Testament, KJV
Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;
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 25:8 Old Testament, KJV
Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
Psalms 25:12 Old Testament, KJV
What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Psalms 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
Psalms 32:8 Old Testament, KJV
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
Psalms 45:4 Old Testament, KJV
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Psalms 64:4 Old Testament, KJV
That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
Psalms 64:7 Old Testament, KJV
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
Psalms 86:11 Old Testament, KJV
Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
Psalms 119:33 Old Testament, KJV
Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
Psalms 119:102 Old Testament, KJV
I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
Proverbs 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.
Proverbs 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
Proverbs 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Proverbs 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Proverbs 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.
Proverbs 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Isaiah 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Isaiah 28:9 Old Testament, KJV
Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
Isaiah 28:26 Old Testament, KJV
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him.
Isaiah 30:20 Old Testament, KJV
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isaiah 37:33 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Ezekiel 44:23 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
Hosea 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
Micah 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Micah 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Habakkuk 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
Habakkuk 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3384, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 7 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 4 usages, Old Testament
Job 9 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3384 FAQ

What does yarah (יָרָה) mean?

Yarah (Strong's H3384) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "lay". yarah (yaw-raw') (or (2 Chr. 26) v. 1. (properly) to flow as water 2. (hence) to rain

How many times is yarah (יָרָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 74 linked usages for Strong's H3384 across 21 books.

Where can I study yarah (יָרָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3384 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yarah (יָרָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as arrow, arrows, rain, shoot, out, and have. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.