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Strong's #3381: yarad (pronounced yaw-rad')

a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); -X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.




Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

yârad

1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to go or come down

1a2) to sink

1a3) to be prostrated

1a4) to come down (of revelation)

1b) (Hiphil)

1b1) to bring down

1b2) to send down

1b3) to take down

1b4) to lay prostrate

1b5) to let down

1c) (Hophal)

1c1) to be brought down

1c2) to be taken down

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: a primitive root



Usage:

This word is used 378 times:

Joshua 18:13: "which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth-adar, near the hill"
Joshua 18:16: "And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before"
Joshua 18:16: "and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to"
Joshua 18:16: "to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En-rogel,"
Joshua 18:17: "which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son"
Joshua 18:18: "over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:"
Joshua 24:4: "to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt."
Judges 1:9: "And afterward of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain,"
Judges 1:34: "for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:"
Judges 3:27: "of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he"
Judges 3:28: "the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords"
Judges 4:14: "gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten"
Judges 4:15: "before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away"
Judges 5:11: "in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates."
Judges 5:14: "among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle"
Judges 7:4: "The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try"
Judges 7:5: " So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto"
Judges 7:9: "said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand."
Judges 7:10: "But if fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant"
Judges 7:10: "fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down"
Judges 7:10: "thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:"
Judges 7:11: "and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant"
Judges 7:11: "be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside"
Judges 7:24: "mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them"
Judges 9:36: "to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains."
Judges 9:37: "again and said, See there come people down by the middle"
Judges 11:37: "for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail"
Judges 14:1: "And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters"
Judges 14:5: " Then went Samson down, and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards"
Judges 14:7: " And he went down, with the woman; and she pleased Samson well."
Judges 14:10: "So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast;"
Judges 14:19: "came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men"
Judges 15:8: "thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam."
Judges 15:11: "men of Judah went to the top of the rock"
Judges 15:12: "And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said"
Judges 16:21: "him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass;"
Judges 16:31: "the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between"
Ruth 3:3: "thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man,"
Ruth 3:6: " And she went down and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade"
1 Samuel 2:6: "The LORD and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up."
1 Samuel 6:15: "And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with"
1 Samuel 6:21: "the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to"
1 Samuel 9:25: " And when they were come down into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon"
1 Samuel 9:27: "And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul,"
1 Samuel 10:5: "thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place"
1 Samuel 10:8: " And thou shalt go down me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer"
1 Samuel 10:8: "me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice"
1 Samuel 13:12: "Therefore said will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication"
1 Samuel 13:20: "But all went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share,"
1 Samuel 14:36: "And Saul Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until"









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