Hebrew word study

יָרַדyârad to descend (literally, to go downwards

Pronounced “yaw-rad'

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)

Translated in the King James as: abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.

Appears 377 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis 39×
Genesis 11:5Genesis 11:7Genesis 12:10Genesis 15:11Genesis 18:21Genesis 24:16Genesis 24:18Genesis 24:45Genesis 24:46Genesis 26:2Genesis 28:12Genesis 37:25Genesis 37:35Genesis 38:1Genesis 39:1Genesis 42:2Genesis 42:3Genesis 42:38Genesis 43:4Genesis 43:5Genesis 43:7Genesis 43:11Genesis 43:15Genesis 43:20Genesis 43:22+ 14 more in Genesis
Exodus 19×
Exodus 2:5Exodus 3:8Exodus 9:19Exodus 11:8Exodus 15:5Exodus 19:11Exodus 19:14Exodus 19:18Exodus 19:20Exodus 19:21Exodus 19:24Exodus 19:25Exodus 32:1Exodus 32:7Exodus 32:15Exodus 33:5Exodus 33:9Exodus 34:5Exodus 34:29
Leviticus 1×
Leviticus 9:22
Numbers 16×
Numbers 1:51Numbers 4:5Numbers 10:17Numbers 11:9Numbers 11:17Numbers 11:25Numbers 12:5Numbers 14:45Numbers 16:30Numbers 16:33Numbers 20:15Numbers 20:28Numbers 34:11Numbers 34:12+ 2 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy 12×
Deuteronomy 1:25Deuteronomy 9:12Deuteronomy 9:15Deuteronomy 9:21Deuteronomy 10:5Deuteronomy 10:22Deuteronomy 20:20Deuteronomy 21:4Deuteronomy 26:5Deuteronomy 28:24Deuteronomy 28:43Deuteronomy 28:52
Joshua 19×
Joshua 2:15Joshua 2:18Joshua 2:23Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:16Joshua 8:29Joshua 10:27Joshua 15:10Joshua 16:3Joshua 16:7Joshua 17:9Joshua 18:13Joshua 18:16Joshua 18:17Joshua 18:18Joshua 24:4+ 3 more in Joshua
Judges 32×
Judges 1:9Judges 1:34Judges 3:27Judges 3:28Judges 4:14Judges 4:15Judges 5:11Judges 5:13Judges 5:14Judges 7:4Judges 7:5Judges 7:9Judges 7:10Judges 7:11Judges 7:24Judges 9:36Judges 9:37Judges 11:37Judges 14:1Judges 14:5Judges 14:7Judges 14:10Judges 14:19Judges 15:8Judges 15:11+ 7 more in Judges
Ruth 2×
Ruth 3:3Ruth 3:6
1 Samuel 40×
1 Sam 2:61 Sam 6:151 Sam 6:211 Sam 9:251 Sam 9:271 Sam 10:51 Sam 10:81 Sam 13:121 Sam 13:201 Sam 14:361 Sam 14:371 Sam 15:61 Sam 15:121 Sam 17:81 Sam 17:281 Sam 19:121 Sam 20:191 Sam 21:131 Sam 22:11 Sam 23:41 Sam 23:61 Sam 23:81 Sam 23:111 Sam 23:201 Sam 23:25+ 15 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel 17×
2 Sam 5:172 Sam 11:82 Sam 11:92 Sam 11:102 Sam 11:132 Sam 17:182 Sam 19:162 Sam 19:202 Sam 19:242 Sam 19:312 Sam 21:152 Sam 22:102 Sam 22:482 Sam 23:132 Sam 23:202 Sam 23:21+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings 15×
1 Ki 1:251 Ki 1:331 Ki 1:381 Ki 1:531 Ki 2:61 Ki 2:81 Ki 2:91 Ki 5:91 Ki 17:231 Ki 18:401 Ki 18:441 Ki 21:161 Ki 21:181 Ki 22:2+ 1 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings 26×
2 Ki 1:42 Ki 1:62 Ki 1:92 Ki 1:102 Ki 1:112 Ki 1:122 Ki 1:142 Ki 1:152 Ki 1:162 Ki 2:22 Ki 3:122 Ki 5:142 Ki 6:182 Ki 6:332 Ki 7:172 Ki 8:292 Ki 9:162 Ki 10:132 Ki 11:192 Ki 12:202 Ki 13:142 Ki 16:172 Ki 20:11+ 3 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles 4×
1 Chr 7:211 Chr 11:151 Chr 11:221 Chr 11:23
2 Chronicles 6×
2 Chr 7:12 Chr 7:32 Chr 18:22 Chr 20:162 Chr 22:62 Chr 23:20
Nehemiah 4×
Nehemiah 3:15Nehemiah 6:3Nehemiah 9:13+ 1 more in Nehemiah
Job 3×
Job 7:9Job 17:16Job 33:24
Psalms 24×
Psalms 7:16Psalms 18:9Psalms 22:29Psalms 28:1Psalms 30:3Psalms 30:9Psalms 49:17Psalms 55:15Psalms 55:23Psalms 56:7Psalms 59:11Psalms 72:6Psalms 78:16Psalms 88:4Psalms 104:8Psalms 107:23Psalms 107:26Psalms 115:17Psalms 119:136Psalms 133:2Psalms 133:3Psalms 143:7Psalms 144:5+ 1 more in Psalms
Proverbs 7×
Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 5:5Proverbs 7:27Proverbs 18:8Proverbs 21:22Proverbs 26:22Proverbs 30:4
Ecclesiastes 1×
Eccles 3:21
Song of Solomon 2×
Song 6:2Song 6:11
Isaiah 24×
Isaiah 5:14Isaiah 10:13Isaiah 14:11Isaiah 14:15Isaiah 14:19Isaiah 15:3Isaiah 30:2Isaiah 31:1Isaiah 31:4Isaiah 32:19Isaiah 34:5Isaiah 34:7Isaiah 38:8Isaiah 38:18Isaiah 42:10Isaiah 43:14Isaiah 47:1Isaiah 52:4Isaiah 55:10Isaiah 63:6Isaiah 63:14Isaiah 64:1Isaiah 64:3+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah 13×
Jeremiah 9:18Jeremiah 13:17Jeremiah 13:18Jeremiah 14:17Jeremiah 18:2Jeremiah 18:3Jeremiah 22:1Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 48:15Jeremiah 48:18Jeremiah 49:16Jeremiah 50:27Jeremiah 51:40
Lamentations 5×
Lam 1:9Lam 1:16Lam 2:10Lam 2:18Lam 3:48
Ezekiel 29×
Ezekiel 26:11Ezekiel 26:16Ezekiel 26:20Ezekiel 27:29Ezekiel 28:8Ezekiel 30:6Ezekiel 31:12Ezekiel 31:14Ezekiel 31:15Ezekiel 31:16Ezekiel 31:17Ezekiel 31:18Ezekiel 32:18Ezekiel 32:19Ezekiel 32:21Ezekiel 32:24Ezekiel 32:25Ezekiel 32:27Ezekiel 32:29Ezekiel 32:30Ezekiel 34:26Ezekiel 47:1Ezekiel 47:8+ 6 more in Ezekiel
Hosea 1×
Hosea 7:12
Joel 2×
Joel 2:23Joel 3:2
Amos 3×
Amos 3:11Amos 6:2Amos 9:2
Obadiah 2×
Obadiah 1:3Obadiah 1:4
Jonah 4×
Jonah 1:3Jonah 1:5Jonah 2:6+ 1 more in Jonah
Micah 2×
Micah 1:3Micah 1:12
Haggai 1×
Haggai 2:22
Zechariah 2×
Zech 10:11Zech 11:2

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