Hebrew word study

יָרָהyârâh — properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain)

Pronounced “yaw-raw'”

properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach

Translated in the King James as: ([phrase]) archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach(-er,-ing), through.

Appears 79 times in Scripture

Origin: or (2 Chronicles 26:15) יָרָא; a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×
Genesis 31:51Genesis 46:28
Exodus — 8×
Exodus 4:12Exodus 4:15Exodus 15:4Exodus 15:25Exodus 19:13Exodus 24:12Exodus 35:34+ 1 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 2×
Leviticus 10:11Leviticus 14:57
Numbers — 1×
Numbers 21:30
Deuteronomy — 4×
Deuteronomy 17:10Deuteronomy 17:11Deuteronomy 24:8Deuteronomy 33:10
Joshua — 1×
Joshua 18:6
Judges — 1×
Judges 13:8
1 Samuel — 6×
1 Sam 12:231 Sam 20:201 Sam 20:361 Sam 20:371 Sam 31:3+ 1 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 3×
2 Sam 11:202 Sam 11:24+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 1×
1 Ki 8:36
2 Kings — 6×
2 Ki 12:22 Ki 13:172 Ki 17:272 Ki 17:282 Ki 19:32+ 1 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 2×
1 Chr 10:3+ 1 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 5×
2 Chr 6:272 Chr 15:32 Chr 26:152 Chr 35:23+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles
Job — 8×
Job 6:24Job 8:10Job 12:7Job 12:8Job 27:11Job 30:19Job 34:32Job 38:6
Psalms — 12×
Psalms 11:2Psalms 25:8Psalms 25:12Psalms 27:11Psalms 32:8Psalms 45:4Psalms 64:4Psalms 64:7Psalms 86:11Psalms 119:33Psalms 119:102+ 1 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 5×
Proverbs 4:4Proverbs 4:11Proverbs 6:13Proverbs 11:25Proverbs 26:18
Isaiah — 5×
Isaiah 2:3Isaiah 9:15Isaiah 28:9Isaiah 28:26Isaiah 37:33
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 44:23
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 6:3Hosea 10:12
Micah — 2×
Micah 3:11Micah 4:2
Habakkuk — 2×
Habakkuk 2:18Habakkuk 2:19

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