Strong's Hebrew · H3381
H3381 yârad
יָרַד
yaw-rad'
to go down
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yârad appears 379 times in Scripture, including Genesis 11:5 and Exodus 19:20. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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)
In the King James Version
× 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.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 379 times in Scripture
“Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.”
“The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,”
“I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.””
““Drink, my lord,” she replied, and she quickly lowered her jar to her hands and gave him a drink.”
“Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.””
“Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.”
“And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.”
“Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.”
“And before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’”
“and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
