Strong's Lexicon

H3394

H3394 — יָרֵַח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewyareachnoun mascOccurrences: 26TWOT: 913a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3394
Word:יָרֵַח
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from the same unused root as H3391
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:26
Transliteration:yareach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-ray'-akh (or Yrechow) n-m.
Meaning:1. the moon
KJV Renderings:moon.

Use Strong's responsibly

Strong's is an index and starting point, not the final meaning of a word. Do not build doctrine from a gloss, root, or number. Test meaning by sentence, grammar, authorial usage, context, and the passage argument.

Read: Using Strong's Responsibly

Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3734

יָרֵחַ noun masculine Josh 10:13 moon, especially in poetry (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ירח ; Assyrian iriµu , according to PinchesBOR Aug. 1888, 207; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2302] moon, month; compare below יֶרַח) — absolute יָרֵחַ Gen 37:9 + 25 t.; suffix וִיָֽרֵחֵךְ Isa 60:20: — moon, usually named with sun Josh 10:12; Josh 10:13 (poem in J E ), Ps 72:5 (עִםשָֿׁ֑מֶשׁ וְלִפְנֵי יָרֵחַ), Ps 89:38 (in these two, a symbol of permanence), Ps 121:6; Isa 60:19; Hab 3:11; Joel 3:4 object of idolatrous worship Job 31:26 (+ sun); in same sense also + sun and stars Deut 4:19; Deut 17:3; 2Kgs 23:5; Jer 8:2 as determiner of feast-times Ps 104:19 (|| sun); + stars, as shining, by night Ps 136:9 (|| sun, by day), so חֻקֹּת יָרֵחַ Jer 31:35 (|| id.); elsewhere + sun and stars Gen 37:9 ( E ), Isa 13:10; Ezek 32:7; Joel 2:10; Joel 4:15; Ps 148:3; Eccl 12:2 + stars Ps 8:4 ; Job 25:5 with neither sun nor stars only עַדבְּֿלִי יָרֵחַ Ps 72:7.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ירח (yah-r)

Genesis 37:9

KJV: And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
EHCC: the sun and the moon and the 8

Deuteronomy 4:19

KJV: And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.divided: or, imparted
EHCC: the sun, and the moon, and the 5"

Deuteronomy 17:38

EHCC: either the sun, or soos, .

Joshua 10:12

KJV: Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.stand…: Heb. be silent
EHCC: and thow, Moon, in the valley of 49%

2 Kings 23:5

KJV: And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.put…: Heb. caused to ceaseidolatrous…: Heb. Chemarimplanets: or, twelve signs or, constellations
EHCC: to the sun, and to the mom,

2 Kings 31:26

EHCC: or the moon walking (in) brightnes:

Psalms 8:3

KJV: When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
EHCC: (4).¢he moun and the stars, which ל3

Psalms 89:37

KJV: It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
EHCC: (38). be established far ever ש **

Psalms 104:19

KJV: He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
EHCC: He appointed the moo ע

Psalms 186:9

EHCC: The moon and stars to rule by sift

Psalms 148:3

KJV: Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
EHCC: Praise ye him, sun and mews:

Isaiah 13:10

KJV: For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
EHCC: and the moca shall not cause של Fel -

Isaiah 60:19

KJV: The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
EHCC: the moon give light unto thee:

Jeremiah 8:2

KJV: And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
EHCC: before the sun, and the moos,

Jeremiah 81:35

EHCC: the ordinances of the moo» .

Joel 2:10

KJV: The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
EHCC: the sun and the moon shstl be

Joel 8:15

EHCC: (4:15).The sun aad fe oom
↑ Top