Word Study · Strong's H4174 · Hebrew

מוֹרָד

morad

mo-rawd'

Strong's 1890 spelling: môwrâd

“a descent”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon

Rendered in the KJV as

going down, steep place, thin work.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

בַּמּוֹרָ֑ד2
בְּמוֹרַ֤ד1
בְּמוֹרַ֣ד1
בְּמוֹרָֽד׃1
מוֹרָֽד׃1

How it is rendered · 5

at the descent2
[were] at [the] descent of1
hanging1
on [the] descent of1
on a slope1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 5

preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
noun · masculine singular1
preposition + noun · masculine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HR/Ncmsc · 2
HNcmsa · 1
HR/Ncmsa · 1
HRd/Ncbsa · 1
HRd/Ncmsa · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Joshua2 of 6 · 33%
2 Samuel1 of 6 · 17%
1 Kings1 of 6 · 17%
Jeremiah1 of 6 · 17%
Micah1 of 6 · 17%

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Joshua2 occurrences

2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 13:34בַּמּוֹרָ֑דbamoradpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singularMeanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”here: at the descent

1 Kings1 occurrence

1 Kings 7:29מוֹרָֽד׃moradnoun · masculine singularand on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.here: hanging

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 48:5בְּמוֹרַ֣דbemoradpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)For on the ascent to Luhith they weep bitterly as they go, and on the descent to Horonaim cries of distress resound over the destruction:here: on [the] descent of

Micah1 occurrence

Micah 1:4בְּמוֹרָֽד׃bemoradpreposition + noun · masculine singularThe mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.here: on a slope

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