What does Yarad mean?

Yarad (יָרַד, Strong's H3381) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as 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). The King James Bible translates it 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.

What is the Strong's number for Yarad?

The Strong's number for Yarad (יָרַד) is H3381. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

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Yarad (Strong’s H3381): Meaning in the Bible

Yarad (יָרַד) is the Hebrew word numbered H3381 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as 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 Bible it is translated bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down).

יָרַד

yârad · Hebrew

Strong’s H3381 · yaw-rad'

Original wordיָרַד
Transliterationyârad
Pronunciationyaw-rad'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH3381
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s 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)

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

× 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. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Yarad in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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