Strong's Number H3384

יָרָה

yarah · yaw-raw'

Transliteration:

yarah{yaw-raw'}or (2 Chr. 26:15) yara'{yaw-raw'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

910

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

teach 37, shoot 11, archers 5, cast 5, teacher 4, rain 2, laid 1, direct 1, inform 1, instructed 1, shewed 1, shooters 1, through 1, watered 1

Total: 84
Occurs 80 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to throw, shoot, cast, pour
1. (Qal)
  1. to throw, cast
  2. to cast, lay, set
  3. to shoot arrows
  4. to throw water, rain
2. (Niphal) to be shot
3. (Hiphil)
  1. to throw, cast
  2. to shoot
  3. to point out, show
  4. to direct, teach, instruct
  5. to throw water, rain