H4794: מְרוּצָה
mᵉrûwtsâh · pronounced mer-oo-tsaw' · “running”
Definition
a race (the act), whether the manner or the progress
KJV translates it as: course, running. Compare H4835 (מְרֻצָה).
Word origin: or מְרֻצָה; feminine of H4793 (מֵרוֹץ);
Extended definition
1a) running, mode or style of running
1b) course (of life)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4794 is translated
- the running of ×2
- their ×2
Bible verses with H4794 (mᵉrûwtsâh)
Mᵉrûwtsâh appears in 3 verses.
- 2 Samuel 18:27
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
- Jeremiah 8:6
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
- Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.