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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

WAYFARING MAN

wa'-far-ing, The translation in Judges 19:17 2 Samuel 12:4; Jeremiah 9:2; Jeremiah 14:8 of ('oreach), the participle of 'arach, "to journey." In Isaiah 33:8 of `obher 'orach, "one passing on a path," and in Isaiah 35:8 of holekh derekh, "one walking on a road." "Traveler" is the meaning in all cases.

Strong's Hebrew

732. arach -- to wander, journey, go
... wayfarer (1), wayfarers' (1). wayfaring. A primitive root; to travel -- go,
wayfaring (man). 731, 732. arach. 733 . Strong's Numbers.
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5674a. abar -- to pass over, through, or by, pass on
... 4), transgressed (11), transgressing (3), travel (1), traveler (1), turn away (2),
use (2), vanish (1), visited (1), walk over (2), wayfaring (1), went (5 ...
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Library

Toleration
... True, again, it contains all things necessary to salvation; and those so plainly
set forth, that he who runs may read, and the wayfaring man, though poor ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xxi toleration.htm

Sacrifice.
... the one in XIV.8, 9, which recalls not only the terms but the essence of Jeremiah's
longing to escape from his people, and lodge afar with wayfaring men, aloof ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/3 sacrifice.htm

Triumphant Prayer
... against Thee.8. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why
shouldest Thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/triumphant prayer.htm

The Highway of Holiness
... Though the Highway is narrow and uphill, it is not beyond any of us to walk it,
for "the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein." Though there are ...
//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the calvary road/chapter 4 the highway of.htm

Holiness
... shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean
shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, though ...
//christianbookshelf.org/byers/sanctification/chapter ix holiness.htm

Thy Kingdom Come
... other excellences. We are wayfaring toward perfection if we forget the things
behind, pressing on toward those before us. The kingdom ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen on prayer/chapter xv thy kingdom come.htm

On Transparency.
... It is laid upon him as a special instruction to present the truth with such plainness
that "a wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein." Failing here ...
/.../jackson/the message and the man/chapter ii on transparency.htm

Sincere Seekers Assured Finders
... The way to heaven is so plain that "a wayfaring man, though a fool, may not err
therein." We do but muddle it because we dislike it; we do but add this and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 61 1915/sincere seekers assured finders.htm

The Spirit and the Flesh
... Bible to be the poor man's book? How, unless the wayfaring man, though simple,
shall not err therein? Therefore we may be sure the ...
/.../kingsley/twenty-five village sermons/sermon vi the spirit and.htm

The Universality of Actual Grace
... This divine "will to save" (voluntas Dei salvifica) may be regarded in relation
either to the wayfaring state or to the status termini. ...
/.../pohle/grace actual and habitual/section 3 the universality of.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Traveling; passing; being on a journey.

Thesaurus

Wayfaring (7 Occurrences)
... (a.) Traveling; passing; being on a journey. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
WAYFARING MAN. ... Multi-Version Concordance Wayfaring (7 Occurrences). ...
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Wayfarer (4 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 12:4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take
of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was ...
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Wayfarers (2 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 9:2 Oh that I were in the wilderness, in a lodging-place of wayfaring
men, that I might leave my people, and go from them! ...
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Way-faring (6 Occurrences)
Way-faring. Wayfaring, Way-faring. Waylaid . Multi-Version Concordance
Way-faring (6 Occurrences). ... (WBS). Wayfaring, Way-faring. Waylaid . Reference
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Traveller (9 Occurrences)
... literally, "a going"; Job 31:32 for 'arach, participle of a verb meaning "to wander";
Sirach 26:12; 42:3 for hodoiporos, "one making a way." See WAYFARING MAN. ...
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Lodging-place (7 Occurrences)
... (ASV DBY). Jeremiah 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of
wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! ...
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Traveler (5 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 12:4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own
flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him ...
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Refrained (14 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 12:4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own
flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him ...
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Regardeth (21 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken
the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. ...
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Roads (34 Occurrences)
... has made my roads dark. (BBE). Job 21:29 Haven't you asked wayfaring men?
Don't you know their evidences, (See RSV). Job 30:13 They ...
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Bible Concordance

Wayfaring (7 Occurrences)

Judges 19:17 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? Where did you come from?"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

2 Samuel 12:4 A traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man who had come to him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man who had come to him."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY)

Job 21:29 Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences,
(WEB ASV NAS)

Isaiah 33:8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
(KJV JPS ASV)

Jeremiah 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Jeremiah 14:8 You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV)

Subtopics

Wayfaring

Wayfaring Man

Related Terms

Wayfarer (4 Occurrences)

Wayfarers (2 Occurrences)

Way-faring (6 Occurrences)

Traveller (9 Occurrences)

Lodging-place (7 Occurrences)

Traveler (5 Occurrences)

Refrained (14 Occurrences)

Regardeth (21 Occurrences)