דֶּרֶךְ

derek

DEH-rekh

way, road, manner of life

Where it comes from

A derek is a road worn into the ground by people walking it. The word means the route and the habit at once — how you go and how you live are the same noun. The Psalm does not say the wrong road is punished. It says it perishes, the way a path fades when nobody uses it.

Every place it appears

Strong's H1870. It stands in 626 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Psalm 1:6

For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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