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יָרֵחַ H3394
H3394 is the Hebrew word יָרֵחַ, transliterated yârêach and said yaw-ray'-akh. The King James Version most often renders it moon.
What it means
the moon.
Where it comes from
from the same as H3391 (יֶרַח).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: moon. Yrechow. See H3405 (יְרִיחוֹ).
Verses using יָרֵחַ
All 25 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 37:9 · KJV
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
Deuteronomy 4:19 · KJV
And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven.
Deuteronomy 17:3 · KJV
And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded;
Joshua 10:12 · KJV
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Joshua 10:13 · KJV
And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
2 Kings 23:5 · KJV
And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.
Job 25:5 · KJV
Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
Job 31:26 · KJV
If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness;
Psalm 8:3 · KJV
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
Psalm 72:5 · KJV
They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations.
Psalm 89:37 · KJV
It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
Psalm 104:19 · KJV
He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down.
Psalm 121:6 · KJV
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
Psalm 136:9 · KJV
The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalm 148:3 · KJV
Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
Ecclesiastes 12:2 · KJV
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
Isaiah 13:10 · KJV
For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Isaiah 60:19 · KJV
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Jeremiah 8:2 · KJV
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 31:35 · KJV
Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name:
Ezekiel 32:7 · KJV
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Joel 2:10 · KJV
The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining:
Joel 2:31 · KJV
The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
Joel 3:15 · KJV
The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining.
Habakkuk 3:11 · KJV
The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3394 mean?
H3394 is the Hebrew word יָרֵחַ (yârêach), meaning the moon.
How is H3394 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it moon (20 times), or the moon (2 times), or moon (1 time), behold even to the moon (1 time), nor the moon (1 time).
How many times does H3394 appear in the Bible?
יָרֵחַ (yârêach) is tagged in 25 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3394 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as H3391 (יֶרַח).
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