way: conduct
de.rekh denotes a route of travel and, in moral settings, a person’s established pattern of action.
The sampled verses most often use the noun for a route, road, direction, or journey in travel and movement. It also describes a pattern of conduct, especially walking in the ways of the LORD, a father, or Jeroboam; rarer clauses present a person’s way as the course for which judgment is given or as the common course of all the earth.
Senses in use
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Route, road, or direction of travel · dominant
The singular noun marks the route taken, avoided, or occupied: in 1 Kings 13:10 the APB renders a return by “another way,” while 1 Kings 13:24 places the encounter with the lion “on the way.” It can also identify a direction toward a destination, as the raiding parties turn toward named routes in 1 Samuel 13:17 and 1 Samuel 13:18.
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Pattern of conduct or faithful action · common
In moral instructions and evaluations, the noun names a course of behavior. In 1 Kings 11:38 the APB renders walking in God’s ways alongside doing what is right and keeping statutes, while 1 Kings 13:33 speaks of Jeroboam not turning from his evil way. The plural also describes the LORD’s ways in 1 Kings 8:58 and David’s successful ways in 1 Samuel 18:14.
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A person’s course answered in judgment · rare
In 1 Kings 8:32, the singular construct form occurs in the request that the wicked person’s way be brought on his own head, contrasted with giving the righteous according to his righteousness. The clause presents the person’s way as the course to which the judgment corresponds.
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The common course of all the earth · rare
In 1 Kings 2:2, the singular construct form occurs in David’s statement, rendered by the APB as “I am going in the way of all the earth.” The verse uses the term for the shared course David says he is entering.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun with “way,” including routes of movement and moral courses; it also uses “journey,” “road,” and “conduct” in particular verses. These English variations confirm the clauses’ broader contexts rather than establish separate meanings by themselves.