International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BYWAYbi'-wa (nethibhoth): Only in Judges 5:6. Compare Jeremiah 18:15; the King James Version "paths" (the Revised Version (British and American) "by-paths").
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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n.) A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one.
Strong's Hebrew
6128. aqalqal -- crooked... Word Origin from aqal Definition crooked NASB Word Usage crooked ways (1), roundabout
(1).
byway, crooked way. From aqal; winding -- by(-way), crooked way.
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