Bible Dictionary
BYWAY
A byway is a lesser or side path rather than the main road. Judges 5:6 describes such paths as unsafe or neglected during a period of oppression.
Definition
A byway is a lesser or side path rather than a principal road. The word can also be rendered “by-paths” or “paths.”
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in Judges 5:6, where it describes the lesser paths during a period when ordinary travel was evidently affected by oppression.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>bi'-wa (nethibhoth): Only in Jud 5:6. Compare Jer 18:15; the King James Version "paths" (the Revised Version (British and American) "by-paths").</p>