Strong H1272בָּרַח
to flee
- Transliteration
- bârach
- Pronunciation
- baw-rakh'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to {bolt} that {is} figuratively to flee suddenly: - chase (away); drive {away} {fain} flee ({away}) put to {flight} make {haste} {reach} run {away} shoot.
Detailed definition
1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, pass through
1a2) to flee
1a3) to hasten, come quickly
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to pass through
1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight
1b3) to drive away
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to go, pass through
1a2) to flee
1a3) to hasten, come quickly
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to pass through
1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight
1b3) to drive away
In the Bible
Strong H1272 appears in 62 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- flee51
- run2
- chase1
- chaseth1
- drive1
- fain1
- fleeth1
- make1
- put1
- reach1
- shoot1
- thou1
First verses
- Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
- Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- Genesis 31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- Genesis 31:21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- Genesis 31:22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
- Genesis 31:27Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
- Genesis 35:1And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth–el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Genesis 35:7And he built there an altar, and called the place El–beth–el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
- Exodus 2:15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 14:5And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
- Exodus 26:28And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
- Exodus 36:33And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
- Numbers 24:11Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
- Judges 9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- Judges 11:3Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- 1 Samuel 19:12So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
- 1 Samuel 19:18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
- 1 Samuel 20:1And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
- 1 Samuel 21:10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.