H1272 בָּרַח
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 63 KJV occurrences
בָּרַח
bârach · baw-rakh'
Definition
to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
KJV Renderings
chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 63)
- 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 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.
- 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 27:4And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
- 1 Kings 2:39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
- Nehemiah 6:11And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
- Job 41:28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
- Jeremiah 39:4¶ And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.