H7291 רָדַף

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 143 KJV occurrences

רָדַף

râdaph · raw-daf'

Definition

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

KJV Renderings

chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

Sample KJV Verses (8 of 143)

Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan.
Deuteronomy 1:44And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
Joshua 8:17And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Judges 9:40And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.
2 Samuel 20:6And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.
Psalms 7:5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
Psalms 143:3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
Jeremiah 20:11But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.