Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H1272
בָּרַח
ba.rach · “to flee”
Used 65 times across 20 books
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
Where it appears
Genesis9
Exodus4
Numbers1
Judges2
1 Samuel8
2 Samuel6
1 Kings6
1 Chronicles2
2 Chronicles1
Nehemiah3
Job6
Psalms3
Proverbs1
Song of Solomon1
Isaiah2
Jeremiah4
Daniel1
Hosea1
Amos1
Jonah3
In the text
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.
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