HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4499
מְנוּסָה
me.nu.sah — fugitive
flight, retreat
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Fugitive
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4015
מִבְרָח
miv.rach — fugitive
fugitive, flight
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5211
נִיס
nis — fugitive
refuge, a fleeing one
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6412
פָּלִיט
pa.lit — survivor
refugee, fugitive, escaped one Also means: pa.let (פָּלֵיט "survivor" H6412B)
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1281
בָּרִיחַ
ba.ri.ach — fleeing
adj 1) fleeing subst 2) fugitive
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1282
בָּרִיחַ
ba.ri.ach — Bariah
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.22; son of: Shemaiah (H8098B); brother of: Hattush (H2407), Igal (H3008I), Neariah (H5294) and Shaphat (H8202I) § Bariah = "fleeing" or "fugitive" son of Shemaiah and descendant of the royal family of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5112
נוֹד
nod — wandering
wandering (of aimless fugitive)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H715
אַרְדּוֹן
ar.don — Ardon
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.18; son of: Caleb (H3612H) and Jerioth (H3408) brother of: Hur (H2354), Jesher (H3475), Shobab (H7727H), Mareshah@1Ch.2.42 (H4337), Haran (H2771B), Moza (H4162), Gazez (H1495), Jahdai (H3056), Sheber (H7669), Tirhanah (H8647), Shaaph (H8174H), Sheva (H7724) and Achsah (H5915H) § Ardon = "subduer: fugitive" a son of Caleb
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21326
φυγαγωγός
phugagōgos — dragging along fugitives
dragging along fugitives
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7715
ἱκέτης
hiketēs — a supplicant
one who comes to seek protection, a suppliant or fugitive , who lays his ἱκετηρία on the altar or hearth, after which his person was inviolable; especially one who seeks purification after homicide , (Homer), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9675
φυγάς
phugas — an exile
1. one who flees from his country, a runaway, fugitive, a banished man, exile, refugee , Lat. exul, profugus, (Herdotus Historicus), attic; φυγάδα ποιεῖν τινα (Xenophon Historicus); κατάγειν φυγάδας to recall them; etc. 2. of an army, put to flight , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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Gen. 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n’a); Judg. 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit); 2 Kings 25:11, a deserter, one who has fallen away to the enemy (Heb. nophel); Ezek. 17:21, one who has broken away in flight (Heb. mibrah); Isa. 15:5; 43:14, a breaker away, a fugitive (Heb. beriah), one who flees away.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.