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
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H1272 — בָּרַח
ba.rach · to flee · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 16:6 · וַתִּבְרַ֖ח“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.Genesis 16:8 · בֹּרַֽחַת׃“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.Genesis 27:43 · בְּרַח־So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.Genesis 31:20 · בֹרֵ֖חַMoreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.Genesis 31:21 · וַיִּבְרַ֥חSo he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.Genesis 31:22 · בָרַ֖חOn the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.Genesis 31:27 · לִבְרֹ֔חַWhy did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.Genesis 35:1 · בְּבָרְחֲךָ֔Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”Genesis 35:7 · בְּבָרְח֖וֹThere Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.Exodus 2:15 · וַיִּבְרַ֤חWhen Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.Exodus 14:5 · בָרַ֖חWhen the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”Exodus 26:28 · מַבְרִ֕חַThe central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.Exodus 36:33 · לִבְרֹ֙חַ֙He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.Numbers 24:11 · בְּרַח־Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”Judges 9:21 · וַיִּבְרַ֖חThen Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.Judges 11:3 · וַיִּבְרַ֤חSo Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.1 Samuel 19:12 · וַיִּבְרַ֖חSo Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.1 Samuel 19:18 · בָּרַ֜חSo David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.1 Samuel 20:1 · וַיִּבְרַ֣חThen David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”1 Samuel 21:10 · וַיִּבְרַ֥חThat day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.1 Samuel 22:17 · בֹרֵ֣חַThen the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.1 Samuel 22:20 · וַיִּבְרַ֖חBut one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.1 Samuel 23:6 · בִּ֠בְרֹחַ(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)1 Samuel 27:4 · בָרַ֥חAnd when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.2 Samuel 4:3 · וַיִּבְרְח֥וּbecause the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.2 Samuel 13:34 · וַיִּבְרַ֖חMeanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”2 Samuel 13:37 · בָּרַ֔חNow Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.2 Samuel 13:38 · בָּרַ֖חAfter Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.2 Samuel 15:14 · וְנִבְרָ֔חָהAnd David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”2 Samuel 19:9 · בָּרַ֥חAnd all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.1 Kings 2:7 · בְּבָרְחִ֕יBut show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.1 Kings 2:39 · וַיִּבְרְח֤וּAfter three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”1 Kings 11:17 · וַיִּבְרַ֣חBut Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.1 Kings 11:23 · בָּרַ֗חAnd God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,1 Kings 11:40 · וַיִּבְרַ֤חSolomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.1 Kings 12:2 · בָּרַ֔חWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.1 Chronicles 8:13 · הִבְרִ֖יחוּand Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).1 Chronicles 12:15 · וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.2 Chronicles 10:2 · בָּרַ֔חWhen Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.Nehemiah 6:11 · יִבְרָ֔חBut I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”Nehemiah 13:10 · וַיִּבְרְח֧וּI also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.Nehemiah 13:28 · וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּEven one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.Job 9:25 · בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּMy days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.Job 14:2 · וַיִּבְרַ֥חLike a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.Job 20:24 · יִ֭בְרַחThough he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.Job 27:22 · בָּר֥וֹחַ · יִבְרָֽח׃It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.Job 41:28 · יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּNo arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.Psalm 139:7 · אֶבְרָֽח׃Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?Proverbs 19:26 · יַבְרִ֣יחַHe who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.Song of Solomon 8:14 · בְּרַ֣ח׀Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.Isaiah 22:3 · בָּרָֽחוּ׃All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.Isaiah 48:20 · בִּרְח֣וּLeave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”Jeremiah 4:29 · בֹּרַ֙חַת֙Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.Jeremiah 26:21 · וַיִּבְרַ֖חKing Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.Jeremiah 39:4 · וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּWhen Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.Jeremiah 52:7 · יִבְרְחוּ֩Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,Daniel 10:7 · וַֽיִּבְרְח֖וּOnly I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.Hosea 12:12 · וַיִּבְרַ֥חJacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.Amos 7:12 · בְּרַח־And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.Jonah 1:3 · לִבְרֹ֣חַJonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.Jonah 1:10 · בֹרֵ֔חַThen the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.Jonah 4:2 · לִבְרֹ֣חַSo he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.