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H7291 — רָדַף

ra.daph · to pursue · Hebrew/Aramaic

1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon 1a2) to persecute, harass (fig) 1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig) 1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be pursued 1b2) one pursued (participle) 1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue 1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away 1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

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Genesis 14:14 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ףAnd when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.Genesis 14:15 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם֙During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.Genesis 31:23 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףSo he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.Genesis 35:5 · רָֽדְפ֔וּAs they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.Genesis 44:4 · רְדֹ֖ףThey had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?Exodus 14:4 · וְרָדַ֣ףAnd I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.Exodus 14:8 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ףAnd the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.Exodus 14:9 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּThe Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.Exodus 14:23 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּAnd the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.Exodus 15:9 · אֶרְדֹּ֥ףThe enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’Leviticus 26:7 · וּרְדַפְתֶּ֖םYou will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.Leviticus 26:8 · וְרָדְפ֨וּ · יִרְדֹּ֑פוּFive of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.Leviticus 26:17 · רֹדֵ֥ףAnd I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.Leviticus 26:36 · וְרָדַ֣ף · רֹדֵֽף׃As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.Leviticus 26:37 · וְרֹדֵ֣ףThey will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.Deuteronomy 1:44 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּThen the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.Deuteronomy 11:4 · בְּרָדְפָ֖םwhat He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;Deuteronomy 16:20 · תִּרְדֹּ֑ףPursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.Deuteronomy 19:6 · יִרְדֹּף֩Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.Deuteronomy 28:22 · וּרְדָפ֖וּךָThe LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.Deuteronomy 28:45 · וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.Deuteronomy 30:7 · רְדָפֽוּךָ׃Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.Deuteronomy 32:30 · יִרְדֹּ֤ףHow could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?Joshua 2:5 · רִדְפ֥וּAt dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”Joshua 2:7 · רָדְפ֤וּ · הָרֹדְפִ֖יםSo the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.Joshua 2:16 · הָרֹדְפִ֑ים · הָרֹֽדְפִ֔ים“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”Joshua 2:22 · הָרֹדְפִ֑ים · הָרֹדְפִ֛יםSo the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.Joshua 7:5 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּםAnd the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.Joshua 8:16 · לִרְדֹּ֖ף · וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.Joshua 8:17 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּNot a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.Joshua 8:20 · הָרוֹדֵֽף׃When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.Joshua 8:24 · רְדָפ֣וּםWhen Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.Joshua 10:10 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֗םAnd the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.Joshua 10:19 · רִדְפוּ֙But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”Joshua 11:8 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּםand the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.Joshua 20:5 · יִרְדֹּ֜ףNow if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.Joshua 23:10 · יִרְדָּף־One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.Joshua 24:6 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּWhen I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.Judges 1:6 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּAs Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.Judges 3:28 · רִדְפ֣וּ“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.Judges 4:16 · רָדַ֞ףThen Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.Judges 4:22 · רֹדֵ֣ףWhen Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.Judges 7:23 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּThen the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.Judges 7:25 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּThey also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.Judges 8:4 · וְרֹדְפִֽים׃Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.Judges 8:5 · רֹדֵ֛ףSo Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”Judges 8:12 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ףWhen Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.Judges 9:40 · וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֣הוּbut Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.Judges 20:43 · הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּThey surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.1 Samuel 7:11 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּThen the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.1 Samuel 17:52 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.1 Samuel 23:25 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ףand Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.1 Samuel 23:28 · מִרְדֹף֙So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.1 Samuel 24:14 · רֹדֵ֑ףAgainst whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?1 Samuel 25:29 · לִרְדָפְךָ֔And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.1 Samuel 26:18 · רֹדֵ֖ףAnd he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?1 Samuel 26:20 · יִרְדֹּ֥ףSo do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”1 Samuel 30:8 · אֶרְדֹּ֛ף · רְדֹ֔ףand David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”1 Samuel 30:10 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףbecause two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.2 Samuel 2:19 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ףand he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.2 Samuel 2:24 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֛וּBut Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.2 Samuel 2:28 · יִרְדְּפ֥וּSo Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.2 Samuel 17:1 · וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥הFurthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.2 Samuel 18:16 · מִרְדֹ֖ףThen Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.2 Samuel 20:6 · וּרְדֹ֣ףAnd David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”2 Samuel 20:7 · לִרְדֹּ֕ףSo Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:10 · רָדַ֕ףAmasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.2 Samuel 20:13 · לִרְדֹּ֕ףAs soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.2 Samuel 22:38 · אֶרְדְּפָ֥הI pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.2 Samuel 24:13 · רֹדְפֶ֗ךָSo Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”1 Kings 20:20 · וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֖םand each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.2 Kings 5:21 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ףSo Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”2 Kings 9:27 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ףWhen King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.2 Kings 25:5 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּbut the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.2 Chronicles 13:19 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףAbijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.2 Chronicles 14:13 · וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨םThen Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunderNehemiah 9:11 · רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜םYou divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.Job 13:25 · תִּרְדֹּֽף׃Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?Job 19:22 · תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִיWhy do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?Job 19:28 · נִּרְדָּף־If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’Job 30:15 · תִּרְדֹּ֣ףTerrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.Psalm 7:1 · רֹ֝דְפַ֗יA Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,Psalm 7:5 · יִֽרַדֹּ֥ףthen may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. SelahPsalm 18:37 · אֶרְדּ֣וֹףI pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.Psalm 23:6 · יִ֭רְדְּפוּנִיSurely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.Psalm 31:15 · וּמֵרֹדְפָֽי׃My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.Psalm 34:14 · וְרָדְפֵֽהוּ׃Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.Psalm 35:3 · רֹדְפָ֑יDraw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”Psalm 35:6 · רֹדְפָֽם׃May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.Psalm 38:20 · רָֽדְפִיThose who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.Psalm 69:26 · רָדָ֑פוּFor they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.Psalm 71:11 · רִֽדְפ֥וּsaying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”Psalm 83:15 · תִּרְדְּפֵ֣םso pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.Psalm 109:16 · וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ףFor he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.Psalm 119:84 · בְרֹדְפַ֣יHow many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?Psalm 119:86 · רְדָפ֣וּנִיAll Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!Psalm 119:150 · רֹדְפֵ֣יThose who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.Psalm 119:157 · רֹדְפַ֣יThough my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.Psalm 119:161 · רְדָפ֣וּנִיRulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.Psalm 142:6 · מֵרֹדְפַ֑יListen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.Psalm 143:3 · רָ֘דַ֤ףFor the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.Proverbs 11:19 · וּמְרַדֵּ֖ףGenuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.Proverbs 12:11 · וּמְרַדֵּ֖ףThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.Proverbs 13:21 · תְּרַדֵּ֣ףDisaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.Proverbs 15:9 · וּמְרַדֵּ֖ףThe LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.Proverbs 19:7 · מְרַדֵּ֖ףAll the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.Proverbs 21:21 · רֹ֭דֵףHe who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.Proverbs 28:1 · רֹדֵ֣ףThe wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.Proverbs 28:19 · וּמְרַדֵּ֥ףThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.Ecclesiastes 3:15 · נִרְדָּֽף׃What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.Isaiah 1:23 · וְרֹדֵ֖ףYour rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.Isaiah 5:11 · יִרְדֹּ֑פוּWoe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.Isaiah 17:13 · וְרֻדַּ֗ףThe nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.Isaiah 30:16 · רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם׃“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.Isaiah 41:3 · יִרְדְּפֵ֖םHe pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.Isaiah 51:1 · רֹ֥דְפֵי“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.Jeremiah 15:15 · מֵרֹ֣דְפַ֔יYou understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.Jeremiah 17:18 · רֹדְפַי֙Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.Jeremiah 20:11 · רֹדְפַ֥יBut the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.Jeremiah 29:18 · וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.Jeremiah 39:5 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּBut the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.Jeremiah 52:8 · וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּbut the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.Lamentations 1:3 · רֹדְפֶ֥יהָJudah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.Lamentations 1:6 · רוֹדֵֽף׃ סAll the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.Lamentations 3:43 · וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּYou have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.Lamentations 3:66 · תִּרְדֹּ֤ףYou will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.Lamentations 4:19 · רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּThose who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.Lamentations 5:5 · נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּWe are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.Hosea 2:7 · וְרִדְּפָ֤הShe will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’Hosea 6:3 · נִרְדְּפָ֗הSo let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.Hosea 8:3 · יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.Hosea 12:1 · וְרֹדֵ֣ףEphraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.Amos 1:11 · רָדְפ֨וֹThis is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.Nahum 1:8 · יְרַדֶּף־But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.