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H1272 בָּרַח (bârach) baw-rakh'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly

KJV Usage: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

בָּרַח (ba.rach) — to flee. 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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · בָּרִחַ · בְּרִיחַ · מִבְרָח

Move | verb qal | ≈ מלט · נוס

to flee = action by which humans move to another place in haste, ► in order to escape from a dangerous situation

GEN 16:6 · GEN 16:8 · GEN 27:43 · GEN 31:20 · GEN 31:21 · GEN 31:22 · GEN 31:27 · GEN 35:1 · GEN 35:7 · EXO 2:15 · EXO 14:5 · NUM 24:11 · JDG 9:21 · JDG 11:3 · 1SA 19:12 · 1SA 19:18 · 1SA 20:1 · 1SA 21:11 · 1SA 22:17 · 1SA 22:20 · 1SA 23:6 · 1SA 27:4 · 2SA 4:3 · 2SA 13:34 · 2SA 13:37 · 2SA 13:38 · 2SA 15:14 · 2SA 19:10 · 1KI 2:7 · 1KI 2:39 · 1KI 11:17 · 1KI 11:23 · 1KI 11:40 · 1KI 12:2 · 2CH 10:2 · NEH 6:11 · NEH 13:10 · JOB 9:25 · JOB 14:2 · JOB 20:24 · JOB 27:22 · JOB 27:22 · PSA 3:1 · PSA 57:1 · PSA 139:7 · ISA 22:3 · ISA 48:20 · JER 4:29 · JER 26:21 · JER 39:4 · JER 52:7 · DAN 10:7 · HOS 12:13 · AMO 7:12 · JON 1:3 · JON 1:10 · JON 4:2

Move | verb hif

to put to flight, to chase away = causative action by which humans cause other humans or animals to move to another place in haste, ◄ usually by threatening them with violence

1CH 8:13 · 1CH 12:16 · NEH 13:28 · JOB 41:20 · PRO 19:26

Move | verb qal

to hurry, to make haste = action by which humans move to another place in haste

SNG 8:14

Space | verb qal, verb hif

to pass through = causative action by which one object is passed through an opening in another object

EXO 26:28 · EXO 36:33

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

בָּרַח vb. go through, flee Qal go or pass through, of bar

flee

flee = hasten, come quickly

Hiph. pass through

cause to flee, put to flight

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