Quick Definition
to run: run
Strong's Definition
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
TWOT Reference: 2137
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רוּץ (ruts) — to run: run. : run/runner/messenger 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away
רוּץ (ruts) — to run: guard. : guard 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away
רוּץ (ruts) — to run: pieces. : pieces 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מֵרֹוץ · מְרוּצָה
Move | verb qal, verb pi
to run, to hurry, to race = action by which humans walk at a relatively high speed
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Move | verb hif
to cause to run, to drive off = causative action by which deities cause humans to walk at a relatively high speed
Move | verb hif
to bring quickly, to carry quickly = causative action by which humans walk at a relatively high speed accompanied by people or objects that need to be brought to someone else
Engage | verb qal
Collocation: רוץ דֶּרֶךְ
to pursue literally: to run in the way (of a certain type of behavior); hence: = action by which humans are fully engaged pursuing a certain type of behavior
Happen | verb qal
to run swiftly literally: (someone's word) runs swiftly; hence: = process by which a command is communicated speedily
Messengers | verb qal ptc.act
courier = a person who carries a message on behalf of someone else and is supposed to deliver that as quickly as possible
2CH 30:6 · 2CH 30:10 · EST 3:13 · EST 3:15 · EST 8:10 · EST 8:14 · JER 51:31 · JER 51:31
Serve | verb qal
to be busy, to work hard = action by which humans work hard to achieve a certain goal
Soldiers | verb qal ptc.act
guard literally: runners; hence: = soldiers ► responsible for protecting buildings and high-ranking officials
1SA 22:17 · 1KI 14:27 · 1KI 14:28 · 1KI 14:28 · 2KI 10:25 · 2KI 10:25 · 2KI 11:4 · 2KI 11:6 · 2KI 11:11 · 2KI 11:13 · 2KI 11:19 · 2KI 11:19 · 2CH 12:10 · 2CH 12:11 · 2CH 12:11 · JER 51:31
verb
Impact
to be broken = process by which an earthenware object breaks into pieces, ≈ used as a metaphor for death
Weak
to break, to falter literally: to break; hence: = process by which humans gradually lose strength and energy after a prolonged time of activity
1 JER 50:44 MT-K ארוצם | MT-Q אְַרִיצֵם 2 ISA 42:4 Note the wordplay with רָצוּץ in the previous line; hence NJPS "be bruised"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רוּץ vb. run Qal run
pl. the runners (prop. out-runners)
runner = (royal messenger, post, late)
Pō‛lēl they run swiftly, dart
Hiph. cause to run
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