נוּס (nus) means “to flee” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: noos Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
נוּס · nus · to flee
1) to flee, escape 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to flee 1a2) to escape 1a3) to take flight, m depart, disappear 1a4) to fly (to the attack) on horseback 1b) (Polel) to drive at 1c) (Hithpolel) to take flight 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to put to flight 1d2) to drive hastily 1d3) to cause to disappear, hide Aramaic equivalent: nud (נוּד "to flee" H5111)
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a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
KJV glosses: [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| fled | 28 |
| flee | 9 |
| and fled | 7 |
| will flee | 7 |
| had fled | 6 |
| may flee | 6 |
| and he fled | 3 |
| and ran | 3 |
| he fled | 3 |
| you will flee | 3 |
| and escaped | 2 |
| and ran away | 2 |
| and run | 2 |
| and they fled | 2 |
| but flee | 2 |
| flees | 2 |
| has fled | 2 |
| they will flee | 2 |
| we will flee | 2 |
| who fled | 2 |
| you fled | 2 |
| after fleeing | 1 |
| also fled | 1 |
| and david fled | 1 |
| and gaal fled | 1 |
| and had run | 1 |
| and then flees | 1 |
| and they flee | 1 |
| and they had run | 1 |
| and they will flee | 1 |
| and you will flee | 1 |
| as they fled | 1 |
| as they ran | 1 |
| but they fled | 1 |
| can flee | 1 |
| could flee | 1 |
| diminished | 1 |
| driven | 1 |
| escape | 1 |
| for the person who flees | 1 |
| he could flee | 1 |
| he escaped | 1 |
| he may flee | 1 |
| hurried to bring | 1 |
| i can flee | 1 |
| in haste | 1 |
| it is draining away | 1 |
| let us flee | 1 |
| let us retreat | 1 |
| of fleeing | 1 |
| of those who flee | 1 |
| ran | 1 |
| ran away | 1 |
| run | 1 |
| so as we flee | 1 |
| that they fled | 1 |
| the army had fled | 1 |
| the fugitives | 1 |
| the israelites are running away | 1 |
| the man fleeing | 1 |
| the waters fled | 1 |
| they fled | 1 |
| they too fled | 1 |
| they turned and ran | 1 |
| those who flee | 1 |
| to escape | 1 |
| to flee | 1 |
| to flight | 1 |
| to hide it | 1 |
| to which he fled | 1 |
| we fled | 1 |
| we have to flee | 1 |
| were fleeing | 1 |
| were retreating | 1 |
| when someone flees | 1 |
| who flees | 1 |
| who had fled | 1 |
| whoever flees | 1 |
| will get away | 1 |
| will you flee | 1 |
| you will all flee | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| fled | 26 |
| and fled | 17 |
| and they fled | 7 |
| flee | 5 |
| to flee | 5 |
| and flee | 4 |
| may flee | 4 |
| and he fled | 3 |
| flee away | 3 |
| shall flee away | 3 |
| he that fleeth | 2 |
| is fled | 2 |
| let us flee | 2 |
| might flee | 2 |
| them and they shall flee | 2 |
| they fled | 2 |
| were fled | 2 |
| whither he was fled | 2 |
| abated | 1 |
| against them and flee | 1 |
| and are fled | 1 |
| and fled away | 1 |
| and fleeth | 1 |
| and i fled | 1 |
| and it came to pass as they fled | 1 |
| and that fleeing | 1 |
| and they shall flee | 1 |
| and thither fled | 1 |
| and was fled | 1 |
| and when he that doth flee | 1 |
| and ye shall flee | 1 |
| are fled | 1 |
| are fled away | 1 |
| away | 1 |
| did flee | 1 |
| fled away | 1 |
| flee out | 1 |
| for him that is fled | 1 |
| for if we flee | 1 |
| from whence he fled | 1 |
| had fled | 1 |
| he fled | 1 |
| he shall flee | 1 |
| he who fleeth | 1 |
| herself to flee | 1 |
| him and he fled | 1 |
| him but he shall flee | 1 |
| him flee | 1 |
| him that fleeth | 1 |
| like as ye fled | 1 |
| no for we will flee | 1 |
| of them shall not flee away | 1 |
| of them that flee | 1 |
| or wilt thou flee | 1 |
| over you and ye shall flee | 1 |
| shall flee | 1 |
| shall lift up a standard | 1 |
| shall ye flee | 1 |
| so that they fled | 1 |
| that fled | 1 |
| that he may flee | 1 |
| that they fled | 1 |
| that thou fleddest | 1 |
| that we will flee | 1 |
| thee flee | 1 |
| thee that it may be displayed | 1 |
| them and fled | 1 |
| them fled | 1 |
| then fled | 1 |
| therefore shall ye flee | 1 |
| therefore we will flee | 1 |
| they flee | 1 |
| they likewise fled | 1 |
| they that fled | 1 |
| to flight | 1 |
| to hide | 1 |
| to whom will ye flee | 1 |
| was fled | 1 |
| when they flee | 1 |
| which shall flee | 1 |
| whither he shall flee | 1 |
| whither we flee | 1 |
| with him shall flee | 1 |
| yea ye shall flee | 1 |
| yet they shall flee away | 1 |
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Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
Read word by wordLook, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
Read word by wordShe grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
Read word by wordWhen she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,
Read word by wordWhen he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Read word by wordbut when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”
Read word by word“Throw it on the ground,” said the LORD. So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
Read word by wordThose among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,
Read word by wordHe caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
Read word by wordSo Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
Read word by wordIf, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordAs 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.
Read word by wordWhenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
Read word by wordAt their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled, saying, “The earth may swallow us too!”
Read word by wordSix of the cities you give the Levites are to be appointed as cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. In addition to these, give the Levites forty-two other cities.
Read word by worddesignate cities to serve as your cities of refuge, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.
Read word by wordThese six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or stranger among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.
Read word by wordThe assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
Read word by wordBut if the manslayer ever goes outside the limits of the city of refuge to which he fled
Read word by wordNor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
Read word by wordto which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
Read word by wordYou are to build roads for yourselves and divide into three regions the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that any manslayer can flee to these cities.
Read word by wordNow this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
Read word by wordIf he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
Read word by wordIf, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
Read word by wordThe LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.
Read word by wordThe LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
Read word by wordHow 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?
Read word by wordMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
Read word by wordSo about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
Read word by wordThen I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.
Read word by wordThey will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,
Read word by wordJoshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten back before them, and they fled toward the wilderness.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordAs they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
Read word by wordNow the five kings had fled and hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
Read word by wordso that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Read word by wordWhen someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
Read word by wordHe is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
Read word by wordThese are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
Read word by wordAs Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
Read word by wordAnd in front of him the LORD routed with the sword Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled on foot.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Read word by wordThen the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
Read word by wordEach Israelite took his position around the camp, and the entire Midianite army fled, crying out as they ran.
Read word by wordAnd when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
Read word by wordWhen Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
Read word by wordThen Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
Read word by wordbut Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.
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