ra.daph H7291

רָדַף (ra.daph) means “to pursue” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

רָדַף Hebrew · H7291 143 tagged occurrences in 135 verses

Pronunciation guide: raw-daf' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H7291

רָדַף · ra.daph · to pursue

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

KJV glosses: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).

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How translators render H7291

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
pursued	12
pursue	6
pursues	4
my pursuers	3
pursued them	3
pursuing	3
their pursuers	3
and pursued	2
but whoever chases	2
he pursued	2
i pursued	2
i will pursue	2
in pursuit	2
in pursuit of	2
my persecutors	2
pursue them	2
pursued him	2
will pursue	2
will pursue you	2
am still pursuing	1
and chased	1
and chasing after	1
and from those who pursue me	1
and persecute you	1
and pursue	1
and pursue him	1
and pursue it	1
and pursued them	1
and pursued us	1
and pursues	1
and they followed	1
and they pursued	1
and they set out in pursuit	1
arrived in pursuit of	1
as they pursued you	1
but pursued	1
but the pursuit	1
but your pursuers	1
can put	1
chased	1
chased after them	1
chasing them	1
continued in pursuit	1
do you persecute me	1
driven	1
follow	1
gideon pursued	1
had gone out	1
has pursued	1
he may pursue them	1
he pursues them	1
he who pursues	1
her pursuers	1
his pursuit	1
i am persecuted	1
is behind them	1
let my persecutors	1
let us press on	1
might pursue	1
on my persecutors	1
one who hunts	1
persecute	1
persecute me	1
pursue him	1
pursue me	1
pursue you	1
pursued the israelites	1
pursues him	1
pursues them	1
pursuing them	1
set out in pursuit	1
she will pursue	1
should i pursue	1
so that he pursued	1
so that he will pursue	1
so that your pursuers	1
so they pursued	1
the hunter	1
the pursuit	1
their pursuit	1
these will pursue	1
they	1
they drive away	1
they persecute	1
they pursued him	1
they will pursue you	1
those who chased us	1
those who follow	1
those who pursue	1
though my persecutors	1
to pursue	1
to pursue them	1
what has passed	1
while they pursued	1
who had pursued	1
will follow me	1
will pursue him	1
will put them to flight	1
would you chase after	1
yet still in pursuit	1
you who pursue	1
you will pursue	1
you will pursue them	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
pursued	15
and pursued	7
shall pursue	4
and pursue	3
he pursued	3
persecute	3
pursue	3
to pursue	3
when none pursueth	3
and followeth	2
but he that followeth	2
chased	2
followed	2
from pursuing	2
i have pursued	2
of you shall chase	2
until the pursuers	2
all her persecutors	1
and as soon as they which pursued	1
and chased	1
and from them that persecute	1
and he pursued	1
and i am pursuing	1
and i will persecute	1
and persecuted	1
and shall be chased	1
and she shall follow	1
and the pursuers	1
and their persecutors	1
and they pursued	1
and they shall pursue	1
and wilt thou pursue	1
and ye shall chase	1
as they pursued	1
as when one doth hunt	1
because i follow	1
but persecuted	1
chase	1
follow	1
for they chased	1
for they persecute	1
from him he pursueth	1
hath persecuted	1
have persecuted	1
he that followeth	1
him persecute	1
him pursue	1
him that followeth	1
i will pursue	1
lest the pursuers	1
me from all them that persecute	1
me from my persecutors	1
me of my persecutors	1
my persecutors	1
not pursue	1
on them that persecute	1
our persecutors	1
pursueth	1
shall chase	1
shall follow	1
shall i pursue	1
shalt thou follow	1
so he that pursueth	1
so persecute	1
that follow	1
that he shall follow	1
that persecute	1
that which is past	1
the pursuer	1
thee which persecuted	1
them and chased	1
them and pursued	1
them and they did not pursue	1
them and they pursued	1
them that persecute	1
therefore my persecutors	1
therefore shall they that pursue	1
thereof because he did pursue	1
they may follow	1
they persecute	1
thus pursue	1
to flight	1
to me ye that follow after	1
together to pursue	1
under persecution	1
unto them follow	1
upon me they pursue	1
upon the pursuers	1
upon thee and shall pursue	1
we follow	1
when no man pursueth	1
wherein they chased	1
while they pursue	1
whom dost thou pursue	1
why do ye persecute	1
why persecute	1
with him and pursued	1
with him pursued	1
yet pursuing	1
you and chased	1

Verses containing H7291

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Genesis 14:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Genesis 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
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Genesis 31:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
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Genesis 35:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
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Genesis 44:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They 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?
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Exodus 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Exodus 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.
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Exodus 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.
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Exodus 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.
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Exodus 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.’
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Leviticus 26:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
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Leviticus 26:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Five 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.
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Leviticus 26:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Leviticus 26:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
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.
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Leviticus 26:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They 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.
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Deuteronomy 1:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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.
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Deuteronomy 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
what 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;
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Deuteronomy 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 19:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, 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.
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Deuteronomy 28:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.
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Deuteronomy 28:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All 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.
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Deuteronomy 30:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.
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Deuteronomy 32:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How 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?
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Joshua 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At 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!”
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Joshua 2:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So 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.
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Joshua 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“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.”
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Joshua 2:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So 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.
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Joshua 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Joshua 8:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
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Joshua 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
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Joshua 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
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Joshua 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When 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.
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Joshua 10:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And 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.
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Joshua 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But 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.”
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Joshua 11:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and 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.
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Joshua 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now 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.
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Joshua 23:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
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Joshua 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When 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.
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Judges 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
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Judges 3:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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Judges 4:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then 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.
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Judges 4:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When 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.
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Judges 7:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.
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Judges 7:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They 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.
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Judges 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.
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Judges 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So 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.”
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Judges 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.
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Judges 9:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but 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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Judges 20:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
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1 Samuel 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
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