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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Psalms 143:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
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Proverbs 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
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Proverbs 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
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Proverbs 13:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
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Proverbs 15:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
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Proverbs 19:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All 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.
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Proverbs 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
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Proverbs 28:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
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Proverbs 28:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
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Ecclesiastes 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
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Isaiah 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your 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.
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Isaiah 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
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Isaiah 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The 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.
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Isaiah 30:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
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Isaiah 41:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
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Isaiah 51:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“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.
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Jeremiah 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You 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.
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Jeremiah 17:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let 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.
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Jeremiah 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But 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.
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Jeremiah 29:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I 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.
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Jeremiah 39:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But 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.
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Jeremiah 52:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
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Lamentations 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah 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.
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Lamentations 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All 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.
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Lamentations 3:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
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Lamentations 3:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
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Lamentations 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.
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Lamentations 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
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Ezekiel 35:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
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Hosea 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She 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.’
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Source alternate reference: 2.9
Hosea 6:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So 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.
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Hosea 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
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Hosea 12:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ephraim 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.
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Source alternate reference: 12.2
Amos 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This 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.
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Nahum 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.
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