בָּרַח

ba.rach · to flee

Hebrew · Strong's H1272 · Verb · Sounds like: baw-rakh' · 65 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly; chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
בָּרַח vb. go through, flee
Qal
1. go or pass through, of bar
2. flee
3. flee = hasten, come quickly
Hiph.
1. pass through
2. cause to flee, put to flight

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 16:6 וַתִּבְרַ֖ח va.tiv.Rach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her that which is good in thine eyes. And Sarai dealt hardly with her, and she fled from her face.

  2. Genesis 16:8 בֹּרַֽחַת׃ bo.Ra.chat · An -ing word: simple action

    And he said, Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou? And she said, I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.

  3. Genesis 27:43 בְּרַח־ be.rach- · A command to you: simple action

    Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

  4. Genesis 31:20 בֹרֵ֖חַ vo.Re.ach · An -ing word: simple action

    And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

  5. Genesis 31:21 וַיִּבְרַ֥ח vai.yiv.Rach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the River, and set his face toward the mountain of Gilead.

  6. Genesis 31:22 בָרַ֖ח va.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

  7. Genesis 31:27 לִבְרֹ֔חַ liv.Ro.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and steal away from me, and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp;

  8. Genesis 35:1 בְּבָרְחֲךָ֔ be.va.re.cha.Kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

  9. Genesis 35:7 בְּבָרְח֖וֹ be.va.re.Cho · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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