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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1 Samuel 22:17 בֹרֵ֣חַ vo.Re.ach · An -ing word: simple action
And the king said unto the guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of Jehovah; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of Jehovah.
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1 Samuel 22:20 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח vai.yiv.Rach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
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1 Samuel 23:6 בִּ֠בְרֹחַ Biv.ro.ach · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
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1 Samuel 27:4 בָרַ֥ח va.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
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2 Samuel 4:3 וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ vai.yiv.re.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day).
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2 Samuel 13:34 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח vai.yiv.Rach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.
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2 Samuel 13:37 בָּרַ֔ח ba.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of Ammihur, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
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2 Samuel 13:38 בָּרַ֖ח ba.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
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2 Samuel 15:14 וְנִבְרָ֔חָה ve.niv.Ra.chah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
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2 Samuel 19:9 בָּרַ֥ח ba.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land from Absalom.
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1 Kings 2:7 בְּבָרְחִ֕י be.va.re.Chi · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table; for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom thy brother.
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1 Kings 2:39 וַיִּבְרְח֤וּ vai.yiv.re.Chu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.
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1 Kings 11:17 וַיִּבְרַ֣ח vai.yiv.Rach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child.
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1 Kings 11:23 בָּרַ֗ח ba.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And God raised up another adversary unto him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.
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1 Kings 11:40 וַיִּבְרַ֤ח vai.yiv.Rach · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam; but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
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1 Kings 12:2 בָּרַ֔ח ba.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,
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1 Chronicles 8:13 הִבְרִ֖יחוּ hiv.Ri.chu · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
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1 Chronicles 12:15 וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙ vai.yav.Ri.chu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by them
These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
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2 Chronicles 10:2 בָּרַ֔ח ba.Rach · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of king Solomon,) that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
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Nehemiah 6:11 יִבְרָ֔ח yiv.Rach · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.