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נוּס

nus · to flee

Hebrew · Strong's H5127 · Verb · Sounds like: noos · 159 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
נוּס 160 vb. flee, escape
Qal
1. flee
2. escape
3. take flight, depart, disappear
4. fly (to the attack) on horseback.
Po‛lel the breath of י׳ driveth at it, driveth it on
Hithpo‛l. in order to take flight before the bow
Hiph.
1. put to flight
2. drive hastily to a safe place
3. cause to disappear, hide

Every occurrence

  1. 1 Samuel 4:17 נָ֤ס nas · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And he that brought the tidings answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

  2. 1 Samuel 14:22 נָ֖סוּ Na.su · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    Likewise all the men of Israel that had hid themselves in the hill-country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.

  3. 1 Samuel 17:24 וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

  4. 1 Samuel 17:51 וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

  5. 1 Samuel 19:8 וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.

  6. 1 Samuel 19:10 נָ֥ס nas · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

  7. 1 Samuel 30:17 וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels and fled.

  8. 1 Samuel 31:1 וַיָּנֻ֜סוּ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

  9. 1 Samuel 31:7 נָ֙סוּ֙ na.su · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  10. 1 Samuel 31:7 וַיָּנֻ֔סוּ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

  11. 2 Samuel 1:4 נָ֨ס nas · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.

  12. 2 Samuel 4:4 וַתָּנֹ֔ס va.ta.Nos · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

  13. 2 Samuel 4:4 לָנ֛וּס la.Nus · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel; and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.

  14. 2 Samuel 10:13 וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

  15. 2 Samuel 10:14 נָ֣ס nas · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  16. 2 Samuel 10:14 וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

  17. 2 Samuel 10:18 וַיָּ֣נָס vai.Ya.nos · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hundred chariots, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, so that he died there.

  18. 2 Samuel 13:29 וַיָּנֻֽסוּ׃ vai.ya.Nu.su · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

  19. 2 Samuel 17:2 וְנָ֖ס ve.Nas · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

  20. 2 Samuel 18:3 נֹ֨ס nos · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but thou art worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succor us out of the city.

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