Strong's #7291: radaph (pronounced raw-daf')
a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by):--chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
râdaph
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 (figuratively)
1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (figuratively)
1a4) to run after (a bribe) (figuratively)
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
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a primitive root
Usage:
This word is used 143 times:
Genesis 14:14: "three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan."
Genesis 14:15: "and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand"
Genesis 31:23: "his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey;"
Genesis 35:5: "that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob."
Genesis 44:4: "said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men;"
Exodus 14:4: "Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all"
Exodus 14:8: "of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children"
Exodus 14:9: "But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen,"
Exodus 14:23: "And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all"
Exodus 15:9: "The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied"
Leviticus 26:7: " And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword."
Leviticus 26:8: "And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight:"
Leviticus 26:8: "a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before"
Leviticus 26:17: "you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth"
Leviticus 26:36: "and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall"
Leviticus 26:36: "from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth."
Leviticus 26:37: "as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand"
Deuteronomy 1:44: "mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed"
Deuteronomy 11:4: "of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD"
Deuteronomy 16:20: "That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land"
Deuteronomy 19:6: "Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart"
Deuteronomy 28:22: "and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish."
Deuteronomy 28:45: "curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because"
Deuteronomy 30:7: "and on them that hate thee, which persecuted"
Deuteronomy 32:30: "How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight,"
Joshua 2:5: "went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake"
Joshua 2:7: "And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as"
Joshua 2:7: "unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut"
Joshua 2:16: "unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three"
Joshua 2:16: "three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way."
Joshua 2:22: "three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all"
Joshua 2:22: "until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found"
Joshua 7:5: "them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim,"
Joshua 8:16: "that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua,"
Joshua 8:16: "were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from"
Joshua 8:17: "and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel."
Joshua 8:20: "to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers."
Joshua 8:24: "in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword,"
Joshua 10:10: "them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote"
Joshua 10:19: "And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer"
Joshua 11:8: "them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto"
Joshua 20:5: "And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver"
Joshua 23:10: "One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God,"
Joshua 24:6: "And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after"
Judges 1:6: "But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs"
Judges 3:28: "And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered"
Judges 4:16: "But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles:"
Judges 4:22: "And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet"
Judges 7:23: "Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites."
Judges 7:25: "they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads"
