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Lexicon :: Strong's H1272 - bāraḥ

Aa
בָּרַח
Transliteration
bāraḥ
Pronunciation
baw-rakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 284

Strong’s Definitions

בָּרַח bârach, baw-rakh'; 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x

The KJV translates Strong's H1272 in the following manner: flee (52x), ...away (7x), chased (1x), fain 1 (inf. for emphasis), flight (1x), make haste (1x), reach (1x), shoot (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 65x
The KJV translates Strong's H1272 in the following manner: flee (52x), ...away (7x), chased (1x), fain 1 (inf. for emphasis), flight (1x), make haste (1x), reach (1x), shoot (1x).
  1. to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away

    1. (Qal)

      1. to go, pass through

      2. to flee

      3. to hasten, come quickly

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to pass through

      2. to cause to flee, put to flight

      3. to drive away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בָּרַח bârach, baw-rakh'; 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.
STRONGS H1272: Abbreviations
בָּרַח verb go through, flee (compare German durchgehen (Arabic بَرِحَ go away, withdraw, flee) —
Qal Perfect בָּרַח Genesis 31:22 + 9 times, בָּֽרְחוּ Job 9:25, בָּרָ֑חוּ Isaiah 22:3; Imperfect יִבְרַח Job 20:24, יִבְרָ֑ח Job 27:22; Nehemiah 6:11, וַיִּבְרַח Genesis 31:21 + 13 times; 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּבְרַח Genesis 16:6, אֶבְרָ֑ח Psalm 139:7, יִבְרְחוּ Jeremiah 52:7, וַיִּבְרְחוּ 2 Samuel 4:3 + 4 times, נִבְרָחָ֑ה 2 Samuel 15:14; Imperative בְּרַח Genesis 27:43 + 3 times, בִּרְחוּ Isaiah 48:20; Infinitive absolute בָּרוֺחַ Job 27:22; construct בְּרֹחַ 1 Samuel 23:6 + 3 times, בִּרוֺחַ Jonah 1:3; suffix בָּרְחִי 1 Kings 2:7, בָּרְחֲךָ Genesis 31:5, בָּרְחוֺ Genesis 35:7 + 2 times; —
1. go or pass though, of bar, לִבְרֹחַ⬩⬩⬩אֶת־הַבְּרִיחַ וַיַּעַשׂ Exodus 36:33 (P).
2. flee Genesis 31:20; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 31:22 (E) Exodus 14:5 (J) Judges 9:21; 1 Samuel 19:12, 18; 1 Samuel 22:17; 2 Samuel 13:34, 37, 38 (strike out Dr compare We) 2 Samuel 15:14; Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 4:29; Jeremiah 26:21; Jeremiah 39:4; Jeremiah 52:7; Nehemiah 6:11; figurative of days fleeing away Job 9:25; of man, like a shadow Job 14:2; with מִן flee from a place 1 Samuel 20:1; 2 Samuel 19:10; 9+ מֵעַל person) Isaiah 48:20, a weapon Job 20:24; a person, with מֵאֵת 1 Kings 11:23, usually with מִפְּנֵי Genesis 16:6, 8; Genesis 31:27; Genesis 35:1, 7; Exodus 2:15 (all J E) Judges 11:3; 2 Samuel 21:11; 1 Kings 2:7; 1 Kings 12:2 2 Chronicles 10:2; Psalm 3:1; Psalm 57:1 (titles) Psalm 139:7; Jonah 1:10; מִיַּד י׳ figurative Job 27:22; flee to, with accusative place 1 Samuel 27:4; 1 Kings 11:40; Hosea 12:13; with place & לְ Nehemiah 13:10; with place & ָ  ה locative Jonah 1:3; Jonah 4:2; 2 Samuel 4:3; with place & אֶל־ Numbers 24:11; Amos 7:12; with אֶל־ & person 1 Samuel 23:6; Genesis 27:43 (J) 1 Kings 2:39; 1 Kings 11:40; אַחֲרֵי & person 1 Samuel 22:20; flee, followed by infinitive 1 Kings 11:17; Daniel 10:7.
3. flee = hasten, come quickly Songs 8:14.
Hiph. Perfect הִבְרִיחוּ 1 Chronicles 8:13; Imperfect יַבְרִיחַ Proverbs 19:26; suffix יַבְרִיחֶנּוּ Job 41:20, וָאַבְרִחֵהוּ Nehemiah 13:28, וַיַּבְרִיחוּ 1 Chronicles 12:15; Participle מַבְרִחַ Exodus 26:28; —
1. pass through literal Exodus 26:28 (P) compare Qal.
2. cause to flee, put to flight, animal Job 41:20, men 1 Chronicles 8:18; 1 Chronicles 12:16; drive away Proverbs 19:16; Nehemiah 13:28 (followed by מֵעָלַי).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:6; 16:6; 16:8; 21:21; 27:43; 27:43; 31:5; 31:20; 31:21; 31:22; 31:22; 31:27; 35:1; 35:7; 35:7

Exodus

2:15; 14:5; 26:28; 26:28; 36:33

Numbers

24:11

Judges

9:21; 11:3

1 Samuel

19:12; 19:18; 20:1; 22:17; 22:20; 23:6; 23:6; 27:4

2 Samuel

4:3; 4:3; 9; 13:34; 13:37; 13:38; 15:14; 15:14; 19:10; 21:11

1 Kings

2:7; 2:7; 2:39; 11:17; 11:23; 11:40; 11:40; 12:2

1 Chronicles

8:13; 8:18; 12:15; 12:16

2 Chronicles

10:2

Nehemiah

6:11; 6:11; 13:10; 13:28; 13:28

Job

9:25; 9:25; 14:2; 20:24; 20:24; 27:22; 27:22; 27:22; 41:20; 41:20

Psalms

3:1; 57:1; 139:7; 139:7

Proverbs

19:16; 19:26

Song of Songs

8:14

Isaiah

22:3; 22:3; 48:20; 48:20

Jeremiah

4:29; 26:21; 39:4; 52:7; 52:7

Daniel

10:7

Hosea

12:13

Amos

7:12

Jonah

1:3; 1:3; 1:10; 4:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1272 matches the Hebrew בָּרַח (bāraḥ),
which occurs 65 times in 64 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 16:6–Psa 139:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram H87 said H559 to Sarai H8297, “Look H2009, your slave H8198 woman H8198 is in your [fn]power H3027; do H6213 to her what H2896 is H2896 good H2896 in your [fn]sight H5869.” So Sarai H8297 treated H6031 her harshly H6031, and she fled H1272 from her presence H6440.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - He said H559, “Hagar H1904, Sarai’s H8297 slave H8198 woman H8198, from where H335 H2088 have you come H935, and where H575 are you going H1980?” And she said H559, “I am fleeing H1272 from the presence H6440 of my mistress H1404 Sarai H8297.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - “Now H6258 then, my son H1121, obey H8085 my voice H6963, and arise H6965, [fn]flee H1272 to Haran H2771, to my brother H251 Laban H3837!
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - And Jacob H3290 [fn]deceived H1589 Laban H3837 the Aramean H761 by not telling H5046 him that he was fleeing H1272.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - So he fled H1272 with all H3605 that he had; and he got H6965 up H6965 and crossed H5674 the Euphrates River H5104, and set H7760 [fn]out for the hill H2022 country H2022 of Gilead H1568.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:22 -

When Laban H3837 was informed H5046 on the third H7992 day H3117 that Jacob H3290 had fled H1272,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - “Why H4100 did you flee H1272 secretly H2244 and [fn]deceive H1589 me, and did not tell H5046 me, so that I might have sent H7971 you away H7971 with joy H8057 and with songs H7892, with tambourine H8596 and with lyre H3658;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 -

Then God H430 said H559 to Jacob H3290, “Arise H6965, go H5927 up H5927 to Bethel H1008 and live H3427 there H8033, and make H6213 an altar H4196 there H8033 to God H410, who appeared H7200 to you when you fled H1272 [fn]from your brother H251 Esau H6215.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - Then he built H1129 an altar H4196 there H8033, and called H7121 the place H4725 [fn]El-bethel H416, because H3588 there H8033 God H430 had revealed H1540 Himself to him when he fled H1272 [fn]from his brother H251.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - When Pharaoh H6547 heard H8085 about this H2088 matter H1697, he tried H1245 to kill H2026 Moses H4872. But Moses H4872 fled H1272 from the presence H6440 of Pharaoh H6547 and [fn]settled H3427 in the land H776 of Midian H4080, and he sat H3427 down H3427 by a well H875.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 -

When the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 was told H5046 that the people H5971 had fled H1272, [fn]Pharaoh H6547 and his servants H5650 had H2015 a H2015 change H2015 of heart H3824 toward H413 the people H5971, and they said H559, “What H4100 is this H2088 that we have done H6213, that we have let H7971 Israel H3478 go H7971 from serving H5647 us?”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:28 - “The middle H8484 bar H1280 in the [fn]center H8432 of the boards H7175 shall pass H1272 through H1272 from end H7097 to end H7097.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:33 - And he made H6213 the middle H8484 bar H1280 to pass H1272 through H1272 in the [fn]center H8432 of the boards H7175 from end H7097 to end H7097.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:11 - “So [fn]flee H1272 to your place H4725 now H6258. I said H559 I would honor H3513 you greatly H3513, but behold H2009, the LORD H3068 has held H4513 you back H4513 from honor H3519.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - Then Jotham H3147 escaped H5127 and fled H1272, and went H1980 to Beer H876; and he stayed H3427 there H8033 because H4480 H6440 of his brother H251 Abimelech H40.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - So Jephthah H3316 fled H1272 from his brothers H251 and lived H3427 in the land H776 of Tob H2897; and worthless H7386 men H376 gathered H3950 [fn]around H413 Jephthah H3316, and they went H3318 [fn]wherever he did.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12 - So Michal H4324 let H3381 David H1732 down H3381 through H1157 a window H2474, and he went H1980 and fled H1272, and escaped H4422.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18 -

So David H1732 fled H1272 and escaped H4422, and came H935 to Samuel H8050 at Ramah H7414; and he informed H5046 him of everything H3605 that Saul H7586 had done H6213 to him. And he and Samuel H8050 went H1980 and stayed H3427 in Naioth H5121.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 -

Then David H1732 fled H1272 from Naioth H5121 in Ramah H7414, and he came H935 and said H559 [fn]to Jonathan H3083, “What H4100 have I done H6213? What H4100 is my guilt H5771? And what H4100 is my sin H2403 before H6440 your father H1, that he is seeking H1245 my life H5315?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10 -

Then David H1732 set H6965 out H6965 and fled H1272 that day H3117 from Saul H7586, and went H935 to Achish H397 king H4428 of Gath H1661.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - And the king H4428 said H559 to the [fn]guards H7323 who were attending H5324 H5921 him, “Turn H5437 around H5437 and put H4191 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068 to H4191 death H4191, because H3588 their hand H3027 also H1571 is with David H1732 and because H3588 they knew H3045 that he was fleeing H1272 and did not [fn]inform H1540 H241 me.” But the servants H5650 of the king H4428 were unwilling H3808 H14 to reach H7971 out H7971 with their hands H3027 to [fn]attack H6293 the priests H3548 of the LORD H3068.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 -

But one H259 son H1121 of Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub H285, named H8034 Abiathar H54, escaped H4422 and fled H1272 [fn]to H310 David H1732.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961, when Abiathar H54 the son H1121 of Ahimelech H288 fled H1272 to David H1732 at Keilah H7084, that he came H3381 down H3381 with an ephod H646 in his hand H3027.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:4 - Now it was reported H5046 to Saul H7586 that David H1732 had fled H1272 to Gath H1661, so he no H3808 longer H3254 H5750 searched H1245 for him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:3 - and the Beerothites H886 fled H1272 to Gittaim H1664 and have lived H1961 there H8033 as strangers H1481 until H5704 this H2088 day H3117).
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 -

Now Absalom H53 had fled H1272. And the young H5288 man H5288 who was the watchman H6822 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, many H7227 people H5971 were coming H1980 from the road H1870 behind H310 him by the side H6654 of the mountain H2022.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 -

Now Absalom H53 had fled H1272 and gone H1980 to Talmai H8526 the son H1121 of Ammihud H5989, the king H4428 of Geshur H1650. And David mourned H56 for his son H1121 every H3605 day H3117.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - So Absalom H53 had fled H1272 and gone H1980 to Geshur H1650, and was there H8033 for three H7969 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David H1732 said H559 to all H3605 his servants H5650 who H834 were with him in Jerusalem H3389, “Arise H6965 and let’s flee H1272, for otherwise none H3808 of us will escape H6413 from Absalom H53. Go H1980 quickly H4116, or H6435 he will hurry H4116 and overtake H5381 us, and bring H5080 disaster H5080 H7451 on us and strike H5221 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And all H3605 the people H5971 were quarreling H1777 throughout H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “The king H4428 rescued H5337 us from the [fn]hands H3709 of our enemies H340 and saved H4422 us from the [fn]hands H3709 of the Philistines H6430, but now H6258 he has fled H1272 out of the land H776 from Absalom H53.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - “However, show H6213 kindness H2617 to the sons H1121 of Barzillai H1271 the Gileadite H1569, and let them be among those who eat H398 at your table H7979; for [fn]they assisted H7126 me when I fled H1272 from Absalom H53 your brother H251.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 -

But it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of three H7969 years H8141, that two H8147 of Shimei’s H8096 servants H5650 ran H1272 away H1272 to Achish H397 son H1121 of Maacah H4601, king H4428 of Gath H1661. And others told H5046 Shimei H8096, saying H559, “Behold H2009, your servants H5650 are in Gath H1661.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - that Hadad H1908 fled H1272 [fn]to Egypt H4714, he and certain H376 Edomites H130 of his father’s H1 servants H5650 with him, while Hadad H1908 was a young H6996 boy H5288.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:23 -

God H430 also raised H6965 up H6965 another adversary H7854 against him, Rezon H7331 the son H1121 of Eliada H450, who H834 had fled H1272 from his master H113 Hadadezer H1909, king H4428 of Zobah H6678.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - Solomon H8010 sought H1245 therefore to put H4191 Jeroboam H3379 to H4191 death H4191; but Jeroboam H3379 set H6965 out H6965 and fled H1272 to Egypt H4714 to Shishak H7895 king H4428 of Egypt H4714, and he was in Egypt H4714 until H5704 the death H4194 of Solomon H8010.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:2 - Now when Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 heard H8085 about this, [fn]he was living H3427 in Egypt H4714 (for he was still H5750 in Egypt H4714, where H834 he had fled H1272 from the presence H6440 of King H4428 Solomon H8010).
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 - and Beriah H1283 and Shema H8087, who H1992 were heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households of the inhabitants H3427 of Aijalon H357, who H1992 put H1272 the inhabitants H3427 of Gath H1661 to H1272 flight H1272;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These H428 are the ones H1992 who H834 crossed H5674 the Jordan H3383 in the first H7223 month H2320, when it was overflowing H4390 H5921 all H3605 its banks H1415, and they put H1272 to H1272 flight H1272 all H3605 those in the valleys H6010, to the east H4217 and to the west H4628.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - When Jeroboam H3379 the son H1121 of Nebat H5028 heard H8085 about it (he was in Egypt H4714 where H834 he had fled H1272 from the presence H6440 of King H4428 Solomon H8010), Jeroboam H3379 returned H7725 from Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - But I said H559, “Should a man H376 like H3644 me flee H1272? And who H4310 is there like H3644 me who would go H935 into the temple H1964 [fn]to save H2421 his own life H2421? I will not go H935 in H935.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 -

I also [fn]discovered H3045 that the portions H4521 of the Levites H3881 had not been given H5414 to them, so the Levites H3881 and the singers H7891 who performed H6213 the service H4399 had [fn]gone H1272 away H1272, each H376 to his own field H7704.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - Even one of the sons H1121 of Joiada H3077, the son H1121 of Eliashib H475 the high H1419 priest H3548, became a son-in-law H2860 of Sanballat H5571 the Horonite H2772, so I chased H1272 him away H1272 from me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 -

“Now my days H3117 are H7043 swifter H7043 than H4480 a runner H7323;

They flee H1272 away H1272, they see H7200 no H3808 good H2896.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 -

“Like a flower H6731 he comes H3318 out H3318 and withers H4448.

He also flees H1272 like a shadow H6738 and does not remain H5975.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 -

“He may flee H1272 from the iron H1270 weapon H5402,

But the bronze H5154 bow H7198 will pierce H2498 him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 -

“For it will hurl H7993 at him without H3808 mercy H2550;

He will certainly H1272 try to flee H1272 from its [fn]power H3027.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 -

“The [fn]arrow H1121 cannot H3808 make him flee H1272;

Slingstones H7050 H68 are turned H2015 into stubble H7179 for him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 -

A Psalm of David, when [fn]he fled from his son Absalom.

LORD H3068, how H4100 my enemies H6862 have increased H7231!

Many H7227 are rising H6965 up H6965 against H5921 me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 -

For the music director; set to [fn]Al-tashheth. A [fn]Mikhtam of David, [fn]when he fled from Saul in the cave.

Be H2603 gracious H2603 to me, God H430, be H2603 gracious H2603 to me,

For my soul H5315 takes H2620 refuge H2620 in You;

And in the shadow H6738 of Your wings H3671 I will take H2620 refuge H2620

Until H5704 destruction H1942 passes H5674 by H5674.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:7 -

Where H575 can I go H1980 from Your Spirit H7307?

Or where H575 can I flee H1272 from Your presence H6440?


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