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Lexicon :: Strong's H7291 - rāḏap̄

Aa
רָדַף
Transliteration
rāḏap̄
Pronunciation
raw-daf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2124

Strong’s Definitions

רָדַף râdaph, 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).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's H7291 in the following manner: pursue (74x), persecute (20x), follow (18x), chase (13x), persecutors (7x), pursuer (6x), follow after (1x), flight (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's H7291 in the following manner: pursue (74x), persecute (20x), follow (18x), chase (13x), persecutors (7x), pursuer (6x), follow after (1x), flight (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after

    1. (Qal)

      1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon

      2. to persecute, harass (fig)

      3. to follow after, aim to secure (fig)

      4. to run after (a bribe) (fig)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be pursued

      2. one pursued (participle)

    3. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue

    4. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away

    5. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָדַף râdaph, 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).
STRONGS H7291: Abbreviations
רָדַף 141 verb pursue, chase, persecute (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic רְדַף, bdb092202; Arabic bdb092203; Sabean רדף id., SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 2); —
Qal128 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Judges 4:16 +; 1st person singular וְרָדַפְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 29:18, etc.; Imperfect יִרְדֹּף Deuteronomy 19:6 +, ִֽֽֽירַדֹּף Psalm 7:6 (apparently to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae and others; Ges§ 63n explanation as developed from יִרֲדֹף, compare Ol§ 236 e, and, further, Köi. 160), suffix יִרְ דְָּפֶ֑ךָ Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse), etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֹף Genesis 44:4 +, suffix רָדְפֵהוּ Psalm 34:15; masculine plural רִדְפוּ Judges 3:28 +; Infinitive construct רָדְפִף Joshua 8:16 +, מִרְדֹף 1 Samuel 23:28; 2 Samuel 18:16, suffix רָדְפִי Psalm 38:21 Qr, רדופי Kt, etc.; Participle רֹדֵף Judges 4:22 +, plural רֹדְפִים Judges 8:4 +; —
1.
a.pursue (sometimes + הִשִּׂיג): literal with אַחֲרֵי person, in order to overtake Genesis 44:4 (J), 2 Kings 5:21; especially with hostile purpose Genesis 31:23 (+ הִדְבִּיק), Genesis 35:5; Joshua 24:6 (all E), Joshua 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:16 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:17; Joshua 10:19 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:4; Deuteronomy 19:6; Joshua 20:5 (all D), Exodus 14:4, 8, 9 (P), Judges 1:6; 2 Samuel 20:6, 7, 10, 13; 2 Kings 9:27 + 17 times, + 2 Kings 25:5 (אַחַר), + Judges 4:16 (אַחֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב); + רִדְפוּ אַחֲרֵי Judges 3:28 = follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read רְדוּ Greek Version of the LXX Kit GFM).
b. literal, with accusative of person, put to flight, chase (defeated foe; sometimes with הִשִּׁיג): Amos 1:11; Hosea 8:3; Deuteronomy 32:30 (poem; || הֵנִיס), Deuteronomy 28:22, 45; Joshua 23:10 (D), Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H); וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֺל עָלֶה נִדָּף Leviticus 26:36a (H); Joshua 7:5; Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 11:8 (all J E), Genesis 14:15; Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 4:22; Isaiah 41:3 + 13 times + Judges 7:25 (read אֶתֿ for אֶלֿ, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Targum GFM Bu Now).
†c. literal, accusative omitted Judges 8:4; 1 Samuel 30:8 (+ הִשִּׂיג), 1 Samuel 30:10; Genesis 14:14; Exodus 14:23 (P), Exodus 15:9 (poem; + הִשִּׂיג), Leviticus 26:36 b. 37 (H), Proverbs 28:1; especially participle plural הָר׳ the pursuers Joshua 2:16 (twice in verse); Joshua 2:22 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 9:11; Isaiah 30:16, so הָרֹדֵף Joshua 8:20; Lamentations 1:6.
†d. chase, hunt, partridge (קֹרֵא) 1 Samuel 26:20 (in simile; || בִּקֵּשׁ).
†e. pursue, in figure, Jeremiah 20:11; Lamentations 4:19, רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ Psalm 71:11, compare Lamentations 1:3; Psalm 7:6 (+ הִשִּׂיג; see above); especially subject י׳, pursue (figurative of punishment, judgment), with accusative of person Jeremiah 29:18 (בַּחֶרֶב), Lamentations 3:43 and (בְּאַף) Lamentations 3:66, Psalm 83:16 (בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ); אֶתקַֿשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף Job 13:25 (|| תַּעַרוֺץ); רֹדְפָם, of מַלְאַךְ י׳, Psalm 35:6.
†f. figurative persecute, harass, with accusative of person Deuteronomy 30:7; Job 19:22 (כְּמוֺאֵֿל), Psalm 69:27; Psalm 109:16; Psalm 119:86; Psalm 119:161; with accusative נַפְשִׁי Psalm 143:3, with accusative נֲדִבָתִי Job 30:15 (but subject obscure; read perhaps תֵּרָדֵף Bu; Du תִּנָּדֵף); with ל person Job 19:28; participle as substantive Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 17:18; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 31:16 (|| אוֺיְבַי; We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for וַרֹדְפָ֑י), Psalm 35:3; Psalm 119:84; Psalm 119:157 (+ צָרַי), Psalm 142:7.
†g. pursue, dog, subject דָּם, with accusative of person Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse) (del Ezekiel 35:6a Greek Version of the LXX Co Toy Krae); in good sense, attend closely upon, טוֺב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי Psalm 23:6.
†2. figurative follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, with accusative שַׁלְמֹנִים Isaiah 1:23, שֵׁכָר Isaiah 5:11, קָדִים ר׳ Hosea 12:2, רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה Psalm 119:150; good sense, with infinitive לְדַעַת אֶתיֿ׳ Hosea 6:3, with accusative צֶדֶק Deuteronomy 16:20; Isaiah 51:1 (|| מְבַקְשֵׁי י׳), צְדָקָה וָחָ֑סֶד Proverbs 21:21, שָׁלוֺם Psalm 34:15 (|| בַּוֵּשׁ), טוֺב Psalm 38:21.
Niph. passive: Perfect 1st person plural עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ Lamentations 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued (improbable, compare Bu); perhaps Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּרָדֵף Job 30:15 Bu (for תִּרְדֹּף); Participle א׳ יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתנִֿרְדָּ֑ף Ecclesiastes 3:15 God seeketh the pursued (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dubious).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְרִדְּפָה Hosea 2:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַדֶּףֿ Nahum 1:8 (Psalm 7:6 see Qal); 3rd person femininesingular תְּרַדֵּף Proverbs 13:21; Participle מְרֵדֵּףֿ Proverbs 11:19 +; — pursue ardently, with accusative of person Hosea 2:9 (in figurative); figurative also חשֶׁךְ יְר׳ Nahum 1:8 (GunkZAW xiii (1893), 230, plausibly, יֶהְדֹּף), compare Proverbs 13:31; elsewhere participle, in Proverbs: aim (eagerly) to secure, with accusative רָעָה Proverbs 11:19, רֵיקִים Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19, אֲמָרִים Proverbs 19:7 (meaning dubious, see Toy); in good sense, צְדָקָה Proverbs 15:9.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים Isaiah 17:13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains (|| וְנָס).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Judges 20:43 usually they chased him (Benjamin, collective), but strange after כִתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after כתתו or כרתו Greek Version of the LXX), and why Hiph.? GFM conjecture dittograph of הִדְרִיכֻהוּ following; the reverse conjectured by Bu Now.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:14; 14:15; 31:23; 35:5; 44:4; 44:4

Exodus

14:4; 14:8; 14:9; 14:23; 15:9

Leviticus

26:8; 26:36; 26:36

Deuteronomy

1:44; 11:4; 16:20; 19:6; 19:6; 28:22; 28:45; 30:7; 32:30

Joshua

2:5; 2:7; 2:16; 2:22; 7:5; 8:16; 8:16; 8:17; 8:20; 8:24; 10:10; 10:19; 11:8; 20:5; 23:10; 24:6

Judges

1:6; 3:28; 3:28; 4:16; 4:16; 4:22; 4:22; 7:25; 8:4; 8:4; 20:43

1 Samuel

23:28; 26:20; 30:8; 30:10

2 Samuel

18:16; 20:6; 20:7; 20:10; 20:13

2 Kings

5:21; 9:27; 25:5

Nehemiah

9:11

Job

13:25; 19:22; 19:28; 30:15; 30:15

Psalms

7:2; 7:6; 7:6; 7:6; 23:6; 31:16; 34:15; 34:15; 35:3; 35:6; 38:21; 38:21; 69:27; 71:11; 83:16; 109:16; 119:84; 119:86; 119:150; 119:157; 119:161; 142:7; 143:3

Proverbs

11:19; 11:19; 12:11; 13:21; 15:9; 19:7; 21:21; 28:1; 28:19

Ecclesiastes

3:15

Isaiah

1:23; 5:11; 17:13; 30:16; 41:3; 51:1

Jeremiah

15:15; 17:18; 20:11; 29:18; 29:18

Lamentations

1:3; 1:6; 3:43; 3:66; 4:19; 5:5

Ezekiel

35:6; 35:6; 35:6

Hosea

2:9; 2:9; 6:3; 8:3; 12:2

Amos

1:11

Nahum

1:8; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7291 matches the Hebrew רָדַף (rāḏap̄),
which occurs 144 times in 135 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Psa 143:3–Nah 1:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - For H3588 the enemy H341 hath persecuted H7291 my soul; H5315 he hath smitten H1792 my life H2416 down H1792 to the ground; H776 he hath made me to dwell H3427 in darkness, H4285 as those that have been H4191 long H5769 dead. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:19 - As H3651 righteousness H6666 tendeth to life: H2416 so he that pursueth H7291 evil H7451 pursueth it to his own death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - He that tilleth H5647 his land H127 shall be satisfied H7646 with bread: H3899 but he that followeth H7291 vain H7386 persons is void H2638 of understanding. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21 - Evil H7451 pursueth H7291 sinners: H2400 but H853 to the righteous H6662 good H2896 shall be repayed. H7999
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is an abomination H8441 unto the LORD: H3068 but H7291 he loveth H157 him that followeth  H7291 after righteousness. H6666
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All H3605 the brethren H251 of the poor H7326 do hate him: H8130 how much more H637 H3588 do H7368 his friends H4828 go far H7368 from him? H4480 he pursueth H7291 them with words, H561 yet they H1992 are wanting H3808 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:21 - He that followeth after H7291 righteousness H6666 and mercy H2617 findeth H4672 life, H2416 righteousness, H6666 and honour. H3519
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked H7563 flee H5127 when no man H369 pursueth: H7291 but the righteous H6662 are bold H982 as a lion. H3715
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19 - He that tilleth H5647 his land H127 shall have plenty H7646 of bread: H3899 but he that followeth after H7291 vain H7386 persons shall have H7646 poverty H7389 enough. H7646
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That H4100 which hath been H1961 is now; H3528 and that which H834 is to be H1961 hath H1961 already H3528 been; H1961 and God H430 requireth H1245 that which is past. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes H8269 are rebellious, H5637 and companions H2270 of thieves: H1590 every one H3605 loveth H157 gifts, H7810 and followeth after H7291 rewards: H8021 they judge H8199 not H3808 the fatherless, H3490 neither H3808 doth H935 the cause H7379 of the widow H490 come H935 unto them. H413
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe H1945 unto them that rise up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 that they may follow H7291 strong drink; H7941 that continue H309 until night, H5399 till wine H3196 inflame them! H1814
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - The nations H3816 shall rush H7582 like the rushing H7588 of H4325 many H7227 waters: H4325 but H1605 God shall rebuke H1605 them, and they shall flee H5127 far off, H4801 and shall be chased H7291 as the chaff H4671 of the mountains H2022 before H6440 the wind, H7307 and like a rolling thing H1534 before H6440 the whirlwind. H5492
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - But ye said, H559 No; H3808 for H3588 we will flee H5127 upon H5921 horses; H5483 therefore H5921 H3651 shall ye flee: H5127 and, H5921 We will ride H7392 upon H5921 the swift; H7031 therefore H5921 H3651 shall H7043 they that pursue you H7291 be swift. H7043
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:3 - He pursued them, H7291 and passed H5674 safely; H7965 even by the way H734 that he had H935 not H3808 gone H935 with his feet. H7272
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - Hearken H8085 to me, H413 ye that follow after H7291 righteousness, H6664 ye that seek H1245 the LORD: H3068 look H5027 unto H413 the rock H6697 whence ye are hewn, H2672 and to H413 the hole H4718 of the pit H953 whence ye are digged. H5365
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15 - O LORD, H3068 thou H859 knowest: H3045 remember me, H2142 and visit me, H6485 and revenge H5358 me H589 of my persecutors; H7291 take me H3947 not H408 away H3947 in thy longsuffering: H750 H639 know H3045 that H5375 for thy sake H5921 I have suffered H5375 rebuke. H2781
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let them be confounded H954 that persecute me, H7291 but H408 let H954 not H408 me H589 be confounded: H954 let H2865 them H1992 be dismayed, H2865 but H408 let H2865 not H408 me H589 be dismayed: H2865 bring H935 upon them H5921 the day H3117 of evil, H7451 and H4932 destroy them H7665 with double H4932 destruction. H7670
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD H3068 is with me H853 as a mighty H1368 terrible one: H6184 therefore H5921 H3651 my persecutors H7291 shall stumble, H3782 and H3808 they shall H3201 not H3808 prevail: H3201 they shall be H954 greatly H3966 ashamed; H954 for H3588 they shall H7919 not H3808 prosper: H7919 their everlasting H5769 confusion H3639 shall H7911 never H3808 be forgotten. H7911
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - And I will persecute H7291 them H310 with the sword, H2719 with the famine, H7458 and with the pestilence, H1698 and will deliver them H5414 to be removed H2189 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth, H776 to be a curse, H423 and an astonishment, H8047 and an hissing, H8322 and a reproach, H2781 among all H3605 the nations H1471 whither H834 I have driven them: H5080
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But H7291 the H2428 Chaldeans' H3778 army H2428 pursued  H7291 after them, H310 and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho: H3405 and when they had taken H3947 him, H853 they brought him up H5927 to H413 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 to Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath, H2574 where he gave H1696 judgment H4941 upon him. H854
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But H7291 the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued  H7291 after H310 the king, H4428 and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho; H3405 and all H3605 his army H2428 was scattered H6327 from him. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah H3063 is gone into captivity H1540 because of affliction, H6040 and because of great H7230 servitude: H5656 she H1931 dwelleth H3427 among the heathen, H1471 she findeth H4672 no H3808 rest: H4494 all H3605 her persecutors H7291 overtook her H5381 between H996 the straits. H4712
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - And H3318 from H4480 the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 all H3605 her beauty H1926 is departed: H3318 her princes H8269 are become H1961 like harts H354 that find H4672 no H3808 pasture, H4829 and they are gone H3212 without H3808 strength H3581 before H6440 the pursuer. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - Thou hast covered H5526 with anger, H639 and persecuted us: H7291 thou hast slain, H2026 thou hast H2550 not H3808 pitied. H2550
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:66 - Persecute H7291 and destroy them H8045 in anger H639 from under H8478 the heavens H8064 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Our persecutors H7291 are H1961 swifter H7031 than the eagles H5404 of the heaven: H8064 they pursued us H1814 upon H5921 the mountains, H2022 they laid wait H693 for us in the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:5 - Our necks H6677 are under persecution: H7291 we labour, H3021 and have H5117 no H3808 rest. H5117
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:6 - Therefore, H3651 as I H589 live, H2416 saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3069 I will prepare thee H6213 unto blood, H1818 and blood H1818 shall pursue thee: H7291 sith H518 thou hast H8130 not H3808 hated H8130 blood, H1818 even blood H1818 shall pursue thee. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 - And she shall follow H7291 after her lovers, H157 but H3808 she shall H5381 not H3808 overtake H5381 them; H853 and she shall seek them, H1245 but H3808 shall H4672 not H3808 find H4672 them: then shall she say, H559 I will go H3212 and return H7725 to H413 my H376 first H7223 husband; H376 for H3588 then H227 was it better H2896 with me H589 than now. H6258
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - Then shall we know, H3045 if we follow on H7291 to know H3045 the LORD: H3068 his going forth H4161 is prepared H3559 as the morning; H7837 and he shall come H935 unto us as the rain, H1653 as the latter H4456 and former rain H3384 unto the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:3 - Israel H3478 hath cast off H2186 the thing that is good: H2896 the enemy H341 shall pursue him. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - Ephraim H669 feedeth H7462 on wind, H7307 and followeth after H7291 the east wind: H6921 he H7235 daily H3605 H3117 increaseth H7235 lies H3577 and desolation; H7701 and H1285 they do make H3772 a covenant H1285 with H5973 the Assyrians, H804 and oil H8081 is carried H2986 into Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 For H5921 three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Edom, H123 and for H5921 four, H702 I will H7725 not H3808 turn away H7725 the punishment thereof; H7725 because H5921 he did pursue H7291 his brother H251 with the sword, H2719 and did cast off H7843 all pity, H7356 and H2963 his anger H639 did tear H2963 perpetually, H5703 and H5678 he kept H8104 his wrath H5678 for ever: H5331
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an H7858 overrunning H5674 flood H7858 he will make H6213 an utter end H3617 of the place thereof, H4725 and H341 darkness H2822 shall pursue H7291 his enemies. H341

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