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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

H1272

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:43 - So now, my son, do what I say: go quickly to Haran, to my brother Laban;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:20 - And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:21 - So he went away with all he had, and went across the River in the direction of the hill-country of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:22 - And on the third day Laban had news of Jacob's flight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:27 - Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - And God said to Jacob, Go up now to Beth-el and make your living-place there: and put up an altar there to the God who came to you when you were in flight from your brother Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:15 - Now when Pharaoh had news of this, he would have put Moses to death. But Moses went in flight from Pharaoh into the land of Midian: and he took his seat by a water-spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:5 - And word came to Pharaoh of the flight of the people: and the feeling of Pharaoh and of his servants about the people was changed, and they said, Why have we let Israel go, so that they will do no more work for us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:28 - And the middle rod is to go through the rings of all the boards from end to end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:33 - The middle rod was made to go right through the rings of all the boards from one end to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:11 - Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - Then Jotham straight away went in flight to Beer, and was living there for fear of his brother Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:12 - So Michal let David down through the window, and he went in flight and got away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:18 - So David went in flight and got away and came to Ramah, to Samuel, and gave him an account of all Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and were living in Naioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:1 - And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:10 - Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:17 - Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:20 - And Abiathar, one of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, got away and went in flight after David;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:6 - Now when Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, went in flight to David, he came down to Keilah with the ephod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:4 - And Saul, hearing that David had gone to Gath, went after him no longer.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:3 - But the people of Beeroth had gone in flight to Gittaim, where they have been living to this day.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - So Absalom went in flight and came to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur, where he was for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - And the king was sorrowing for his son all the time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And through all the tribes of Israel the people were having arguments, saying, The king made us safe from the hands of those who were against us and made us free from the hands of the Philistines; and now he has gone in flight from the land, because of Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - But be good to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be guests at your table; for so they came to me when I went in flight from Absalom your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:39 - But after three years, two of the servants of Shimei went in flight to Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And word was given to Shimei that his servants had gone to Gath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:17 - Hadad, being still a young boy, went in flight to Egypt, with certain Edomites, servants of his father;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:23 - And God sent another trouble-maker, Rezon, the son of Eliada, who had gone in flight from his lord, Hadadezer, king of Zobah:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:40 - And Solomon was looking for a chance to put Jeroboam to death; but he went in flight to Egypt, to Shishak, king of Egypt, and was in Egypt till the death of Solomon.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:2 - And, hearing of it, Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who was still in Egypt, where he had gone in flight from Solomon, and was living there, came back to his town Zeredah, in the hill-country of Ephraim;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:13 - And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of the families of those who were living in Aijalon, who put to flight the people living in Gath;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:2 - And when Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had news of it, (for he was in Egypt where he had gone in flight from King Solomon,) he came back from Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:11 - And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:10 - And I saw that the Levites had not been given what was needed for their support; so that the Levites and the music-makers, who did the work, had gone away, everyone to his field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:28 - And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:2 - He comes out like a flower, and is cut down: he goes in flight like a shade, and is never seen again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:24 - He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - God sends his arrows against him without mercy; he goes in flight before his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:28 - The arrow is not able to put him to flight: stones are no more to him than dry stems.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock.> Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:7 - Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?

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