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Lexicon :: Strong's H5127 - nûs

Aa
נוּס
Transliteration
nûs
Pronunciation
noos
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1327

Strong’s Definitions

נוּס nûwç, noos; a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver):—× abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, × hide, lift up a standard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H5127 in the following manner: flee (142x), flee away (12x), abated (1x), displayed (1x), flight (1x), hide (1x), flee out (1x), lift up a standard (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x
The KJV translates Strong's H5127 in the following manner: flee (142x), flee away (12x), abated (1x), displayed (1x), flight (1x), hide (1x), flee out (1x), lift up a standard (1x), variant (1x).

  1. to flee, escape

    1. (Qal)

      1. to flee

      2. to escape

      3. to take flight,m depart, disappear

      4. to fly (to the attack) on horseback

    2. (Polel) to drive at

    3. (Hithpolel) to take flight

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to put to flight

      2. to drive hastily

      3. to cause to disappear, hide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נוּס nûwç, noos; a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver):—× abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, × hide, lift up a standard.
STRONGS H5127: Abbreviations
נוּס 160 verb flee, escape (Syriac bdb063008 tremble (rare), compare Brock; Arabic bdb063009 move to and fro, be in commotion, dangle, Lane2866); —
Qal Perfect נָס Numbers 35:25 +; נַ֫סְתָּה 2 Kings 9:3; נַ֫סְתִּי 1 Samuel 4:16, etc.; Imperfect יָנוּס Exodus 21:13 +; וַיָּנָ֫ס Genesis 39:12 +; יְנוּס֑וּן Psalm 104:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural נֻ֫סוּ Jeremiah 48:6 + 4 times Jeremiah, Zechariah; Infinitive absolute נוֺס 2 Samuel 18:3; construct לָנוּס (לָנֻס) Genesis 19:20 +; Participle נָס Amos 9:1 +; נָסִים Exodus 14:27 +; —
1. flee, absolute Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:15; Numbers 16:34 (all J); Joshua 10:16 (JE); Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36; (H); figurative of sea Psalm 114:3; Psalm 114:5; compare Psalm 104:7; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָנוֺס Jeremiah 46:5, followed by דֶּרֶךְ Joshua 8:15 (J), 2 Kings 9:27; followed by בְּדֶרֶךְ Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 28:25; אֶלנַֿפְשָׁם נ׳ 2 Kings 7:7 flee for their life, בְּרַגְלָיו נ׳, Judges 4:15 flee on foot; + 44 times absolute (not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by אֶלֿ location Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 19:11 (D), Numbers 35:32; Joshua 20:4 (both P), Judges 4:17; 1 Kings 2:28, 1 Kings 2:29; Isaiah 13:14; followed by לְ 1 Samuel 4:10 + 6 times + לִקְרָאתוֺ Exodus 14:27 (E; not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by עַד Judges 7:22 + Proverbs 28:17 (עַדבּֿוֺר, see בּוֺר); followed by עַלֿ Isaiah 10:3; followed by ָ  ה locative Genesis 14:10 + 4 times J E, Numbers 35:6 + 6 times P, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3, Deuteronomy 19:4 (D), + 6 times; followed by שָׁם Isaiah 20:6; followed by accusative of location Joshua 8:20 (J), + 4 times; followed by מִמֶּרְחָק Isaiah 17:13 = far away; followed by מִן from, Joshua 20:6 (P), 1 Samuel 4:16 + 3 times; מִתּוֺךְ Jeremiah 51:6; especially מִפְּנֵי from before Exodus 4:3; Exodus 14:25; Numbers 10:35; Joshua 10:11 (all J E), 1 Samuel 17:24; [H5211 Jeremiah 48:44] (Qr הַנָּס, > Kt הניס), + 19 times; followed by לִפְנֵי Joshua 7:4; Joshua 8:5 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:6 (all J), 1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Samuel 24:13, מִלִּפְנֵי 1 Chronicles 19:18.
2. escape Amos 9:1 (|| נמלט) so Jeremiah 46:6; hence
3. take flight, depart, disappear, only figurative; Deuteronomy 34:7 (JE) his freshness (לֵחֹה vigour) was not gone (|| לֹא כָֽהֲתָה עינו); of shadows (at evening), Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6; of sorrow etc. Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11.
4. עַלסֿוּס נ׳ Isaiah 30:16 fly (to the attack) on horseback.
† Po`lel Perfect Isaiah 59:19 נֹסֲסָה בּוֺ רוּחַ י׳ the breath of י׳ driveth at it, driveth it on (compare Hiph. 2).
† Hithpo`l. Infinitive construct לְהִתְנוֺסֵס מִפְּנֵי Psalm 60:6 [Psalm 60:4] in order to take flight before the bow (so Vrss Hup-Now Che Bae and others).
† Hiph. Perfect הֵנִיס Exodus 9:20; Imperfect יָנִיסוּ Deuteronomy 32:30 + Judges 7:21 Kt (Qr וַיָּנוּסוּ Qal); Infinitive construct לְתָנִיס Judges 6:11; —
1. put to flight, followed by accusative Deuteronomy 32:30 (|| רדף).
2. drive hastily to a safe place Exodus 9:20, followed by accusative + אֶלֿ.
3. cause to disappear, hide Judges 6:11 (no object expressed) followed by מִפְּנֵי.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:10; 19:20; 39:12; 39:12; 39:15

Exodus

4:3; 9:20; 9:20; 14:25; 14:27; 14:27; 21:13

Leviticus

26:17; 26:36

Numbers

10:35; 16:34; 35:6; 35:25; 35:32

Deuteronomy

4:42; 4:42; 19:3; 19:4; 19:5; 19:11; 28:7; 28:25; 32:30; 32:30; 34:7

Joshua

7:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:15; 8:20; 10:11; 10:16; 20:4; 20:6

Judges

4:15; 4:17; 6:11; 6:11; 7:21; 7:22

1 Samuel

4:10; 4:16; 4:16; 4:17; 17:24

2 Samuel

18:3; 24:13

1 Kings

2:28; 2:29

2 Kings

7:7; 9:3; 9:27

1 Chronicles

19:18

Psalms

60:4; 104:7; 104:7; 114:3; 114:5

Proverbs

28:17

Song of Songs

2:17; 4:6

Isaiah

10:3; 13:14; 17:13; 20:6; 30:16; 35:10; 51:11; 59:19

Jeremiah

46:5; 46:6; 48:6; 51:6

Amos

9:1; 9:1

H5127

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5127 matches the Hebrew נוּס (nûs),
which occurs 161 times in 143 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 3 (Jdg 9:51–2Ch 13:16)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower inside the town, and all the men and women—the entire population—fled to it. They barricaded themselves in and climbed up to the roof of the tower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:32 - Then the warriors of Benjamin shouted, “We’re defeating them as we did before!” But the Israelites had planned in advance to run away so that the men of Benjamin would chase them along the roads and be drawn away from the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:45 - The survivors fled into the wilderness toward the rock of Rimmon, but Israel killed 5,000 of them along the road. They continued the chase until they had killed another 2,000 near Gidom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:47 - leaving only 600 men who escaped to the rock of Rimmon, where they lived for four months.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:10 - So the Philistines fought desperately, and Israel was defeated again. The slaughter was great; 30,000 Israelite soldiers died that day. The survivors turned and fled to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:16 - He said to Eli, “I have just come from the battlefield—I was there this very day.”
“What happened, my son?” Eli demanded.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:17 - “Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:22 - Likewise, the men of Israel who were hiding in the hill country of Ephraim joined the chase when they saw the Philistines running away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:24 - As soon as the Israelite army saw him, they began to run away in fright.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:51 - Then David ran over and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut off his head. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:8 - War broke out again after that, and David led his troops against the Philistines. He attacked them with such fury that they all ran away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 19:10 - Saul hurled his spear at David. But David dodged out of the way, and leaving the spear stuck in the wall, he fled and escaped into the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:17 - David and his men rushed in among them and slaughtered them throughout that night and the entire next day until evening. None of the Amalekites escaped except 400 young men who fled on camels.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:1 - Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:7 - When the Israelites on the other side of the Jezreel Valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:4 - “What happened?” David demanded. “Tell me how the battle went.”
The man replied, “Our entire army fled from the battle. Many of the men are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:4 - (Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth,[fn] who was crippled as a child. He was five years old when the report came from Jezreel that Saul and Jonathan had been killed in battle. When the child’s nurse heard the news, she picked him up and fled. But as she hurried away, she dropped him, and he became crippled.)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:13 - When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. After the battle was over, Joab returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:18 - But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David’s forces killed 700 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers,[fn] including Shobach, the commander of their army.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So at Absalom’s signal they murdered Amnon. Then the other sons of the king jumped on their mules and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:2 - I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:3 - But his men objected strongly. “You must not go,” they urged. “If we have to turn and run—and even if half of us die—it will make no difference to Absalom’s troops; they will be looking only for you. You are worth 10,000 of us,[fn] and it is better that you stay here in the town and send help if we need it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They threw Absalom’s body into a deep pit in the forest and piled a great heap of stones over it. And all Israel fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:3 - They crept back into the town that day as though they were ashamed and had deserted in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:8 - So the king went out and took his seat at the town gate, and as the news spread throughout the town that he was there, everyone went to him.
Meanwhile, the Israelites who had supported Absalom fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:11 - Next in rank was Shammah son of Agee from Harar. One time the Philistines gathered at Lehi and attacked the Israelites in a field full of lentils. The Israelite army fled,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David and asked him, “Will you choose three[fn] years of famine throughout your land, three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of severe plague throughout your land? Think this over and decide what answer I should give the LORD who sent me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Joab had not joined Absalom’s earlier rebellion, but he had joined Adonijah’s rebellion. So when Joab heard about Adonijah’s death, he ran to the sacred tent of the LORD and grabbed on to the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - When this was reported to King Solomon, he sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada to execute him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:20 - Each Israelite soldier killed his Aramean opponent, and suddenly the entire Aramean army panicked and fled. The Israelites chased them, but King Ben-hadad and a few of his charioteers escaped on horses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:30 - The rest fled into the town of Aphek, but the wall fell on them and killed another 27,000. Ben-hadad fled into the town and hid in a secret room.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:24 - But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:7 - So they panicked and ran into the night, abandoning their tents, horses, donkeys, and everything else, as they fled for their lives.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:21 - So Jehoram[fn] went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair.[fn] The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them[fn] under cover of darkness. But Jehoram’s army deserted him and fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:3 - and pour the oil over his head. Say to him, ‘This is what the LORD says: I anoint you to be the king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run for your life!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:10 - Dogs will eat Ahab’s wife Jezebel at the plot of land in Jezreel, and no one will bury her.” Then the young prophet opened the door and ran.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:23 - Then King Joram turned the horses around[fn] and fled, shouting to King Ahaziah, “Treason, Ahaziah!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:27 - When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu rode after him, shouting, “Shoot him, too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot at the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam. He was able to go on as far as Megiddo, but he died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:12 - Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:19 - There was a conspiracy against Amaziah’s life in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But his enemies sent assassins after him, and they killed him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:1 - Now the Philistines attacked Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them. Many were slaughtered on the slopes of Mount Gilboa.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:7 - When all the Israelites in the Jezreel Valley saw that their army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their towns and fled. So the Philistines moved in and occupied their towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:13 - He was with David in the battle against the Philistines at Pas-dammim. The battle took place in a field full of barley, and the Israelite army fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:14 - When Joab and his troops attacked, the Arameans began to run away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - And when the Ammonites saw the Arameans running, they also ran from Abishai and retreated into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:18 - But again the Arameans fled from the Israelites. This time David’s forces killed 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, including Shobach, the commander of their army.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:18 - King Rehoboam sent Adoniram,[fn] who was in charge of the labor force, to restore order, but the people of Israel stoned him to death. When this news reached King Rehoboam, he quickly jumped into his chariot and fled to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:16 - The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.

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