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Lexicon :: Strong's H7291 - rāḏap̄

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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 1 / 3 (Gen 14:14–1Sa 7:11)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - So Abram heard that his [fn]relative had been taken captive, and he [fn]led out his trained men, born in his house, 318 in number, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far as Dan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:15 - And he divided [fn]his men against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them and pursued H7291 them as far as Hobah, which is [fn]north of Damascus.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:23 - so he took his [fn]relatives with him and pursued H7291 him a distance of seven days’ journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:5 -

Then they journeyed on, and there was [fn]a terror from God upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue H7291 the sons of Jacob.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - Now they had just gone out of the city and were not far off when Joseph said to his house steward, “Arise, pursue H7291 the men; you shall overtake them and say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:4 - “Thus I will [fn]harden Pharaoh’s heart with strength, and he will pursue H7291 them; and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his army, so that the Egyptians will know that I am Yahweh.” And they did so.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:8 - And Yahweh [fn]hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, with strength, and he pursued H7291 the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out with an [fn]exalted hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:9 - Then the Egyptians pursued H7291 them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:23 - Then the Egyptians pursued H7291 them, and all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:9 -

“The enemy said, ‘I will pursue H7291, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil;

My [fn]desire shall be fulfilled against them;

I will draw out my sword, my hand will dispossess them.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:7 - ‘But you will pursue H7291 your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword;
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:8 - and five of you will pursue H7291 one hundred, and one hundred of you will pursue H7291 ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - ‘And I will [fn]set My face against you so that you will be [fn]defeated before your enemies; and those who hate you will have dominion over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing H7291 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36 - ‘As for those of you who may remain, I will also bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf will pursue H7291 them, and even when no one is pursuing H7291 they will flee [fn]as though from the sword, and they will fall.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:37 - ‘They will therefore stumble over each other as if running from the sword, although no one is pursuing H7291; and you will have no strength [fn]to stand up before your enemies.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:44 - “And the Amorites who [fn]lived in that hill country came out to meet you and pursued H7291 you as bees do and crushed you from Seir to Hormah.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:4 - and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the [fn]Red Sea to [fn]engulf them while they were pursuing H7291 you, and Yahweh made them perish [fn]utterly;
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:20 - “Righteousness! Righteousness, you shall pursue H7291, that you may live and possess the land which Yahweh your God is giving you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - lest the avenger of blood pursue H7291 the manslayer when his heart is [fn]angry, and overtake him, because the way is long, and [fn]strike down his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:22 - “Yahweh will strike you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with [fn]the sword and with scorching wind and with mildew, and they will pursue H7291 you until you perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:45 -

“So all these curses shall come on you and pursue H7291 you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - “And Yahweh your God will [fn]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted H7291 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 -

“How could one pursue H7291 one thousand,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Unless their Rock had sold them,

And Yahweh had handed them over?

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:5 - “Now it happened when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue H7291 them quickly, for you may overtake them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:7 - So the men pursued H7291 them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing H7291 them had gone out, they shut the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:16 - And she said to them, “Go to the hill country, lest the pursuers H7291 reach you. And hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers H7291 return. Then afterward you may go on your way.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:22 -

And they went and came to the hill country and remained there for three days until the pursuers H7291 returned. The pursuers H7291 had sought them [fn]all along the road but had not found them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men and pursued H7291 them [fn]from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:16 - And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue H7291 them, and they pursued H7291 Joshua and were drawn away from the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - So not a man remained in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they forsook the city, leaving it open, and pursued H7291 Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - Then the men of Ai turned [fn]back and looked, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers H7291.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 -

Now it happened that when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued H7291 them, and all of them fell by the edge of the sword until they were completely destroyed, then all Israel turned back to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:10 - And Yahweh threw them into confusion before Israel, and He struck them with a great slaughter at Gibeon and pursued H7291 them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:19 - but as for you, do not stand there; pursue H7291 your enemies and [fn]attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for Yahweh your God has given them into your hand.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:8 - And Yahweh gave them into the hand of Israel, so that they struck them down, and they pursued H7291 them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until [fn]there was no survivor remaining for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:5 - ‘Now if the avenger of blood pursues H7291 him, then they shall not surrender the manslayer into his hand because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:10 - “One of your men will pursue H7291 one thousand, for Yahweh your God is He who fights for you, just as He [fn]promised you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:6 - ‘And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued H7291 your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the [fn]Red Sea.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:6 - But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued H7291 him and seized him and cut off his [fn]thumbs and big toes.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:28 - Then he said to them, “Pursue H7291 them, for Yahweh has given your enemies the Moabites into your hands.” So they went down after him and captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab and did not allow anyone to cross.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:16 - But Barak pursued H7291 the chariots and all those in the camp as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the camp of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not even one remained.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - Now behold, Barak was pursuing H7291 Sisera, and Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” And he entered [fn]with her, and behold, Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - And the men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued H7291 Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:25 - Then they captured the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb. Then they pursued H7291 Midian and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 -

Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing H7291.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing H7291 Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna fled. And he pursued H7291 them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw the whole camp into utter fright.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - And Abimelech pursued H7291 him, and he fled before him; and many fell slain up to the entrance of the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:43 - They surrounded Benjamin, pursued H7291 them without rest, and trod them down opposite Gibeah to the east toward the sunrise.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:11 - So the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued H7291 the Philistines and struck them down as far as below Beth-car.

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