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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

רָדַף

H7291 · râdaph · raw-daf' · Hebrew

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Strong’s definition

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)

KJV usage

chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).

143mapped occurrences
135verses
22KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

pursued 35pursue 27persecute 14follow 9chased 8pursueth 7persecutors 7followeth 6chase 5persecuted 5pursuers 5pursuing 4followed 2flight 1Follow 1hunt 1Pursue 1past 1after 1pursuer 1Persecute 1persecution 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Judges 8:4Mapped KJV word: pursuing

And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.

Judges 8:5Mapped KJV word: pursuing

And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.

Judges 8:12Mapped KJV word: pursued

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

Judges 9:40Mapped KJV word: chased

And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate.

Judges 20:43Mapped KJV word: chased

Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

1 Samuel 7:11Mapped KJV word: pursued

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar.

1 Samuel 17:52Mapped KJV word: pursued

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

1 Samuel 23:25Mapped KJV word: pursued

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:28Mapped KJV word: pursuing

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.

1 Samuel 24:14Mapped KJV word: pursue

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

1 Samuel 25:29Mapped KJV word: pursue

Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.

1 Samuel 26:18Mapped KJV word: pursue

And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand?

1 Samuel 26:20Mapped KJV word: hunt

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

1 Samuel 30:8Mapped KJV word: pursue

And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

1 Samuel 30:8Mapped KJV word: Pursue

And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.

1 Samuel 30:10Mapped KJV word: pursued

But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

2 Samuel 2:19Mapped KJV word: pursued

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

2 Samuel 2:24Mapped KJV word: pursued

Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:28Mapped KJV word: pursued

So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more.

2 Samuel 17:1Mapped KJV word: pursue

Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:

2 Samuel 18:16Mapped KJV word: pursuing

And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.

2 Samuel 20:6Mapped KJV word: pursue

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

2 Samuel 20:7Mapped KJV word: pursue

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:10Mapped KJV word: pursued

But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:13Mapped KJV word: pursue

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 22:38Mapped KJV word: pursued

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

2 Samuel 24:13Mapped KJV word: pursue

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

1 Kings 20:20Mapped KJV word: pursued

And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen.

2 Kings 5:21Mapped KJV word: followed

So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?

2 Kings 9:27Mapped KJV word: followed

But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.

2 Kings 25:5Mapped KJV word: pursued

And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

2 Chronicles 13:19Mapped KJV word: pursued

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

2 Chronicles 14:13Mapped KJV word: pursued

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.

Nehemiah 9:11Mapped KJV word: persecutors

And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Job 13:25Mapped KJV word: pursue

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Job 19:22Mapped KJV word: persecute

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job 19:28Mapped KJV word: persecute

But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Job 30:15Mapped KJV word: pursue

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

Psalms 7:1Mapped KJV word: persecute

<<Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the Benjamite.>> O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:

Psalms 7:5Mapped KJV word: persecute

Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Psalms 18:37Mapped KJV word: pursued

I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

Psalms 23:6Mapped KJV word: follow

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psalms 31:15Mapped KJV word: persecute

My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

Psalms 34:14Mapped KJV word: pursue

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.

Psalms 35:3Mapped KJV word: persecute

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.

Psalms 35:6Mapped KJV word: persecute

Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them.

Psalms 38:20Mapped KJV word: follow

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

Psalms 69:26Mapped KJV word: persecute

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

Psalms 71:11Mapped KJV word: persecute

Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.

Psalms 83:15Mapped KJV word: persecute

So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.