Hebrew word · H1272
בָּרַח
barach
to flee
Appears 65 times in 64 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.
Where it appears
Genesis · 9
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Genesis 16:6 וַתִּבְרַ֖ח and she fled
“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
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Genesis 16:8 בֹּרַֽחַת׃ [am] fleeing
“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
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Genesis 27:43 בְּרַח־ flee
So now, my son, obey my voice and flee at once to my brother Laban in Haran.
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Genesis 31:20 בֹרֵ֖חַ [was] fleeing
Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was running away.
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Genesis 31:21 וַיִּבְרַ֥ח and he fled
So he fled with all his possessions, crossed the Euphrates, and headed for the hill country of Gilead.
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Genesis 31:22 בָרַ֖ח he had fled
On the third day Laban was informed that Jacob had fled.
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Genesis 31:27 לִבְרֹ֔חַ to flee
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
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Genesis 35:1 בְּבָרְחֲךָ֔ when fleeing you
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
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Genesis 35:7 בְּבָרְח֖וֹ when fled he
There Jacob built an altar, and he called that place El-bethel, because it was there that God had revealed Himself to Jacob as he fled from his brother.
Exodus · 4
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Exodus 2:15 וַיִּבְרַ֤ח and he fled
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
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Exodus 14:5 בָרַ֖ח it had fled
When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
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Exodus 26:28 מַבְרִ֕חַ [will be] passing through
The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.
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Exodus 36:33 לִבְרֹ֙חַ֙ to pass through
He made the central crossbar to run through the center of the frames, from one end to the other.
Numbers · 1
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Numbers 24:11 בְּרַח־ flee
Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”
Judges · 2
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Judges 9:21 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח and he ran away
Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
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Judges 11:3 וַיִּבְרַ֤ח and he fled
So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
1 Samuel · 8
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1 Samuel 19:12 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח and he fled
So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
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1 Samuel 19:18 בָּרַ֜ח he fled
So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.
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1 Samuel 20:1 וַיִּבְרַ֣ח and he fled
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”
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1 Samuel 21:10 וַיִּבְרַ֥ח and he fled
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
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1 Samuel 22:17 בֹרֵ֣חַ [was] fleeing
Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
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1 Samuel 22:20 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח and he fled
But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped. His name was Abiathar, and he fled to David.
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1 Samuel 23:6 בִּ֠בְרֹחַ when fled
(Now Abiathar son of Ahimelech had brought the ephod with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)
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1 Samuel 27:4 בָרַ֥ח he had fled
And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.
2 Samuel · 6
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2 Samuel 4:3 וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ and they fled
because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
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2 Samuel 13:34 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח and he fled
Meanwhile, Absalom had fled. When the young man standing watch looked up, he saw many people coming down the road west of him, along the side of the hill. And the watchman went and reported to the king, “I see men coming from the direction of Horonaim, along the side of the hill.”
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2 Samuel 13:37 בָּרַ֔ח he fled
Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. But David mourned for his son every day.
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2 Samuel 13:38 בָּרַ֖ח he fled
After Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, he stayed there three years.
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2 Samuel 15:14 וְנִבְרָ֔חָה so let us flee
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
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2 Samuel 19:9 בָּרַ֥ח he has fled
And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.
1 Kings · 6
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1 Kings 2:7 בְּבָרְחִ֕י when fled I
But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
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1 Kings 2:39 וַיִּבְרְח֤וּ and they fled
After three years, however, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.”
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1 Kings 11:17 וַיִּבְרַ֣ח and he fled
But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.
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1 Kings 11:23 בָּרַ֗ח he had fled
And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah,
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1 Kings 11:40 וַיִּבְרַ֤ח and he fled
Solomon therefore sought to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, where he remained until the death of Solomon.
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1 Kings 12:2 בָּרַ֔ח he had fled
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since.
1 Chronicles · 2
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1 Chronicles 8:13 הִבְרִ֖יחוּ they put to flight
and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
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1 Chronicles 12:15 וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙ and they put to flight
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
2 Chronicles · 1
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2 Chronicles 10:2 בָּרַ֔ח he had fled
When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he returned from Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon.
Nehemiah · 3
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Nehemiah 6:11 יִבְרָ֔ח will he flee
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
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Nehemiah 13:10 וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ and they had fled
I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
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Nehemiah 13:28 וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ and I drove away him
Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.
Job · 6
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Job 9:25 בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ they have fled
My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
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Job 14:2 וַיִּבְרַ֥ח and he fled
Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
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Job 20:24 יִ֭בְרַח he will flee
Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.
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Job 27:22 בָּר֥וֹחַ יִבְרָֽח׃ certainly, he will flee
It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.
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Job 41:28 יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ it makes flee it
No arrow can make him flee; slingstones become like chaff to him.
Psalms · 3
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Psalm 139:7 אֶבְרָֽח׃ will I flee
Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?
Proverbs · 1
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Proverbs 19:26 יַבְרִ֣יחַ he drives away
He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
Song of Songs · 1
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Song of Songs 8:14 בְּרַ֣ח׀ hasten
Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
Isaiah · 2
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Isaiah 22:3 בָּרָֽחוּ׃ they had fled
All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.
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Isaiah 48:20 בִּרְח֣וּ flee
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
Jeremiah · 4
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Jeremiah 4:29 בֹּרַ֙חַת֙ [is] fleeing
Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
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Jeremiah 26:21 וַיִּבְרַ֖ח and he fled
King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.
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Jeremiah 39:4 וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּ and they fled
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
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Jeremiah 52:7 יִבְרְחוּ֩ they fled
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
Daniel · 1
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Daniel 10:7 וַֽיִּבְרְח֖וּ and they fled
Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men with me did not see it, but a great terror fell upon them, and they ran and hid themselves.
Hosea · 1
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Hosea 12:12 וַיִּבְרַ֥ח and he fled
Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
Amos · 1
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Amos 7:12 בְּרַח־ flee
And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
Jonah · 3
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Jonah 1:3 לִבְרֹ֣חַ to flee
Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.
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Jonah 1:10 בֹרֵ֔חַ [was] fleeing
Then the men were even more afraid and said to him, “What have you done?” The men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
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Jonah 4:2 לִבְרֹ֣חַ to flee
So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
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