בָּרַח barach

Hebrew word for “to flee” · Strong’s H1272 · used 65 times in 64 verses

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Meaning

1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away;

How it is translated

Glosses given for barach in context, with how often each is used:

• fled 22
• had fled 8
• flee 7
• fleeing 5
• when fled he 3
• put to flight 2
• will flee 2
• when fleeing 1
• will be passing through 1
• pass through 1
• ran away 1
• when fled 1

Where it is used

Also in 8 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 31 (4), 2 Samuel 13 (3), 1 Kings 11 (3), Genesis 16 (2), Genesis 35 (2), 1 Samuel 19 (2), 1 Samuel 22 (2), 1 Kings 2 (2), Nehemiah 13 (2), Jonah 1 (2)

Forms

• ברח 17
• ויברח 14
• ויברחו 5
• לברח 4
• בברחו 3
• יברח 3
• ברחו 3
• ברחת 2
• ותברח 1
• בברחך 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with barach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֲבִישָׁלוֹם avishalom “Absalom” 7
• נָגַד nagad “to tell” 9
• דָּוִד david “David” 11
• קוּם qum “to arise” 9
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 11
• גַּת gat “Gath” 4
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 8
• בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 5
• קֶשֶׁת qeshet “bow” 4
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 6
• מָלַט malat “to escape” 4
• אָח ach “brother” 6

Key verses

The verses using barach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 35:1 — And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face…
• Exodus 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
• 1 Samuel 22:17 — And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew…
• Nehemiah 13:28 — And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
• Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
• Psalms 57:1 — [To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.] Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul…
• Isaiah 48:20 — Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath…
• Jeremiah 39:4 — And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way…
• Jeremiah 52:7 — Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by…
• Amos 7:12 — Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
• Jonah 1:3 — But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare…
• Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.