נוּס nus

Hebrew word for “to flee” · Strong’s H5127 · used 159 times in 142 verses

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Meaning

1) to flee, escape; 1a) (Qal);

How it is translated

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

• fled 64
• will flee 35
• flee 20
• had fled 10
• fleeing 4
• has fled 3
• one who flees 3
• may flee 2
• made to flee 1
• me flee 1
• will they put to flight? 1
• which was fleeing 1

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 35 (6), Genesis 39 (4), Deuteronomy 19 (4), Joshua 8 (4), Joshua 20 (4), 2 Kings 9 (4), Jeremiah 48 (4), Judges 9 (3), Judges 20 (3), 1 Samuel 4 (3)

Forms

• וינסו 26
• וינס 22
• נס 16
• נסו 15
• לנוס 11
• ינוס 9
• ונס 7
• וינוסו 7
• נסים 5
• ונסו 5

Words used with it

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

• שָׁם sham “there” 24
• עִיר ir “city” 25
• רָדַף radaph “to pursue” 13
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 17
• מוּת mut “to die” 18
• רָצַח ratsach “to murder” 9
• פָּנָה panah “to turn” 11
• מָלַט malat “to escape” 10
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 13
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 11
• נָגַף nagaph “to strike” 8
• מִקְלָט miqlat “refuge” 7

Key verses

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

• Leviticus 26:17 — And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth…
• Leviticus 26:36 — And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase…
• Deuteronomy 28:25 — The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed…
• Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
• Proverbs 28:1 — The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Isaiah 10:3 — And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your…
• Isaiah 17:13 — The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the…
• Isaiah 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and…
• Isaiah 51:11 — Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and…
• Jeremiah 51:6 — Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; he will render…
• Amos 9:1 — I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will…
• Zechariah 14:5 — And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the…

See all 142 verses in the Word Atlas

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.