רָדַף radaph

Hebrew word for “to pursue” · Strong’s H7291 · used 143 times in 135 verses

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Meaning

1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after;

How it is translated

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

• pursued 38
• will pursue 20
• pursue 13
• pursuers 12
• pursuing 11
• one who pursues 10
• those who harass 4
• pursues 3
• have harassed 3
• those who pursue 3
• pursuer 2
• people pursued 1

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 26 (5), Psalms 119 (5), Exodus 14 (4), Joshua 2 (4), Joshua 8 (4), 2 Samuel 20 (4), Judges 8 (3), 2 Samuel 2 (3), Genesis 14 (2), Deuteronomy 28 (2)

Forms

• וירדפו 15
• רדף 13
• וירדף 11
• רדפו 8
• רדפי 8
• ורדף 7
• ירדף 7
• תרדף 5
• הרדפים 5
• וירדפם 4

Words used with it

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

• אַחַר achar “after” 45
• נָשַׂג nasag “to overtake” 14
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 17
• נוּס nus “to flee” 13
• עַד ad “till” 21
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 13
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 11
• נָפַל naphal “to fall” 11
• בָּקַשׁ baqash “to seek” 9
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 13
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 11
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 10

Key verses

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

• Exodus 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
• 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 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 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
• 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 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are…
• Jeremiah 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have…
• Jeremiah 20:11 — But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they…
• Hosea 6:3 — Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and…
• Amos 1:11 — Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the…

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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.