Usually translated as
flee, put to flight, make haste, reach, shoot, chase, drive away, fain, run away
Occurrences
Bârach occurs 62 times in 61 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (9), Exodus (4), Numbers (1), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (8), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (6), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (3), Job (5), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (4), Daniel (1), Hosea (1), Amos (1), Jonah (3)
- Genesis 16:6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled (וַתִּבְרַ֖ח) from her face.
- Genesis 16:8 — And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee (בֹּרַֽחַת) from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Genesis 27:43 — Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee (בְּרַח) thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- Genesis 31:20 — And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled (בֹרֵ֖חַ).
- Genesis 31:21 — So he fled (וַיִּבְרַ֥ח) with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- Genesis 31:22 — And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled (בָרַ֖ח).
- Genesis 31:27 — Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly (לִבְרֹ֔חַ), and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
- 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 (בְּבָרְחֲךָ֔) from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Genesis 35:7 — And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled (בְּבָרְח֖וֹ) from the face of his brother.
- Exodus 2:15 — Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled (וַיִּבְרַ֤ח) from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
- Exodus 14:5 — And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled (בָרַ֖ח): and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
- Exodus 26:28 — And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach (מַבְרִ֕חַ) from end to end.
- Exodus 36:33 — And he made the middle bar to shoot (לִבְרֹ֙חַ֙) through the boards from the one end to the other.
- Numbers 24:11 — Therefore now flee (בְּרַח) thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
- Judges 9:21 — And Jotham ran away, and fled (וַיִּבְרַ֖ח), and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- Judges 11:3 — Then Jephthah fled (וַיִּבְרַ֤ח) from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
- 1 Samuel 19:12 — So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled (וַיִּבְרַ֖ח), and escaped.
- 1 Samuel 19:18 — So David fled (בָּרַ֜ח), and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
- 1 Samuel 20:1 — And David fled (וַיִּבְרַ֣ח) from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
- 1 Samuel 21:10 — And David arose, and fled (וַיִּבְרַ֥ח) that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
- 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 when he fled (בֹרֵ֣חַ), and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 22:20 — And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled (וַיִּבְרַ֖ח) after David.
- 1 Samuel 23:6 — And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled (בִּ֠בְרֹחַ) to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
- 1 Samuel 27:4 — And it was told Saul that David was fled (בָרַ֥ח) to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
- 2 Samuel 4:3 — And the Beerothites fled (וַיִּבְרְח֥וּ) to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
- 2 Samuel 13:34 — But Absalom fled (וַיִּבְרַ֖ח). And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
- 2 Samuel 13:37 — But Absalom fled (בָּרַ֔ח), and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
- 2 Samuel 13:38 — So Absalom fled (בָּרַ֖ח), and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
- 2 Samuel 19:9 — And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled (בָּרַ֥ח) out of the land for Absalom.
- 1 Kings 2:7 — But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled (בְּבָרְחִ֕י) because of Absalom thy brother.
- 1 Kings 2:39 — And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away (וַיִּבְרְח֤וּ) unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
- 1 Kings 11:17 — That Hadad fled (וַיִּבְרַ֣ח), he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
- 1 Kings 11:23 — And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled (בָּרַ֗ח) from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
- 1 Kings 11:40 — Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled (וַיִּבְרַ֤ח) into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 12:2 — And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled (בָּרַ֔ח) from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
- 1 Chronicles 8:13 — Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away (הִבְרִ֖יחוּ) the inhabitants of Gath:
- 1 Chronicles 12:15 — These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight (וַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙) all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
- 2 Chronicles 10:2 — And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled (בָּרַ֔ח) from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
- Nehemiah 6:11 — And I said, Should such a man as I flee (יִבְרָ֔ח)? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
- Nehemiah 13:10 — And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled (וַיִּבְרְח֧וּ) every one to his field.
- 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 (וָאַבְרִיחֵ֖הוּ) him from me.
- Job 9:25 — Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away (בָּֽ֝רְח֗וּ), they see no good.
- Job 14:2 — He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth (וַיִּבְרַ֥ח) also as a shadow, and continueth not.
- Job 20:24 — He shall flee (יִ֭בְרַח) from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
- Job 27:22 — For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee (יִבְרָֽח) out of his hand.
- Job 27:22 — For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee (בָּר֥וֹחַ) out of his hand.
- Job 41:28 — The arrow cannot make him flee (יַבְרִיחֶ֥נּוּ): slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
- Psalms 139:7 — Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee (אֶבְרָֽח) from thy presence?
- Proverbs 19:26 — He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away (יַבְרִ֣יחַ) his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Song of Songs 8:14 — Make haste (בְּרַ֣ח), my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.