Râdaph — H7291

Definition

verb

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

1. to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after
1. (Qal)
1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon
2. to persecute, harass (fig)
3. to follow after, aim to secure (fig)
4. to run after (a bribe) (fig)
2. (Niphal)
1. to be pursued
2. one pursued (participle)
3. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue
4. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away
5. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

Usually translated as

pursue, persecute, follow, chase, put to flight, hunt, persecution, pursuer, persecutor

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• antíkeimai (G480)
• diōgmós (G1375)
• diṓkō (G1377)
• ekdiṓkō (G1559)
• erethízō (G2042)
• katabaínō (G2597)
• katágnymi (G2608)
• katadiṓkō (G2614)
• katatréchō (G2701)

Occurrences

Râdaph occurs 143 times in 135 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (5), Leviticus (5), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (15), Judges (11), 1 Samuel (10), 2 Samuel (11), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (3), 2 Chronicles (2), Nehemiah (1), Job (4), Psalms (20), Proverbs (8), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (6), Jeremiah (6), Lamentations (6), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (4), Amos (1), Nahum (1)

• Genesis 14:14 — And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued (וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף) them unto Dan.
• Genesis 14:15 — And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued (וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם֙) them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.
• Genesis 31:23 — And he took his brethren with him, and pursued (וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף) after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
• Genesis 35:5 — And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue (רָֽדְפ֔וּ) after the sons of Jacob.
• Genesis 44:4 — And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow (רְדֹ֖ף) after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
• Exodus 14:4 — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow (וְרָדַ֣ף) after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.
• Exodus 14:8 — And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued (וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ף) after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand.
• Exodus 14:9 — But the Egyptians pursued (וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ) after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon.
• Exodus 14:23 — And the Egyptians pursued (וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ), and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.
• Exodus 15:9 — The enemy said, I will pursue (אֶרְדֹּ֥ף), 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 26:7 — And ye shall chase (וּרְדַפְתֶּ֖ם) your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
• Leviticus 26:8 — And five of you shall chase (וְרָדְפ֨וּ) an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
• Leviticus 26:8 — And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight (יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ): and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
• 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 (רֹדֵ֥ף) you.
• 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 (וְרָדַ֣ף) them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall 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 them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth (רֹדֵֽף).
• Leviticus 26:37 — And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth (וְרֹדֵ֣ף): and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
• Deuteronomy 1:44 — And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased (וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּ) you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah.
• Deuteronomy 11:4 — And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued (בְּרָדְפָ֖ם) after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day;
• Deuteronomy 16:20 — That which is altogether just shalt thou follow (תִּרְדֹּ֑ף), that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
• Deuteronomy 19:6 — Lest the avenger of the blood pursue (יִרְדֹּף֩) the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
• Deuteronomy 28:22 — The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue (וּרְדָפ֖וּךָ) thee until thou perish.
• Deuteronomy 28:45 — Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue (וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙) thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
• Deuteronomy 30:7 — And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted (רְדָפֽוּךָ) thee.
• Deuteronomy 32:30 — How should one chase (יִרְדֹּ֤ף) a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
• Joshua 2:5 — And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue (רִדְפ֥וּ) after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
• Joshua 2:7 — And the men pursued (רָדְפ֤וּ) after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
• Joshua 2:7 — And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued (הָרֹדְפִ֖ים) after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
• Joshua 2:16 — And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers (הָרֹדְפִ֑ים) meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
• Joshua 2:16 — And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers (הָרֹֽדְפִ֔ים) be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
• Joshua 2:22 — And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers (הָרֹדְפִ֑ים) were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
• Joshua 2:22 — And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers (הָרֹדְפִ֛ים) sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
• Joshua 7:5 — And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased (וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם) them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
• Joshua 8:16 — And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue (לִרְדֹּ֖ף) after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
• Joshua 8:16 — And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued (וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙) after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
• Joshua 8:17 — And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued (וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ) after Israel.
• Joshua 8:20 — And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers (הָרוֹדֵֽף).
• Joshua 8:24 — And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased (רְדָפ֣וּם) them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
• Joshua 10:10 — And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased (וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֗ם) them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
• Joshua 10:19 — And stay ye not, but pursue (רִדְפוּ֙) after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand.
• Joshua 11:8 — And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased (וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם) them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
• Joshua 20:5 — And if the avenger of blood pursue (יִרְדֹּ֜ף) after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime.
• Joshua 23:10 — One man of you shall chase (יִרְדָּף) a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
• Joshua 24:6 — And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued (וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ) after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
• Judges 1:6 — But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued (וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ) after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
• Judges 3:28 — And he said unto them, Follow (רִדְפ֣וּ) after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
• Judges 4:16 — But Barak pursued (רָדַ֞ף) after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
• Judges 4:22 — And, behold, as Barak pursued (רֹדֵ֣ף) Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
• Judges 7:23 — And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued (וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ) after the Midianites.
• Judges 7:25 — And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued (וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ) Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.