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Lexicon :: Strong's H5127 - nûs

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נוּס
Transliteration
nûs
Pronunciation
noos
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1327

Strong’s Definitions

נוּס nûwç, noos; a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver):—× abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, × hide, lift up a standard.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x

The KJV translates Strong's H5127 in the following manner: flee (142x), flee away (12x), abated (1x), displayed (1x), flight (1x), hide (1x), flee out (1x), lift up a standard (1x), variant (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 161x
The KJV translates Strong's H5127 in the following manner: flee (142x), flee away (12x), abated (1x), displayed (1x), flight (1x), hide (1x), flee out (1x), lift up a standard (1x), variant (1x).

  1. to flee, escape

    1. (Qal)

      1. to flee

      2. to escape

      3. to take flight,m depart, disappear

      4. to fly (to the attack) on horseback

    2. (Polel) to drive at

    3. (Hithpolel) to take flight

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to put to flight

      2. to drive hastily

      3. to cause to disappear, hide

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נוּס nûwç, noos; a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver):—× abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, × hide, lift up a standard.
STRONGS H5127: Abbreviations
נוּס 160 verb flee, escape (Syriac bdb063008 tremble (rare), compare Brock; Arabic bdb063009 move to and fro, be in commotion, dangle, Lane2866); —
Qal Perfect נָס Numbers 35:25 +; נַ֫סְתָּה 2 Kings 9:3; נַ֫סְתִּי 1 Samuel 4:16, etc.; Imperfect יָנוּס Exodus 21:13 +; וַיָּנָ֫ס Genesis 39:12 +; יְנוּס֑וּן Psalm 104:7, etc.; Imperative masculine plural נֻ֫סוּ Jeremiah 48:6 + 4 times Jeremiah, Zechariah; Infinitive absolute נוֺס 2 Samuel 18:3; construct לָנוּס (לָנֻס) Genesis 19:20 +; Participle נָס Amos 9:1 +; נָסִים Exodus 14:27 +; —
1. flee, absolute Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:15; Numbers 16:34 (all J); Joshua 10:16 (JE); Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36; (H); figurative of sea Psalm 114:3; Psalm 114:5; compare Psalm 104:7; followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb מָנוֺס Jeremiah 46:5, followed by דֶּרֶךְ Joshua 8:15 (J), 2 Kings 9:27; followed by בְּדֶרֶךְ Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 28:25; אֶלנַֿפְשָׁם נ׳ 2 Kings 7:7 flee for their life, בְּרַגְלָיו נ׳, Judges 4:15 flee on foot; + 44 times absolute (not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by אֶלֿ location Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:5, Deuteronomy 19:11 (D), Numbers 35:32; Joshua 20:4 (both P), Judges 4:17; 1 Kings 2:28, 1 Kings 2:29; Isaiah 13:14; followed by לְ 1 Samuel 4:10 + 6 times + לִקְרָאתוֺ Exodus 14:27 (E; not elsewhere Hexateuch); followed by עַד Judges 7:22 + Proverbs 28:17 (עַדבּֿוֺר, see בּוֺר); followed by עַלֿ Isaiah 10:3; followed by ָ  ה locative Genesis 14:10 + 4 times J E, Numbers 35:6 + 6 times P, Deuteronomy 4:42; Deuteronomy 19:3, Deuteronomy 19:4 (D), + 6 times; followed by שָׁם Isaiah 20:6; followed by accusative of location Joshua 8:20 (J), + 4 times; followed by מִמֶּרְחָק Isaiah 17:13 = far away; followed by מִן from, Joshua 20:6 (P), 1 Samuel 4:16 + 3 times; מִתּוֺךְ Jeremiah 51:6; especially מִפְּנֵי from before Exodus 4:3; Exodus 14:25; Numbers 10:35; Joshua 10:11 (all J E), 1 Samuel 17:24; [H5211 Jeremiah 48:44] (Qr הַנָּס, > Kt הניס), + 19 times; followed by לִפְנֵי Joshua 7:4; Joshua 8:5 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:6 (all J), 1 Samuel 4:17; 2 Samuel 24:13, מִלִּפְנֵי 1 Chronicles 19:18.
2. escape Amos 9:1 (|| נמלט) so Jeremiah 46:6; hence
3. take flight, depart, disappear, only figurative; Deuteronomy 34:7 (JE) his freshness (לֵחֹה vigour) was not gone (|| לֹא כָֽהֲתָה עינו); of shadows (at evening), Songs 2:17; Songs 4:6; of sorrow etc. Isaiah 35:10; Isaiah 51:11.
4. עַלסֿוּס נ׳ Isaiah 30:16 fly (to the attack) on horseback.
† Po`lel Perfect Isaiah 59:19 נֹסֲסָה בּוֺ רוּחַ י׳ the breath of י׳ driveth at it, driveth it on (compare Hiph. 2).
† Hithpo`l. Infinitive construct לְהִתְנוֺסֵס מִפְּנֵי Psalm 60:6 [Psalm 60:4] in order to take flight before the bow (so Vrss Hup-Now Che Bae and others).
† Hiph. Perfect הֵנִיס Exodus 9:20; Imperfect יָנִיסוּ Deuteronomy 32:30 + Judges 7:21 Kt (Qr וַיָּנוּסוּ Qal); Infinitive construct לְתָנִיס Judges 6:11; —
1. put to flight, followed by accusative Deuteronomy 32:30 (|| רדף).
2. drive hastily to a safe place Exodus 9:20, followed by accusative + אֶלֿ.
3. cause to disappear, hide Judges 6:11 (no object expressed) followed by מִפְּנֵי.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:10; 19:20; 39:12; 39:12; 39:15

Exodus

4:3; 9:20; 9:20; 14:25; 14:27; 14:27; 21:13

Leviticus

26:17; 26:36

Numbers

10:35; 16:34; 35:6; 35:25; 35:32

Deuteronomy

4:42; 4:42; 19:3; 19:4; 19:5; 19:11; 28:7; 28:25; 32:30; 32:30; 34:7

Joshua

7:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:15; 8:20; 10:11; 10:16; 20:4; 20:6

Judges

4:15; 4:17; 6:11; 6:11; 7:21; 7:22

1 Samuel

4:10; 4:16; 4:16; 4:17; 17:24

2 Samuel

18:3; 24:13

1 Kings

2:28; 2:29

2 Kings

7:7; 9:3; 9:27

1 Chronicles

19:18

Psalms

60:4; 104:7; 104:7; 114:3; 114:5

Proverbs

28:17

Song of Songs

2:17; 4:6

Isaiah

10:3; 13:14; 17:13; 20:6; 30:16; 35:10; 51:11; 59:19

Jeremiah

46:5; 46:6; 48:6; 51:6

Amos

9:1; 9:1

H5127

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5127 matches the Hebrew נוּס (nûs),
which occurs 161 times in 143 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 14:10–Jdg 9:40)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:10 - Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar (bitumen) pits; and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them. But the remainder [of the kings] who survived fled to the hill country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:20 - “Now look, this town [in the distance] is near enough for us to flee to, and it is small [with only a few people]. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) so that my life will be saved.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:12 - She caught Joseph by his [outer] robe, saying, “Lie with me!” But he left his robe in her hand and ran, and got outside [the house].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:13 - When she saw that he had left his robe in her hand and had run outside,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:15 - “When he heard me screaming, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:18 - then as soon as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his robe with me and ran outside [the house].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:3 - Then He said, “Throw it on the ground.” So Moses threw it on the ground, and it became a [living] serpent [like the royal symbol on the crown of Pharaoh]; and Moses ran from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:20 - Then everyone among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses and shelters;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 14:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:25 - He made their chariot wheels hard to turn, and the chariots difficult to drive; so the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:27 - So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal flow at sunrise; and the Egyptians retreated right into it [being met by the returning water]; so the LORD overthrew the Egyptians and tossed them into the midst of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:13 - “However, [fn]if he did not lie in wait [for him], but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will establish for you a [fn]place to which he may escape [for protection until duly tried].

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:17 - ‘I will set My face against you so that [fn]you will be struck down before your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:36 - ‘As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:35 -

Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,

“Rise up, O LORD!

Let Your enemies be scattered;

And let those who hate You flee before You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:34 - All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, “The earth may swallow us also.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:6 - “[Among] the cities which you give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall provide for the one who commits manslaughter to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities [to the Levites].

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:11 - then you shall select for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge, so that the one who kills any person unintentionally may escape there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:15 - ‘These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the resident alien among them; so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may escape there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:25 - ‘The congregation shall rescue the offender from the hand of the blood avenger and return him to his city of refuge, [the place] to which he had escaped; and he shall live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the sacred oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:26 - ‘But if at any time the one guilty of manslaughter comes outside the border of his city of refuge to which he fled,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:32 - ‘You shall not accept a ransom for him who has escaped to his city of refuge, so that he may return to live in his [own] land before the death of the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:42 - so that someone who committed manslaughter could flee there, [that is, a person] who killed his neighbor unintentionally and without previously having hostility toward him, and that by escaping to one of these cities he might [claim the right of asylum and] save his life:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:3 - “You shall prepare and maintain for yourself the roads [to these cities], and divide the territory of your land into three parts, so that anyone who kills another unintentionally may escape there [for asylum].

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:4 -

“Now this is the case of the offender (manslayer) who may escape there and live [protected from vengeance]: when he kills his neighbor unintentionally, not having hated him previously—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:5 - as [for example] when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, but the iron head slips off the wooden handle and hits his companion and he dies—the offender may escape to one of these cities and live;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:11 -

“But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait and ambush for him and attacks him and strikes him down so that he dies, and the assailant escapes to one of these cities,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:7 -

“The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way, but flee before you seven ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:25 -

“The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out against them one way, but flee before them seven ways, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth [when they see your destruction].

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:30 -

“How could one chase a thousand,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Unless their Rock had sold them,

And the LORD had given them up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - Although Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eyesight was not dim, nor his natural strength abated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:4 - So about three thousand men from the sons of Israel went up there, but they fled [in retreat] from the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:5 - “Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us [for battle] as [they did] the first time, we will run away from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:6 - “They will come out after us until we have lured them away from the city, because they will say, ‘They are running from us as [they did] before.’ So we will run from them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:15 - So Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them, and ran toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - When the men of Ai turned back and looked, behold, the smoke of the city was ascending toward the sky, [fn]and they had no opportunity to run this way or that way. Then the people who had been running to the wilderness turned back toward the pursuers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:11 - As they fled before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the LORD threw down large stones [of hail] from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. More [Amorites] died because of the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

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Now these five [Amorite] kings fled and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:3 - so that the person (manslayer) who kills any person unintentionally, [fn]without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall be your refuge from the [fn]blood avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:4 - ‘He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and [fn]explain his case to the elders of that city; and they shall take him into [the protection of] the city and give him a place [to stay], so that he may live among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - ‘He shall live in that city until he has stood before the congregation for judgment [and [fn]if acquitted of murder he must stay there], until the death of the one who is the high priest in those days. Then the offender (manslayer) shall return to his own city and his own house from which he fled.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:9 - These were the appointed cities for all the Israelites and for the stranger sojourning (living temporarily) among them, so that whoever killed any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the blood avenger until he had stood before the congregation [for judgment].

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:6 - But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:15 - And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and [confused] all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera dismounted from his chariot and fled away on foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 -

But Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

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Now the [fn]Angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the wine press [instead of the threshing floor] to [hide it and] save it from the Midianites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - Then each stood in his place around the camp; and the entire [Midianite] army ran, crying out as they fled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - When Gideon’s men blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one [Midianite] against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:12 - When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and terrified the entire army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:21 - Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer and lived there because of Abimelech his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:40 - Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded as far as the entrance of the gate.

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