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Lexicon :: Strong's H7291 - rāḏap̄

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רָדַף
Transliteration
rāḏap̄
Pronunciation
raw-daf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2124

Strong’s Definitions

רָדַף râdaph, raw-daf'; a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by):—chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x

The KJV translates Strong's H7291 in the following manner: pursue (74x), persecute (20x), follow (18x), chase (13x), persecutors (7x), pursuer (6x), follow after (1x), flight (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 143x
The KJV translates Strong's H7291 in the following manner: pursue (74x), persecute (20x), follow (18x), chase (13x), persecutors (7x), pursuer (6x), follow after (1x), flight (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָדַף râdaph, raw-daf'; a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by):—chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
STRONGS H7291: Abbreviations
רָדַף 141 verb pursue, chase, persecute (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic רְדַף, bdb092202; Arabic bdb092203; Sabean רדף id., SabDenkmNo. 7, 1. 2); —
Qal128 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ר׳ Judges 4:16 +; 1st person singular וְרָדַפְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 29:18, etc.; Imperfect יִרְדֹּף Deuteronomy 19:6 +, ִֽֽֽירַדֹּף Psalm 7:6 (apparently to give choice of Qal or Pi, Ki JHMich Bae and others; Ges§ 63n explanation as developed from יִרֲדֹף, compare Ol§ 236 e, and, further, Köi. 160), suffix יִרְ דְָּפֶ֑ךָ Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse), etc.; Imperative masculine singular רְדֹף Genesis 44:4 +, suffix רָדְפֵהוּ Psalm 34:15; masculine plural רִדְפוּ Judges 3:28 +; Infinitive construct רָדְפִף Joshua 8:16 +, מִרְדֹף 1 Samuel 23:28; 2 Samuel 18:16, suffix רָדְפִי Psalm 38:21 Qr, רדופי Kt, etc.; Participle רֹדֵף Judges 4:22 +, plural רֹדְפִים Judges 8:4 +; —
1.
a.pursue (sometimes + הִשִּׂיג): literal with אַחֲרֵי person, in order to overtake Genesis 44:4 (J), 2 Kings 5:21; especially with hostile purpose Genesis 31:23 (+ הִדְבִּיק), Genesis 35:5; Joshua 24:6 (all E), Joshua 2:5, 7 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:16 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:17; Joshua 10:19 (JE), Deuteronomy 11:4; Deuteronomy 19:6; Joshua 20:5 (all D), Exodus 14:4, 8, 9 (P), Judges 1:6; 2 Samuel 20:6, 7, 10, 13; 2 Kings 9:27 + 17 times, + 2 Kings 25:5 (אַחַר), + Judges 4:16 (אַחֲרֵי הָרֶכֶב); + רִדְפוּ אַחֲרֵי Judges 3:28 = follow me (as leader; but this meaning not elsewhere; read רְדוּ Greek Version of the LXX Kit GFM).
b. literal, with accusative of person, put to flight, chase (defeated foe; sometimes with הִשִּׁיג): Amos 1:11; Hosea 8:3; Deuteronomy 32:30 (poem; || הֵנִיס), Deuteronomy 28:22, 45; Joshua 23:10 (D), Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H); וְרָדַף אֹתָם קוֺל עָלֶה נִדָּף Leviticus 26:36a (H); Joshua 7:5; Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 11:8 (all J E), Genesis 14:15; Deuteronomy 1:44; Judges 4:22; Isaiah 41:3 + 13 times + Judges 7:25 (read אֶתֿ for אֶלֿ, Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Targum GFM Bu Now).
†c. literal, accusative omitted Judges 8:4; 1 Samuel 30:8 (+ הִשִּׂיג), 1 Samuel 30:10; Genesis 14:14; Exodus 14:23 (P), Exodus 15:9 (poem; + הִשִּׂיג), Leviticus 26:36 b. 37 (H), Proverbs 28:1; especially participle plural הָר׳ the pursuers Joshua 2:16 (twice in verse); Joshua 2:22 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 9:11; Isaiah 30:16, so הָרֹדֵף Joshua 8:20; Lamentations 1:6.
†d. chase, hunt, partridge (קֹרֵא) 1 Samuel 26:20 (in simile; || בִּקֵּשׁ).
†e. pursue, in figure, Jeremiah 20:11; Lamentations 4:19, רִדְפוּ וְתִפְשׂוּהוּ Psalm 71:11, compare Lamentations 1:3; Psalm 7:6 (+ הִשִּׂיג; see above); especially subject י׳, pursue (figurative of punishment, judgment), with accusative of person Jeremiah 29:18 (בַּחֶרֶב), Lamentations 3:43 and (בְּאַף) Lamentations 3:66, Psalm 83:16 (בְּסַעֲרֶ֑ךָ); אֶתקַֿשׁ יָבֵשׁ תִּרְדֹּף Job 13:25 (|| תַּעַרוֺץ); רֹדְפָם, of מַלְאַךְ י׳, Psalm 35:6.
†f. figurative persecute, harass, with accusative of person Deuteronomy 30:7; Job 19:22 (כְּמוֺאֵֿל), Psalm 69:27; Psalm 109:16; Psalm 119:86; Psalm 119:161; with accusative נַפְשִׁי Psalm 143:3, with accusative נֲדִבָתִי Job 30:15 (but subject obscure; read perhaps תֵּרָדֵף Bu; Du תִּנָּדֵף); with ל person Job 19:28; participle as substantive Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 17:18; Psalm 7:2; Psalm 31:16 (|| אוֺיְבַי; We מְרַדְּפָ֑י for וַרֹדְפָ֑י), Psalm 35:3; Psalm 119:84; Psalm 119:157 (+ צָרַי), Psalm 142:7.
†g. pursue, dog, subject דָּם, with accusative of person Ezekiel 35:6 (twice in verse) (del Ezekiel 35:6a Greek Version of the LXX Co Toy Krae); in good sense, attend closely upon, טוֺב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי Psalm 23:6.
†2. figurative follow after, aim to secure: in bad sense, with accusative שַׁלְמֹנִים Isaiah 1:23, שֵׁכָר Isaiah 5:11, קָדִים ר׳ Hosea 12:2, רֹדְפֵי זִמָּה Psalm 119:150; good sense, with infinitive לְדַעַת אֶתיֿ׳ Hosea 6:3, with accusative צֶדֶק Deuteronomy 16:20; Isaiah 51:1 (|| מְבַקְשֵׁי י׳), צְדָקָה וָחָ֑סֶד Proverbs 21:21, שָׁלוֺם Psalm 34:15 (|| בַּוֵּשׁ), טוֺב Psalm 38:21.
Niph. passive: Perfect 1st person plural עַלצַֿוָּארֵנוּ נִרְדָּ֑פְנוּ Lamentations 5:5 upon our neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued (improbable, compare Bu); perhaps Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תֵּרָדֵף Job 30:15 Bu (for תִּרְדֹּף); Participle א׳ יְבַקֵּשׁ אֶתנִֿרְדָּ֑ף Ecclesiastes 3:15 God seeketh the pursued (i.e. what has disappeared, is past, but dubious).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְרִדְּפָה Hosea 2:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְרַדֶּףֿ Nahum 1:8 (Psalm 7:6 see Qal); 3rd person femininesingular תְּרַדֵּף Proverbs 13:21; Participle מְרֵדֵּףֿ Proverbs 11:19 +; — pursue ardently, with accusative of person Hosea 2:9 (in figurative); figurative also חשֶׁךְ יְר׳ Nahum 1:8 (GunkZAW xiii (1893), 230, plausibly, יֶהְדֹּף), compare Proverbs 13:31; elsewhere participle, in Proverbs: aim (eagerly) to secure, with accusative רָעָה Proverbs 11:19, רֵיקִים Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19, אֲמָרִים Proverbs 19:7 (meaning dubious, see Toy); in good sense, צְדָקָה Proverbs 15:9.
Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְרֻדַּף כְמֹץ הָרִים Isaiah 17:13 it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains (|| וְנָס).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix הִרְּדִיפֻהוּ Judges 20:43 usually they chased him (Benjamin, collective), but strange after כִתְּרוּ surrounded (still stranger after כתתו or כרתו Greek Version of the LXX), and why Hiph.? GFM conjecture dittograph of הִדְרִיכֻהוּ following; the reverse conjectured by Bu Now.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:14; 14:15; 31:23; 35:5; 44:4; 44:4

Exodus

14:4; 14:8; 14:9; 14:23; 15:9

Leviticus

26:8; 26:36; 26:36

Deuteronomy

1:44; 11:4; 16:20; 19:6; 19:6; 28:22; 28:45; 30:7; 32:30

Joshua

2:5; 2:7; 2:16; 2:22; 7:5; 8:16; 8:16; 8:17; 8:20; 8:24; 10:10; 10:19; 11:8; 20:5; 23:10; 24:6

Judges

1:6; 3:28; 3:28; 4:16; 4:16; 4:22; 4:22; 7:25; 8:4; 8:4; 20:43

1 Samuel

23:28; 26:20; 30:8; 30:10

2 Samuel

18:16; 20:6; 20:7; 20:10; 20:13

2 Kings

5:21; 9:27; 25:5

Nehemiah

9:11

Job

13:25; 19:22; 19:28; 30:15; 30:15

Psalms

7:2; 7:6; 7:6; 7:6; 23:6; 31:16; 34:15; 34:15; 35:3; 35:6; 38:21; 38:21; 69:27; 71:11; 83:16; 109:16; 119:84; 119:86; 119:150; 119:157; 119:161; 142:7; 143:3

Proverbs

11:19; 11:19; 12:11; 13:21; 15:9; 19:7; 21:21; 28:1; 28:19

Ecclesiastes

3:15

Isaiah

1:23; 5:11; 17:13; 30:16; 41:3; 51:1

Jeremiah

15:15; 17:18; 20:11; 29:18; 29:18

Lamentations

1:3; 1:6; 3:43; 3:66; 4:19; 5:5

Ezekiel

35:6; 35:6; 35:6

Hosea

2:9; 2:9; 6:3; 8:3; 12:2

Amos

1:11

Nahum

1:8; 1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7291 matches the Hebrew רָדַף (rāḏap̄),
which occurs 143 times in 135 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Psa 143:3–Nah 1:8)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 143:3 - For the enemy H340 has persecuted H7291 my soul; H5315
He has crushed H1792 my life H2416 to the ground; H776
He has made me dwell H3427 in dark H4285 places, H4285 like those who have long H5769 been dead. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:19 - He who H3651 is steadfast H3651 in righteousness H6666 will attain to life, H2416
And he who pursues H7291 evil H7451 will bring about his own death. H4194
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - He who tills H5647 his land H127 will have H7646 plenty H7646 of bread, H3899
But he who pursues H7291 worthless H7386 things lacks H2638 [fn]sense. H3820
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:21 - Adversity H7451 pursues H7291 sinners, H2400
But the righteous H6662 will be rewarded H7999 with prosperity. H2896
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:9 - The way H1870 of the wicked H7563 is an abomination H8441 to the LORD, H3068
But He loves H157 one who pursues H7291 righteousness. H6666
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:7 - All H3605 the brothers H251 of a poor H7326 man H7326 hate H8130 him;
How H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 do his friends H4828 abandon H7368 him!
He pursues H7291 them with words, H561 but they are [fn]gone. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:21 - He who pursues H7291 righteousness H6666 and loyalty H2617
Finds H4672 life, H2416 righteousness H6666 and honor. H3519
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:1 - The wicked H7563 flee H5127 when no H369 one H369 is pursuing, H7291
But the righteous H6662 are [fn]bold H982 as a lion. H3715
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:19 - He who tills H5647 his land H127 will have H7646 plenty H7646 of food, H3899
But he who follows H7291 empty H7386 pursuits will have H7646 poverty H7389 in plenty. H7646
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:15 - That which H4100 H7945 is has been H1961 already H3528 and that which H834 will be has already H3528 been, H1961 for God H430 seeks H1245 what has passed H7291 by.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Your rulers H8269 are rebels H5637
And companions H2270 of thieves; H1590
Everyone H3605 loves H157 a bribe H7810
And chases H7291 after rewards. H8021
They do not [fn]defend H8199 the [fn]orphan, H3490
Nor H3808 does the widow’s H490 plea H7379 come H935 before H413 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe H1945 to those who rise H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 that they may pursue H7291 strong H7941 drink, H7941
Who stay H309 up late H309 in the evening H5399 that wine H3196 may inflame H1814 them!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - The nations H3816 rumble H7582 on like the rumbling H7588 of many H7227 waters, H4325
But He will rebuke H1605 them and they will flee H5127 far H4801 away, H4801
And be chased H7291 like chaff H4671 in the mountains H2022 before H6440 the wind, H7307
Or like whirling H1534 dust H1534 before H6440 a gale. H5492
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:16 - And you said, H559 “No, H3808 for we will flee H5127 on horses,” H5483
Therefore H5921 H3651 you shall flee! H5127
“And we will ride H7392 on swift H7031 horses,
Therefore H5921 H3651 those who pursue H7291 you shall be swift. H7043
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:3 - “He pursues H7291 them, passing H5674 on in safety, H7965
By a way H734 he had not been [fn]traversing H935 with his feet. H7272
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen H8085 to me, you who pursue H7291 righteousness, H6664
Who seek H1245 the LORD: H3068
Look H5027 to the rock H6697 from which you were hewn H2672
And to the [fn]quarry H953 H4718 from which you were dug. H5365
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15 - You who know, H3045 O LORD, H3068
Remember H2142 me, take H6485 notice H6485 of me,
And take H5358 vengeance H5358 for me on my persecutors. H7291
Do not, in view of Your patience, H750 take H3947 me away;
Know H3045 that for Your sake H5921 I endure H5375 reproach. H2781
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let those who persecute H7291 me be put H954 to shame, H954 but as for me, let me not be put H954 to shame; H954
Let them be dismayed, H2865 but let me not be dismayed. H2865
Bring H935 on them a day H3117 of disaster, H7451
And crush H7665 them with twofold H4932 destruction! H7670
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD H3068 is with me like a dread H6184 champion; H1368
Therefore H5921 H3651 my persecutors H7291 will stumble H3782 and not prevail. H3201
They will be utterly H3966 ashamed, H954 because H3588 they have [fn]failed, H3808 H7919
With an everlasting H5769 disgrace H3639 that will not be forgotten. H7911
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - ‘I will pursue H7291 them with the sword, H2719 with famine H7458 and with pestilence; H1698 and I will make H5414 them a terror H2113 to all H3605 the kingdoms H4467 of the earth, H776 to be a curse H423 and a horror H8047 and a hissing, H8322 and a reproach H2781 among all H3605 the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 I have driven H5080 them,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 them and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the plains H6160 of Jericho; H3405 and they seized H3947 him and brought H5927 him up to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 at Riblah H7247 in the land H776 of Hamath, H2574 and he passed H1696 sentence H1696 on him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:8 - But the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 pursued H7291 the king H4428 and overtook H5381 Zedekiah H6667 in the [fn]plains H6160 of Jericho, H3405 and all H3605 his army H2428 was scattered H6327 from him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah H3063 has gone H1540 into exile H1540 [fn]under H4480 affliction H6040
And [fn]under H4480 [fn]harsh H7230 servitude; H5656
She dwells H3427 among the nations, H1471
But she has found H4672 no H3808 rest; H4494
All H3605 her pursuers H7291 have overtaken H5381 her
In the midst H996 of [fn]distress. H4712
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:6 - All H3605 her majesty H1926
Has departed H3318 from the daughter H1323 of Zion; H6726
Her princes H8269 have become H1961 like deer H354
That have found H4672 no H3808 pasture; H4829
And they have [fn]fled H1980 without H3808 strength H3581
Before H6440 the pursuer. H7291
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - You have covered H5526 Yourself with anger H639
And pursued H7291 us;
You have slain H2026 and have not spared. H2550
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:66 - You will pursue H7291 them in anger H639 and destroy H8045 them
From under H8478 the heavens H8064 of the LORD! H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Our pursuers H7291 were swifter H7031
Than H4480 the eagles H5404 of the sky; H8064
They chased H1814 us on the mountains, H2022
They waited H693 in ambush H693 for us in the wilderness. H4057
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:5 - [fn]Our pursuers H7291 are at our necks; H6677
We are worn H3021 out, there is no H3808 rest H5117 for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:6 - therefore H3651 as I live,” H2416 declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068 “I will [fn]give H6213 you over H6213 to bloodshed, H1818 and bloodshed H1818 will pursue H7291 you; since H518 you have not hated H8130 bloodshed, H1818 therefore bloodshed H1818 will pursue H7291 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:7 - “She will pursue H7291 her lovers, H157 but she will not overtake H5381 them;
And she will seek H1245 them, but will not find H4672 them.
Then she will say, H559 ‘I will go H1980 back H7725 to my first H7223 husband, H376
For it was better H2896 for me then H227 than H4480 now!’ H6258
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:3 - “So let us know, H3045 let us press H7291 on to know H3045 the LORD. H3068
His going H4161 forth H4161 is as certain H3559 as the dawn; H7837
And He will come H935 to us like the rain, H1653
Like the spring H4456 rain H4456 watering H3384 the earth.” H776
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:3 - Israel H3478 has rejected H2186 the good; H2896
The enemy H340 will pursue H7291 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:1 - [fn]Ephraim H669 feeds H7462 on wind, H7307
And pursues H7291 the east H6921 wind H6921 continually; H3605 H3117
He multiplies H7235 lies H3577 and violence. H7701
Moreover, [fn]he makes H3772 a covenant H1285 with Assyria, H804
And oil H8081 is carried H2986 to Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:11 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068
“For three H7969 transgressions H6588 of Edom H123 and for four H702
I will not revoke H7725 its punishment,
Because H5921 he pursued H7291 his brother H251 with the sword, H2719
While he [fn]stifled H7843 his compassion; H7356
His anger H639 also tore H2963 continually, H5703
And he maintained H8104 his fury H5678 forever. H5331
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 1:8 - But with an overflowing H5674 flood H7858
He will make H6213 a complete H3617 end H3617 of [fn]its site, H4725
And will pursue H7291 His enemies H340 into darkness. H2822

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