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Lexicon :: Strong's H7323 - rûṣ

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רוּץ
Transliteration
rûṣ
Pronunciation
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2137

Strong’s Definitions

רוּץ rûwts, roots; a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush):—break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x

The KJV translates Strong's H7323 in the following manner: run (72x), guard (14x), post (8x), run away (2x), speedily (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 104x
The KJV translates Strong's H7323 in the following manner: run (72x), guard (14x), post (8x), run away (2x), speedily (1x), miscellaneous (7x).

  1. to run

    1. (Qal)

      1. to run

      2. runners (participle as subst)

    2. (Polel) to run swiftly, dart

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to bring or move quickly, hurry

      2. to drive away from, cause to run away

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רוּץ rûwts, roots; a primitive root; to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush):—break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post.
STRONGS H7323: Abbreviations
† רוּץ verb run (Late Hebrew id. (rare); Ethiopic bdb093001, Zinjirli Perfect 1st person singular רצת; = Aramaic רְהַט; bdb093002 (WSG 47); compare Assyrian râṣu, be helpful (i.e. run to help?)); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רָץ Genesis 18:7; 2nd person masculine singular רַצְתָּה Jeremiah 12:5, etc.; Imperfect יָרוּץ Habakkuk 2:2 +, יָרֻץ Job 16:14, וַיָּ֫רָץ Genesis 18:2 +, וַיָּר֑ץ 2 Samuel 18:21; 1st person singular suffix ארוצם Jeremiah 50:44 Kt (but < Qr. Hiph., see below), etc. [see also רצץ]; Imperative masculine singular רוּץ 2 Samuel 18:23; 2 Kings 4:26, רֻץ 1 Samuel 20:36; Zechariah 2:8; Infinitive construct לָרוּץ 1 Samuel 20:6 +; Participle רָץ 2 Samuel 18:22 +, plural רָצִים 1 Samuel 22:17 +, רָצִין 2 Kings 11:13 (Ges§ 87 e); —
1. run, with אֶל location Genesis 18:7; Genesis 24:20 (both J), Numbers 17:12 (P), אֶל person Genesis 24:29 (J; + ה locative), 1 Samuel 3:5; Isaiah 55:5 (figurative), with hostility, against, Job 15:26 (figurative), so goat against ram Daniel 8:6, עַל person, against Job 16:14; ה locative also Joshua 7:22, לְבֵיתוֺ Haggai 1:9, לָרַע Isaiah 59:7; Proverbs 1:16; accusative of location 1 Samuel 20:6; 1 Samuel 17:22, 48 (+ לִקְרַאת); ב location on (ב II. 2), of horses Amos 6:12, locusts Joel 2:9; into Proverbs 18:10 (figurative); מִן local 1 Samuel 4:12, so MT 2 Kings 23:12 (= he went quickly thence, but text perhaps corrupt, see Kit Benz, and compare Hiph. below); אַחֲרֵי person 2 Samuel 18:22; 1 Kings 19:20; 2 Kings 5:20, 21; Songs 1:4, עַד person 2 Kings 4:22; לִפְנֵי person 2 Samuel 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5 (both of royal escort, out-runners), 1 Kings 18:46 (+ עַד location), לִפְנֵי of thing 1 Samuel 8:11; אֵת person accompare Jeremiah 12:5; with accusative of way, אֹרַֹח Psalm 19:6, דֶּרֶךְ 2 Samuel 18:23; Psalm 119:132 (figurative); as preliminary, + infinitive לִקְרַאת run to meet Genesis 18:2; Genesis 24:17; Genesis 29:13; Genesis 33:4 (all J), 2 Kings 4:26; Jeremiah 51:31, + finite verb Genesis 24:28; Genesis 29:12 (both J), Numbers 11:27; Joshua 8:19 (both J E), Judges 7:21; Judges 13:10; 1 Samuel 10:23; 1 Samuel 17:51; 2 Samuel 18:19; Psalm 59:5; as imperative + imperative 1 Samuel 20:36; Zechariah 2:8; absolute 1 Samuel 20:36; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Chronicles 23:12 (see 2a), Proverbs 4:12; Proverbs 6:18 (of feet), of locusts Joel 2:4, 7; specifically, run as messenger 2 Samuel 18:21, 22, 23 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 18:24, 26 (twice in verse), figurative of prophet's activity Jeremiah 23:21, of י׳'s word Psalm 147:15; figurative of reading smoothly, יָרוּץ קוֺרֵא בוֺ Habakkuk 2:2. — Psalm 18:30 = 2 Samuel 22:30 read אָרֹץ (for אָרֻץ, אָרוּץ), √רצץ Ew Ol Che Bae and others.
2. Participle as substantive:
a. plural הָרָצִים the runners properly out-runners, as royal escort, compare verb 2 Samuel 15:1; 1 Kings 1:5; then) of royal body-guard 1 Samuel 22:17; 1 Kings 14:27, 28 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 12:10; 12:11; 12:28, 2 Kings 10:25 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 11:4, 6, 11, 19 (twice in verse). — (הָעָם הָרָצִין 2 Kings 11:13 is gloss (Kit Benz; whence [easier] הָעָם הָרָצִים 2 Chronicles 23:12 see 1). — Proverbs 29:6 for יָרֻן Pinsk Toy favour יָרוּץ.
b. runner = (royal messenger, post, late), רָץ Jeremiah 51:31 (twice in verse) (|| מַגִּיד), compare Job 9:25 (as swift); הָרָצִים 2 Chronicles 30:6, 10; Esther 3:13, 15, riders בַּסּוּסִים הָר׳ Esther 8:10, רֹבֵי הָרֶכֶשׁ הָר׳ Esther 8:14.
Po`lel Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְרוֺצֵ֑צוּ Nahum 2:5 they run swiftly, dart (like lightning; of chariots).
Hiph. cause to run:
1. bring, or move, quickly, Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural suffix וַיְרִיצֻהוּ, מִן local Genesis 41:14 (E), read perhaps also 3rd person masculine singular וַיָּרֶץ 2 Kings 23:12 (accusative omitted; for MT וַיָּרָץ see Qal); ל person, accusative of thing omitted וַיָּרִיצוּ 2 Chronicles 35:13; Imperative masculine singular הָרֵץ 1 Samuel 17:17 (+ accusative of location, ל person); Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תָּרִיץ יָדָיו Psalm 68:32 quickly stretch out hands, לֵאלֹהִים (namely, with offerings).
2. with מֵעַל = drive away from, 1st person singular, suffix 3rd person masculine singular, אֲרִיצֶנּוּ Jeremiah 49:19, so read probably also in || Jeremiah 50:44 (Qr אֲרִיצֵם, > Kt ארוצם).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:2; 18:2; 18:7; 18:7; 24:17; 24:20; 24:28; 24:29; 29:12; 29:13; 33:4; 41:14

Numbers

11:27; 17:12

Joshua

7:22; 8:19

Judges

7:21; 13:10

1 Samuel

3:5; 4:12; 8:11; 10:23; 17:17; 17:22; 17:48; 17:51; 20:6; 20:6; 20:36; 20:36; 20:36; 22:17; 22:17

2 Samuel

15:1; 15:1; 18:19; 18:21; 18:21; 18:22; 18:22; 18:22; 18:23; 18:23; 18:23; 18:24; 18:26; 22:30

1 Kings

1:5; 1:5; 14:27; 14:28; 18:46; 19:20

2 Kings

4:22; 4:26; 4:26; 5:20; 5:21; 10:25; 11:4; 11:6; 11:11; 11:13; 11:13; 11:19; 23:12; 23:12

2 Chronicles

12:10; 12:11; 23:12; 23:12; 30:6; 30:10; 35:13

Esther

3:13; 3:15; 8:10; 8:14

Job

9:25; 15:26; 16:14; 16:14

Psalms

18:30; 19:6; 59:5; 68:32; 119:132; 147:15

Proverbs

1:16; 4:12; 6:18; 18:10; 29:6

Song of Songs

1:4

Isaiah

40:31; 55:5; 59:7

Jeremiah

12:5; 12:5; 23:21; 49:19; 50:44; 50:44; 51:31; 51:31

Daniel

8:6

Joel

2:4; 2:7; 2:9

Amos

6:12

Nahum

2:5

Habakkuk

2:2; 2:2

Haggai

1:9

Zechariah

2:8; 2:8

H7323

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Strong's Number H7323 matches the Hebrew רוּץ (rûṣ),
which occurs 104 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Ki 23:12–Zec 2:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, he pulled down and broke in pieces[fn] and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:10 - and King Rehoboam made in their place shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard, who kept the door of the king’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:11 - And as often as the king went into the house of the LORD, the guard came and carried them and brought them back to the guardroom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:12 - When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the house of the LORD to the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:6 - So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, return to the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:10 - So the couriers went from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:13 - And they roasted the Passover lamb with fire according to the rule; and they boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the lay people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with instruction to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s signet ring. Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on swift horses that were used in the king’s service, bred from the royal stud,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - So the couriers, mounted on their swift horses that were used in the king’s service, rode out hurriedly, urged by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in Susa the citadel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:25 - “My days are swifter than a runner;
they flee away; they see no good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:26 - running stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:14 - He breaks me with breach upon breach;
he runs upon me like a warrior.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:29 - For by you I can run against a troop,
and by my God I can leap over a wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:5 - which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:4 - for no fault of mine, they run and make ready.
Awake, come to meet me, and see!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:31 - Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:32 - I will run in the way of your commandments
when you enlarge my heart![fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:15 - He sends out his command to the earth;
his word runs swiftly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:16 - for their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:12 - When you walk, your step will not be hampered,
and if you run, you will not stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:18 - a heart that devises wicked plans,
feet that make haste to run to evil,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:10 - The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:4 - Draw me after you; let us run.
The king has brought me into his chambers.

Others
We will exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:5 - Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:7 - Their feet run to evil,
and they are swift to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:5 - “If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you,
how will you compete with horses?
And if in a safe land you are so trusting,
what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:21 - “I did not send the prophets,
yet they ran;
I did not speak to them,
yet they prophesied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:19 - Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him[fn] run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:44 - “Behold, like a lion coming up from the thicket of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make them run away from her, and I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:31 - One runner runs to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
that his city is taken on every side;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 8:6 - He came to the ram with the two horns, which I had seen standing on the bank of the canal, and he ran at him in his powerful wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:4 - Their appearance is like the appearance of horses,
and like war horses they run.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:7 - Like warriors they charge;
like soldiers they scale the wall.
They march each on his way;
they do not swerve from their paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:9 - They leap upon the city,
they run upon the walls,
they climb up into the houses,
they enter through the windows like a thief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:12 - Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there[fn] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood[fn]—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:4 - The chariots race madly through the streets;
they rush to and fro through the squares;
they gleam like torches;
they dart like lightning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:2 - And the LORD answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHag 1:9 - You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:4 - and said to him, “Run, say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem shall be inhabited as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it.

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