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H1272Hebrew

בָּרַח

Definition and meaning

barach (baw-rakh') v. 1. to bolt 2. (figuratively) to flee suddenly [a primitive root] KJV: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.

Tagged KJV passages

64 matching verses - 65.0 tagged occurrences

Highlighted words carry the exact Strong's tag in the installed KJV text. A verse may contain more than one occurrence. These are tagged English renderings, not independently verified original-language token counts.

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 from her face.

Matched English: fled
Genesis 16:8

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Matched English: flee
Genesis 27:43

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Matched English: flee
Genesis 31:20

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

Matched English: fled
Genesis 31:21

So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.

Matched English: fled
Genesis 31:22

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

Matched English: fled
Genesis 31:27

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, 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?

Matched English: away
Genesis 35:1

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Matched English: fleddest
Genesis 35:7

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Matched English: fled
Exodus 2:15

Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.

Matched English: fled
Exodus 14:5

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: 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?

Matched English: fled
Exodus 26:28

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

Matched English: reach
Exodus 36:33

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

Matched English: shoot
Numbers 24:11

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

Matched English: flee
Judges 9:21

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Matched English: away
Judges 11:3

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 19:12

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 19:18

So David fled, 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.

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 20:1

And David fled 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?

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 21:10

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

Matched English: fled
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, 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.

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 22:20

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 23:6

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

Matched English: fled
1 Samuel 27:4

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

Matched English: fled