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

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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רָדַף 141 occurrences vb. pursue, chase, persecute

Qal 128
- 1
  - a pursue
  - b lit. put to flight, chase
  - c lit., the pursuers
  - d chase, hunt
  - e pursue
  - f fig. persecute, harass
  - g pursue, dog
- 2 fig. follow after, aim to secure
Niph. upon the neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued
Pi. pursue ardently
Pu. it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains
Hiph. usu. they chased him

Displaying only every 10^th verse out of 135:

JOS 24:6

OET-LV: 6 And_I _brought _out DOM fathers _of_your(pl) from_Miʦrayim and_you(pl)_came to_the_sea and_ Miʦrayim _they _pursued after fathers _of_your(pl) with_chariotry and_with_horsemen the_sea _of reed[s]. (JOS_24:6)

OET-RV: 6 I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and you all came to the edge of the Red Sea. The Egyptians chased after them with chariots and horsemen (JOS 24:6)

LAM 3:43

OET-LV: 43 you _have _covered _yourself with_anger and_you_have _pursued _us you _have _killed not you _have _spared. (LAM_3:43)

OET-RV: 43 You wrapped yourself with anger and chased after us.
⇔ You killed without showing any pity. (LAM 3:43)

ISA 30:16

OET-LV: 16 And_you(pl)_said no if/because on horse[s] we _will _flee therefore yes/correct/thus/so you(pl)_will _flee and_on swift_horses we _will _ride therefore yes/correct/thus/so they _will _prove _swift those _of_who_pursue _you(pl). (ISA_30:16)

OET-RV: 16 You all said, ‘Nah, we’ll flee away on horses,’
⇔ and indeed you all will flee,
⇔ and you said, ‘We’ll ride on swift horses,’
⇔ but those who chase after you all will prove to be swifter. (ISA 30:16)

PSA 142:7

OET-LV: 7  pay_attention to of _entreaty _of_my _cry if/because I _have _become _low exceedingly deliver_me from_those _of_who_harass _me if/because they _are_too_strong for_me. (PSA_142:7)

OET-RV: 7 Bring my life out of prison in order to praise your name.
⇔ The godly people will gather around me because you’ve been good to me. (PSA 142:7)

SA2 22:38

OET-LV: 38 Let _me _pursue enemies _of_my and_I_destroyed _them and_not I _returned until brought_them _to _an _end. (SA2_22:38)

OET-RV: 38 Let me chase down my enemies and destroy them.
⇔ ≈ Then I won’t return until they’re all defeated. (SA2 22:38)

SA2 24:13

OET-LV: 13 And_he _went Gād to Dāvid and_he _told to_him/it and_he/it _said to_him/it will_it _come to/for_yourself(m) seven years famine in_land _of_your or three months fleeing_your to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before foes _of_your and_he will _of_be_pursuing _you and_if to _be three _of days pestilence in_land _of_your now know and_see what will _I _bring _back the_one _of_who_sent _me message. (SA2_24:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then Gad asked him, “Do you want seven years of famine in your country, or three months of fleeing from your enemies, or three days of plague in your country? Consider those and let me know which option to pass back to the one who sent me.” (SA2 24:13)

SA2 20:6

OET-LV: 6 and_ Dāvid _he/it _said to ʼAⱱīshay now he _will _be _bad to/for_us Sheⱱaˊ the _son _of Bicri more _than ʼAⱱīshālōm you take DOM the _servants _of your(pl)_master(s)_of_your and_pursue after_him lest he _has _found to_him/it cities fortified and_he _will _tear _out eye _of_our. (SA2_20:6)

OET-RV: 6 Meanwhile David told Abishai, “Bikri’s son Sheva will do more harm to us now than Abshalom. Take some of my warriors and chase him down, in case he finds some fortified city to hide in and gets away from us.” (SA2 20:6)

SA1 23:25

OET-LV: 25 And_ Shāʼūl/(Saul) _he/it _went and_men _of_his to_seek_him and_people _told to_Dāvid and_he/it _descended the_rock and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_the _wilderness _of Māˊōn and_ Shāʼūl _he/it _listened and_he _pursued after Dāvid the _wilderness _of Māˊōn. (SA1_23:25)

OET-RV: 25 when Sha’ul and his men came to search for them. When David was told, he went further south to a rocky hill therein that wilderness, but Sha’ul also heard that and followed them. (SA1 23:25)

HOS 12:2

OET-LV: 2  ʼEfrayim is_feeding wind and_he_is_pursuing an _east _wind all _of the_day falsehood and_violence he _increases and_a _covenant with ʼAshshūr they _are _making and_oil to_Miʦrayim it _is _carried. (HOS_12:2)

OET-RV: ⇔  2 Yahweh also has a dispute with Yehudah,
⇔ and will punish Yakov for what they’ve done.
⇔ He will repay them according to how they behaved. (HOS 12:2)

EXO 14:9

OET-LV: 9 And_ Miʦrayim _they _pursued after_them and_they _overtook them encamping at the_sea every _of (the)_horse _of the _chariotry _of Parˊoh and_horsemen _of_his and_army _of_his at Pi- hahiroth to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before Baˊal- Tsəfōn. (EXO_14:9)

OET-RV: 9 The Egyptians pursued them and all of Far’oh’s horses and chariots, along with his mounted soldiers and his foot army, overtook them camping above the sea above Pi Hahiroth, across from Baal-Zephon. (EXO 14:9)

JOS 8:20

OET-LV: 20 And_ the _men _of _they _turned of _(the)_ˊAy behind_them and_they _saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE it _went _up the _smoke _of the_city to_the_heavens and_not it _was in/among_them hands to_flee hither and_hither and_the_people which_was_fleeing the_wilderness it _turned _back against the_pursuer[s]. (JOS_8:20)

OET-RV: 20 When the men from Ay turned and looked behind them, the smoke from their city was going up into the sky, but they had nowhere to escape to. Then Yehoshua’s men who’d been fleeing towards the wilderness turned back around towards their pursuers (JOS 8:20)

SA1 24:15

OET-LV: 15  after whom the _king _of has _he _come _out of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) after whom are_you pursuing after a _dog dead after a _flea one. (SA1_24:15)

OET-RV: 15 May Yahweh take his judgement seat and judge between me and you, and may he see my case and find me innocent and save me from you.” (SA1 24:15)

SA1 17:52

OET-LV: 52 And_ the _men _of _they _arose of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_Yəhūdāh/(Yihudah) and_they _shouted _a _war _cry and_they _pursued DOM the_Fəlishtiy until come_you a _valley and_unto the _gates _of ˊEqrōn and_they _fell those_slain _of the_Fəlishtiy on_the _way _of Shaˊₐrayim and_unto Gat and_unto ˊEqrōn. (SA1_17:52)

OET-RV: 52 and the Israeli warriors started yelling and they chased the Philistines into the valley and as far as the gates of Ekron. The dead bodies of the Philistines could be seen on the road all the way from Shaaraim to Gat and Ekron. (SA1 17:52)

JOS 7:5

OET-LV: 5 And_they _struck _down from_them the _men _of (the)_ˊAy about_thirty and_six man and_they_pursued _them to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_gate to (the)_Shəⱱārīm and_they_struck _them _down at_descent and_ the _heart _of _it _melted of_the _people and_he/it _was (into)_water. (JOS_7:5)

OET-RV: 5 The men from Ay chased them from the city gate downhill to Shevarim and fought them on the slopes. About thirty-six of them were killed, and the Israelis became very afraid and lost all their courage. (JOS 7:5)

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