To flee
בָּרַחStrong’s H1272barach (ba-rach)
Appears in 64 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Barach is the Hebrew word usually translated “fled”, “fleeing” and “had fled”. It appears in 64 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.”
Meaning
- To go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away(Qal) · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- and he fled 13
- fleeing 5
- he had fled 5
- flee 4
- and they fled 4
- to flee 3
- when fled he 3
- he fled 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 9
- 1 Samuel 8
- 2 Samuel 6
- 1 Kings 6
- Job 5
- Exodus 4
20 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 16:6But 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.
- Genesis 16:8And 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.
- Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
- Genesis 31:20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
- Genesis 31:21So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
- Genesis 31:22And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
All 64 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
בָּרַח barach · to flee
1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, pass through 1a2) to flee 1a3) to hasten, come quickly 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pass through 1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight 1b3) to drive away
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “flee” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FLEE, verb intransitive
- To run with rapidity, as from danger; to attempt to escape; to hasten from danger or expected evil.“Arise, take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt” Matthew 2:13
- To depart; to leave; to hasten away.“Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” James 4:7
- To avoid; to keep at a distance from.“FLEE fornication; flee from idolatry” 1 Corinthians 10:14
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.