Fleeing
בָּרִיחַStrong’s H1281bariach (ba-ri-ach)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bariach is the Hebrew word usually translated “fleeing”, “fugitives its” and “fugitives”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.”
Meaning
- Fleeing
- Fugitive
How it's translated
- fleeing 2
- fugitives its 1
- fugitives 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 3
- Job 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Isaiah 15:5My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
- Isaiah 43:14Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships.
Hebrew dictionary
בָּרִיחַ bariach · fleeing
adj 1) fleeing subst 2) fugitive
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.