Hebrew

To pursue

טָרַדStrong’s H2956

tarad (ta-rad)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Tarad is the Hebrew word usually translated “continuous”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.”

Meaning

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Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

טָרַד tarad · to pursue

1) to pursue, chase, be continuous 1a) (Qal) dripping (participle) Aramaic equivalent: te.rad (טְרַד "to chase away" H2957)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “pursue” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PURSUE, verb transitive

[Latin sequor; prosequor, or persequor. See Seek.]

To follow; to go or proceed after or in a like direction.
To take and proceed in, without following another.
To follow with a view to overtake; to follow with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare; to pursue an enemy.
To seek; to use measures to obtain; as, to pursue a remedy at law.

All definitions and other forms of “pursue”

To prosecute; to continue.“He that pursueth evil, pursueth it to his own death” Proverbs 11:19
To follow as an example; to imitate.
To endeavor to attain to; to strive to reach or gain.
To follow with enmity; to persecute.

PURSUE, verb intransitive

To go on; to proceed; to continue; a Gallicism.

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.