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To chase away

טְרַדStrong’s H2957

terad (te-rad)

Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Terad is the Aramaic word usually translated “was chased”, “chasing” and “about to chase”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

“That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.”
Daniel 4:25 KJV
Meaning
  1. (P'al) to drive away, drive from, chase away
How it's translated
  • he was chased 2
  • chasing 1
  • about to chase 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 4

1 book in all.

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Aramaic dictionary

טְרַד terad · to chase away

(P'al) to drive away, drive from, chase away Aramaic of ta.rad (טָרַד "to pursue" H2956)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

CHASING, participle present

tense Pursuing; driving; hunting.

    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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.