Running
מְרוּצָהStrong’s H4794merutsah (me-ru-tsah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Merutsah is the Hebrew word usually translated “running of”, “like running of” and “own course their”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.”
Meaning
- Running, course (of life)running, mode or style of running · course (of life)
How it's translated
- running of 1
- like running of 1
- in own course their 1
- course their 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 2
- 2 Samuel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 8:6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
- Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.
Hebrew dictionary
מְרוּצָה merutsah · running
1) running, course (of life) 1a) running, mode or style of running 1b) course (of life)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “running” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RUN'NING, participle present
tense
- Moving or going with rapidity; flowing.
- adjective Kept for the race; as a running horse.
- In succession; without any intervening day, year, etc.; as, to visit two days running; to sow land two years running
- Discharging pus or other matter; as a running sore.
All definitions and other forms of “running”
RUN'NING, noun
- The act of running or passing with speed.
- That which runs or flows; as the first running of a still or of cider at the mill.
- The discharge of an ulcer or other sore.
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.