Hebrew word

râdaph

raw-daf'

רָדַף

What it means

to run after (usually with hostile intent

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

pursued35
pursue25
persecute11
follow10
chased8
persecutors7
followeth6
chase5

Every place it appears 129

Genesis14:14 14:15 31:23 35:5 44:4

Exodus14:4 14:8 14:9 14:23 15:9

Leviticus26:7 26:8 26:36 26:37

Deuteronomy1:44 11:4 16:20 19:6 28:22 28:45 32:30

Joshua2:5 2:7 2:16 2:22 7:5 8:16 8:17 8:24 10:10 10:19 11:8 20:5 23:10 24:6

Judges1:6 3:28 4:16 4:22 7:23 7:25 8:5 8:12 9:40 20:43

1 Samuel7:11 17:52 23:25 23:28 24:14 25:29 26:18 26:20 30:8 30:10

2 Samuel2:19 2:24 2:28 17:1 18:16 20:6 20:7 20:10 20:13 22:38 24:13

1 Kings20:20

2 Kings5:21 9:27 25:5

2 Chronicles13:19 14:13

Nehemiah9:11

Job13:25 19:22 19:28 30:15

Psalms7:5 18:37 23:6 35:3 38:20 69:26 71:11 83:15 109:16 119:86 119:150 119:157 119:161 142:6 143:3

Proverbs11:19 12:11 13:21 15:9 19:7 21:21 28:1 28:19

Isaiah1:23 5:11 17:13 30:16 41:3 51:1

Jeremiah15:15 17:18 20:11 29:18 39:5 52:8

Lamentations1:3 3:43 3:66 4:19 5:5

Ezekiel35:6

Hosea2:7 6:3 12:1

Amos1:11

Nahum1:8