Strong's Hebrew · H1272

בָּרַח

bârach · baw-rakh'

Definitionto bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagechase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
Occurrences64 in the KJV · 63 verses

בָּרַח in Scripture

Genesis 16:6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. Genesis 16:8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai' s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. Genesis 27:43 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; Genesis 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. Genesis 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. Genesis 31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. Genesis 31:27 Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? Genesis 35:1 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. Genesis 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place El -bethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. Exodus 2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Exodus 14:5 And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? Exodus 26:28 And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
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