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בָּרַח H1272

H1272 is the Hebrew word בָּרַח, transliterated bârach and said baw-rakh'. The King James Version most often renders it fled.

Word: בָּרַחTransliteration: bârachSaid: baw-rakh'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 61 verses

What it means

to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 53 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

fled 33×flee 9×ran away 2×wherefore didst thou flee away 1×fleddest 1×reach 1×shoot 1×therefore now flee 1×now he is fled 1×drove away 1×put to flight 1×whither he had fled 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.

Verses using בָּרַח

The first 40 of 61 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 16:6 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Genesis 31:21 · KJV

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 31:27 · KJV

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 · KJV

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, 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 · KJV

And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Exodus 2:15 · KJV

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 · KJV

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 · KJV

And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.

Exodus 36:33 · KJV

And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.

Numbers 24:11 · KJV

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

Judges 9:21 · KJV

And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.

Judges 11:3 · KJV

Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

1 Samuel 19:12 · KJV

So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

1 Samuel 19:18 · KJV

So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.

1 Samuel 20:1 · KJV

And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

1 Samuel 21:10 · KJV

And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 22:17 · KJV

And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.

1 Samuel 22:20 · KJV

And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.

1 Samuel 23:6 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.

1 Samuel 27:4 · KJV

And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.

2 Samuel 4:3 · KJV

And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)

2 Samuel 13:34 · KJV

But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.

2 Samuel 13:37 · KJV

But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.

2 Samuel 13:38 · KJV

So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

2 Samuel 15:14 · KJV

And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Samuel 19:9 · KJV

And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.

1 Kings 2:7 · KJV

But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.

1 Kings 2:39 · KJV

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.

1 Kings 11:17 · KJV

That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.

1 Kings 11:23 · KJV

And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:

1 Kings 11:40 · KJV

Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.

1 Kings 12:2 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)

1 Chronicles 8:13 · KJV

Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

1 Chronicles 12:15 · KJV

These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

2 Chronicles 10:2 · KJV

And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he had fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.

Nehemiah 6:11 · KJV

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Nehemiah 13:10 · KJV

And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.

Job 9:25 · KJV

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

Common questions

What does Strong's H1272 mean?

H1272 is the Hebrew word בָּרַח (bârach), meaning to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly.

How is H1272 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it fled (33 times), flee (9 times), ran away (2 times), wherefore didst thou flee away (1 time), fleddest (1 time), among others.

How many times does H1272 appear in the Bible?

בָּרַח (bârach) is tagged in 61 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H1272 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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