12 occurrences

'Fugitives' in the Bible

“Woe to you, O Moab!You are ruined, O people of Chemosh!He has given his sons as fugitives,And his daughters into captivity,To an Amorite king, Sihon.

Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, O Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh.”

The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me cross over,” the men of Gilead would say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No,”

My heart cries out for Moab;His fugitives are as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping;Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their ruin.

For the waters of Dimon are full of blood;Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon,A lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land.

Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel,“For your sake I have sent to Babylon,And will bring them all down as fugitives,Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice.

“Gather yourselves and come;Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations;They have no knowledge,Who carry about their wooden idolAnd pray to a god who cannot save.

But you will not go out in haste,Nor will you go as fugitives;For the Lord will go before you,And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

“In the shadow of HeshbonThe fugitives stand without strength;For a fire has gone forth from HeshbonAnd a flame from the midst of Sihon,And it has devoured the forehead of MoabAnd the scalps of the riotous revelers.

“Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you,”Declares the Lord God of hosts,“From all directions around you;And each of you will be driven out headlong,With no one to gather the fugitives together.

There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon,To declare in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God,Vengeance for His temple.

“Do not stand at the fork of the roadTo cut down their fugitives;And do not imprison their survivorsIn the day of their distress.

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בּריח 
B@riyach 
Usage: 41

מברח 
Mibrach 
Usage: 1

נוּע 
Nuwa` 
Usage: 40

פּלט פּליט פּליט 
Paliyt 
Usage: 24

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