40 occurrences

'Pursued' in the Bible

And Abram heard that his brother was taken captive; and he led out his trained servants, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them as far as Dan.

Verse ConceptsSkillViolenceWarfare, Strategies InAbraham, Testing And VictoryBodyguardsThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveBorn In One's HouseOvercoming Adversitytraining

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is to the left of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdefeatDuring One Night

And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey, and overtook him on mount Gilead.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysOvertaking

And Jacob was angry, and he disputed with Laban. And Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my fault, what my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?

Verse ConceptsHuntingAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, RighteousDisputesNamed People Angry With OthersWhat Sin?

And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel; and the children of Israel had gone out with a high hand.

Verse ConceptsHardened HeartsBoldness, To PeopleHeart, Fallen And RedeemedStiffnecked PeopleGod Hardening PeopleBeing Strong

And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them where they had encamped by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, opposite to Baal-Zephon.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Israel and JudahHorsesCavalryOvertakingComing To The Red Sea

And the Egyptians pursued and came after them all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen, into the midst of the sea.

Verse ConceptsCavalry

and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and unto their chariots, over which he made the water of the Red sea flow as they pursued after you, and Jehovah destroyed them unto this day;

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesDestroying ChariotsEarthly Armies

And the men pursued after them the way to the Jordan, to the fords; and when they who pursued after them had gone out, they closed the gate.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanMeltingThirty SomeLosing Courage

And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

Verse ConceptsBringing People Out Of Other Places

And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

Verse ConceptsEmpty CitiesUnguarded

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtComing To The Red Sea

Ado'ni-be'zek fled; but they pursued him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples ofInjuryKnivesCaptivesMutilationThumbsToesCutting Off Hands And Feet

And Barak pursued the chariots and the army to Haro'sheth-ha-goiim, and all the army of Sis'era fell by the edge of the sword; not a man was left.

Verse ConceptsConquest

And behold, as Barak pursued Sis'era, Ja'el went out to meet him, and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." So he went in to her tent; and there lay Sis'era dead, with the tent peg in his temple.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

And the men of Israel were called out from Naph'tali and from Asher and from all Manas'seh, and they pursued after Mid'ian.

And they took the two princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the wine press of Zeeb, as they pursued Mid'ian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsWinepressSkullsTreading GrapesNamed Gentile RulersTwo Other Men

And Zebah and Zalmun'na fled; and he pursued them and took the two kings of Mid'ian, Zebah and Zalmun'na, and he threw all the army into a panic.

Verse ConceptsTwo Other Men

Cutting down the Benjaminites, they pursued them and trod them down from Nohah as far as opposite Gib'e-ah on the east.

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways, and they were pursued hard to Gidom, and two thousand men of them were slain.

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandFive ThousandOvertaking

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, as far as below Beth-car.

And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to the ravine and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down on the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron.

Verse ConceptsGatesRoadsTribes Of Israel

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David; and he came down from the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And Saul heard that, and he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

Verse ConceptsRocksPursuingStones For ProtectionTelling Of Movements

And David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the torrent Besor.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredTired In Pursuittired

And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from behind Abner.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning Asiderelentless

And Joab and Abishai pursued after Abner; and the sun went down when they came to the hill of Ammah, which is before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

And Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither did they fight any more.

Verse ConceptsTrumpetCessationStopping FightingTrumpets To Stop Fighting

And Amasa had taken no notice of the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him with it in the belly and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Verse ConceptsAssassinations, CompletedBetrayalStomachsBowelsAnatomyIntestinesKilling Named Individuals

I pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them, And I turned not again till they were consumed.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleEnemiescrushes

And they slew every one his man; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them; and Ben-Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen.

Verse ConceptsPeoples Who Fledsyria

And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersOvertaking

And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him: Bethel with its dependent villages, and Jeshanah with its dependent villages, and Ephron with its dependent villages.

And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that none of them was left alive; for they were crushed before Jehovah and before his army. And they carried away very much spoil.

Verse ConceptsSpoils Of WarRecovery

I pursued mine enemies, and overtook them; and I turned not again till they were consumed.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertaking

He pursued them, he passed on in safety, by a way he had never come with his feet.

Verse ConceptsPursuing People

And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him, and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment upon him.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

Verse ConceptsOvertaking

Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

Verse ConceptsGod KillingGod Killed His PeopleNot SparingAnger And Forgivenesspity

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity; and his anger did tear continually, and he kept his wrath for ever.

Verse ConceptsTemperUnkindnessAbominations, Judgments OfPitilessnessPitilessness CondemnedHatred Between RelativesThree Or FourEternal JudgementPeople Without Mercyrelentless

Bible Theasaurus

Chased (47 instances)
Engage (51 instances)
Follow (353 instances)
Prosecute (9 instances)
Pursue (143 instances)
Pursued (98 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּלק 
Dalaq 
Usage: 9

רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

שׂיג 
Siyg 
Usage: 1