17 occurrences

'Pursuing' in the Bible

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GoddefeatPursuingGuilty FearGod OpposingUnsuitable Rule

As for those of you who may be left, I will also bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee as though from the sword, and they will fall.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesHuman EmotionHeart, HumanWeakness, PhysicalFaint HeartednessSurvivors Threatened

They will therefore stumble over each other as if running from the sword, although no one is pursuing; and you will have no strength to stand up before your enemies.

Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the Lord completely destroyed them;

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesDestroying ChariotsEarthly Armies

So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords

Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleTirednessThree To Four HundredThree Hundred And AboveTired In PursuitNot Giving Uptiredgideon

He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Verse ConceptsGroups going home

So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.”

Verse ConceptsDeserts, SpecificTelling Of Movementssaul

After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea?

Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

He also said, “Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand?

Verse ConceptsWhat Sin?

Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.

Verse ConceptsTrumpets To Stop Fighting

When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Verse ConceptsCessationStopping FightingNot The One

When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.

Let their way be dark and slippery,With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Verse ConceptsWalking In DarknessSlipperynessDarkness Of EvilEvil WaysPersecutionPaths

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Engage (51 instances)
Follow (353 instances)
Prosecute (9 instances)
Pursue (143 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּלק 
Dalaq 
Usage: 9

רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

שׂיג 
Siyg 
Usage: 1

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