25 occurrences

'Pursuing' in the Bible

and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GoddefeatPursuingGuilty FearGod OpposingUnsuitable Rule

And those who are left of you -- I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled -- flight from a sword -- and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesHuman EmotionHeart, HumanWeakness, PhysicalFaint HeartednessSurvivors Threatened

And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies,

Verse ConceptsStumblingPowerlessnessWithout Strength

and that which He hath done to the force of Egypt, to its horses, and to its chariot, when He hath caused the waters of the Red Sea to flow against their faces in their pursuing after them, and Jehovah destroyeth them, unto this day;

Verse ConceptsChariotsHorsesDestroying ChariotsEarthly Armies

And lo, Barak is pursuing Sisera, and Jael cometh out to meet him, and saith to him, 'Come, and I shew thee the man whom thou art seeking;' and he cometh in unto her, and lo, Sisera is fallen -- dead, and the pin in his temples.

Verse ConceptsPeople Made KnownThose Looking For People

And Gideon cometh in unto the Jordan, passing over, he and the three hundred men who are with him -- wearied, and pursuing,

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

and he saith to the men of Succoth, 'Give, I pray you, cakes of bread to the people who are at my feet, for they are wearied, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna kings of Midian.'

Verse ConceptsFeeding Groups

And Saul turneth back from pursuing after David, and goeth to meet the Philistines, therefore they have called that place 'The Rock of Divisions.'

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

After whom hath the king of Israel come out? after whom art thou pursuing? -- after a dead dog! after one flea!

Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

and he saith, 'Why is this -- my lord is pursuing after his servant? for what have I done, and what is in my hand evil?

Verse ConceptsWhat Sin?

And Joab bloweth with a trumpet, and the people turneth back from pursuing after Israel, for Joab hath kept back the people;

Verse ConceptsTrumpets To Stop Fighting

And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, 'Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'

Verse ConceptsFugitivesThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine ComingFamine Will ComeGod Will Cause Defeat

And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, 'Call with a loud voice, for he is a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.'

Verse ConceptsGod, As SpiritHourHumourIronyRidicule, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualFundistractionsawakeningjokingvacation

Rightly is righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.

Verse ConceptsLast ThingsSin, God's Judgment OnPursuingresilience

An abomination to Jehovah is the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.

Verse ConceptsPursuingRighteousness, Of BelieversPathways Of SinAbominations, To GodEvil Ways

Thy princes are apostates, and companions of thieves, Every one loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, The fatherless they judge not, And the plea of the widow cometh not to them.

Verse ConceptsGiftsBribery, Results OfExploitationsWicked RulersOppression, Nature OfOrphansReward, HumanRiches, Dangers OfRulersStealingLeadershipRulers, WickedCovetousness, Example OfEvil AssociationsCompanionshipNot Helping Widows

He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!

Verse Conceptsrelentless

Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock -- ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit -- ye have been digged.

Verse ConceptsPursuing GoodRighteousness, Of BelieversExcavationclosure

Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

Verse ConceptsAliancesFeedingFalse ConfidenceIdolatry, Objections ToTreatyWindForbidden AlliancesPursuing ViolenceOut Of The EastThe East Wind

Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever,

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

Bible Theasaurus

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