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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - רָדַף

רָדַף

H7291

Transliteration: râdaph

Pronunciation: raw-daf'

Definition: chase


Original: רדף

Transliteration: râdaph

Phonetic: raw-daf'

BDB Definition:

  1. to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after
    1. (Qal)
      1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon
      2. to persecute, harass (figuratively)
      3. to follow after, aim to secure (figuratively)
      4. to run after (a bribe) (figuratively)
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be pursued
      2. one pursued (participle)
    3. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue
    4. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away
    5. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 2124

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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