בָּרַחbârach
go through, flee
Pronunciation: baw-rakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1272
Meanings
Qal: construct (Genesis 31:22; Job 9:25; Isaiah 22:3)
1. go (Exodus 36:33)
2. flee (Genesis 31:20; Genesis 21:21; Genesis 31:22)
3. flee = hasten, come quickly (Song of Solomon 8:14)
Hiph`il
1. pass through, literal (Exodus 26:28)
2. cause to flee, put to flight, drive away (Job 41:20; 1 Chronicles 8:18; 1 Chronicles 12:16)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 65 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 16:6 Abram replied, “Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.
- Genesis 16:8 The angel said to her, “Hagar, Sarai’s servant, where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I’m running away from my mistress, Sarai,” she replied.
- Genesis 27:43 So listen carefully, my son. Get ready and flee to my brother, Laban, in Haran.
- Genesis 31:20 Jacob outwitted Laban the Aramean, for they set out secretly and never told Laban they were leaving.
- Genesis 31:21 So Jacob took all his possessions with him and crossed the Euphrates River, heading for the hill country of Gilead.
- Genesis 31:22 Three days later, Laban was told that Jacob had fled.
See every passage
- Genesis 16:6, 16:8, 27:43, 31:20, 31:21, 31:22, 31:27, 35:1, 35:7
- Exodus 2:15, 14:5, 26:28, 36:33
- Numbers 24:11
- Judges 9:21, 11:3
- 1 Samuel 19:12, 19:18, 20:1, 21:10, 22:17, 22:20, 23:6, 27:4
- 2 Samuel 4:3, 13:34, 13:37, 13:38, 15:14, 19:9
- 1 Kings 2:7, 2:39, 11:17, 11:23, 11:40, 12:2
- 1 Chronicles 8:13, 12:15
- 2 Chronicles 10:2
- Nehemiah 6:11, 13:10, 13:28
- Job 9:25, 14:2, 20:24, 27:22, 41:28
- Psalms 3:0, 57:0, 139:7
- Proverbs 19:26
- Song of Solomon 8:14
- Isaiah 22:3, 48:20
- Jeremiah 4:29, 26:21, 39:4, 52:7
- Daniel 10:7
- Hosea 12:12
- Amos 7:12
- Jonah 1:3, 1:10, 4:2
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).