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H7291רָדַףra.daph

to pursuePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 5
  2. 5
  3. 7
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 8
  6. 19
  7. 11
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 11
  10. 11
  11. 1
  12. 3
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 1
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 4
  19. 20
  20. 8
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 6
  24. 6
  25. 6
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 4
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. 1
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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143 occurrences in 135 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Psalms 143:3

    For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath crushed my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.

    רָ֘דַ֤ף ra.Daf “he has pursued”

  2. Proverbs 11:19

    Stedfast righteousness tendeth to life; but he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

    וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף (מְרַדֵּ֖ף) me.ra.Def “[one who] pursues”

  3. Proverbs 12:11

    He that tilleth his ground shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after vain things is void of understanding.

    וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף (מְרַדֵּ֖ף) me.ra.Def “[one who] pursues”

  4. Proverbs 13:21

    Evil pursueth sinners; but to the righteous good shall be repaid.

    תְּרַדֵּ֣ף te.ra.Def “it pursues”

  5. Proverbs 15:9

    The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD; but He loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

    וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף (מְרַדֵּ֖ף) me.ra.Def “[one who] pursues”

  6. Proverbs 19:7

    All the brethren of the poor do hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He that pursueth words, they turn against him.

    מְרַדֵּ֖ף me.ra.Def “[one who] pursues”

  7. Proverbs 21:21

    He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, prosperity, and honour.

    רֹ֭דֵף Ro.def “[one who] pursues”

  8. Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.

    רֹדֵ֣ף ro.Def “[is one who] pursues”

  9. Proverbs 28:19

    He that tilleth his ground shall have plenty of bread; but he that followeth after vain things shall have poverty enough.

    וּמְרַדֵּ֥ף (מְרַדֵּ֥ף) me.ra.Def “[one who] pursues”

  10. Ecclesiastes 3:15

    That which is hath been long ago, and that which is to be hath already been; and God seeketh that which is pursued.

    נִרְדָּֽף׃ nir.Daf “[what] was pursued”

  11. Isaiah 1:23

    Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth bribes, and followeth after rewards; they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

    וְרֹדֵ֖ף (רֹדֵ֖ף) ro.Def “[is] pursuing”

  12. Isaiah 5:11

    Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!

    יִרְדֹּ֑פוּ yir.Do.fu “they pursue”

  13. Isaiah 17:13

    The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters; but He shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like the whirling dust before the storm.

    וְרֻדַּ֗ף (רֻדַּ֗ף) ru.Daf “it will be chased”

  14. Isaiah 30:16

    But ye said: 'No, for we will flee upon horses'; therefore shall ye flee; and: 'We will ride upon the swift'; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

    רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם׃ (רֹדְפֵי) ro.de.fei. “[those who] pursue”

  15. Isaiah 41:3

    He pursueth them, and passeth on safely; the way with his feet he treadeth not.

    יִרְדְּפֵ֖ם (יִרְדְּפֵ֖) yir.de.Fe “he pursues”

  16. Isaiah 51:1

    Hearken to Me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD; look unto the rock whence ye were hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye were digged.

    רֹ֥דְפֵי Ro.de.fei “O [those who] pursue”

  17. Jeremiah 15:15

    Thou, O LORD, knowest; remember me, and think of me, and avenge me of my persecutors; take me not away because of Thy long-suffering; know that for Thy sake I have suffered taunts.

    מֵרֹ֣דְפַ֔י (רֹ֣דְפַ֔) Ro.de.Fa “[those who] harass”

  18. Jeremiah 17:18

    Let them be ashamed that persecute me, but let not me be ashamed; let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

    רֹדְפַי֙ (רֹדְפַ) ro.de.Fa “pursuers”

  19. Jeremiah 20:11

    But the LORD is with me as a mighty warrior; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be greatly ashamed, because they have not prospered, even with an everlasting confusion which shall never be forgotten.

    רֹדְפַ֥י (רֹדְפַ֥) ro.de.Fa “persecutors”

  20. Jeremiah 29:18

    And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will make them a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have drive

    וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙ (רָֽדַפְתִּי֙) ra.daf.Ti “I will pursue”

  21. Jeremiah 39:5

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he gave judgment upon him.

    וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּ (יִּרְדְּפ֨וּ) i.yir.de.Fu “they pursued”

  22. Jeremiah 52:8

    But 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.

    וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ (יִּרְדְּפ֤וּ) i.yir.de.Fu “they pursued”

  23. Lamentations 1:3

    Judah is gone into exile because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest; all her pursuers overtook her within the straits.

    רֹדְפֶ֥יהָ (רֹדְפֶ֥י) ro.de.Fei. “pursuers”

  24. Lamentations 1:6

    And gone is from the daughter of Zion all her splendour; her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

    רוֹדֵֽף׃ ro.Def “a pursuer”

  25. Lamentations 3:43

    Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.

    וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ (תִּרְדְּפֵ֔) tir.de.Fe. “you have pursued”