בָּרַח
bârach · baw-rakh'
to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to separate and protect
The house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בָּרַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
65 occurrences · 65 OT · 0 NT · 49 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fled13 · 27%
- and fled5 · 10%
- flee3 · 6%
- when he fled3 · 6%
- that he fled2 · 4%
- was fled2 · 4%
- ran away2 · 4%
- her, she fled1 · 2%
- i flee1 · 2%
- so he fled1 · 2%
- wherefore didst thou flee away1 · 2%
- unto thee when thou fleddest1 · 2%
- unto him, when he fled1 · 2%
- shall reach1 · 2%
- to shoot1 · 2%
- therefore now flee1 · 2%
- and let us flee1 · 2%
- and now he is fled1 · 2%
- to me when i fled1 · 2%
- which fled1 · 2%
- of it,(for he was fled1 · 2%
- who drove away1 · 2%
- and they put to flight1 · 2%
- whither he had fled1 · 2%
- as i flee1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.