- Original: רדף - Transliteration: Radaph - Phonetic: raw-daf' - Definition: 1. to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after a. (Qal) 1. to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon 2. to persecute, harass (fig) 3. to follow after, aim to secure (fig) 4. to run after (a bribe) (fig) b. (Niphal) 1. to be pursued 2. one pursued (participle) c. (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue d. (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away e. (Hiphil) to pursue, chase - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2124 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by): - chase put to flight follow (after on) hunt (be under) persecute (-ion -or) pursue (-r). Total KJV Occurrences: 143 • after, 6 Psalm 119:150; Proverbs 15:9; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 51:1; Hosea 2:7; Hosea 12:1 • chase, 5 Leviticus 26:7; Leviticus 26:8; Leviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 32:30; Joshua 23:10 • chased, 8 Deuteronomy 1:44; Joshua 7:5; Joshua 8:24; Joshua 10:10; Joshua 11:8; Judges 9:40; Judges 20:43; Isaiah 17:13 • flight, 1 Leviticus 26:8 • follow, 7 Genesis 44:4; Exodus 14:4; Deuteronomy 16:20; Judges 3:28; Psalm 23:6; Psalm 38:20; Isaiah 5:11 • followed, 2 2 Kings 5:21; 2 Kings 9:27 • followeth, 3 Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 21:21; Proverbs 28:19 • hunt, 1 1 Samuel 26:20 • on, 1 Hosea 6:3 • past, 1 Ecclesiastes 3:15 • persecute, 15 Job 19:22; Job 19:28; Psalm 7:1; Psalm 7:5; Psalm 31:15; Psalm 35:3; Psalm 35:6; Psalm 69:26; Psalm 71:11; Psalm 83:15; Psalm 119:84; Psalm 119:86; Jeremiah 17:18; Jeremiah 29:18; Lamentations 3:66 • persecuted, 5 Deuteronomy 30:7; Psalm 109:16; Psalm 119:161; Psalm 143:3; Lamentations 3:43 • persecution, 1 Lamentations 5:5 • persecutors, 7 Nehemiah 9:11; Psalm 119:157; Psalm 142:6; Jeremiah 15:15; Jeremiah 20:11; Lamentations 1:3; Lamentations 4:19 • pursue, 28 Genesis 35:5; Exodus 15:9; Deuteronomy 19:6; Deuteronomy 28:22; Deuteronomy 28:45; Joshua 2:5; Joshua 8:16; Joshua 10:19; Joshua 20:5; 1 Samuel 24:14; 1 Samuel 25:29; 1 Samuel 26:18; 1 Samuel 30:8(2); 2 Samuel 17:1; 2 Samuel 20:6; 2 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 20:13; 2 Samuel 24:13; Job 13:25; Job 30:15; Psalm 34:14; Isaiah 30:16; Ezekiel 35:6(2); Hosea 8:3; Amos 1:11; Nahum 1:8 • pursued, 35 Genesis 14:14; Genesis 14:15; Genesis 31:23; Exodus 14:8; Exodus 14:9; Exodus 14:23; Deuteronomy 11:4; Joshua 2:7(2); Joshua 8:16; Joshua 8:17; Joshua 24:6; Judges 1:6; Judges 4:16; Judges 4:22; Judges 7:23; Judges 7:25; Judges 8:12; 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Samuel 17:52; 1 Samuel 23:25; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 2:19; 2 Samuel 2:24; 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 22:38; 1 Kings 20:20; 2 Kings 25:5; 2 Chronicles 13:19; 2 Chronicles 14:13; Psalm 18:37; Isaiah 41:3; Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 52:8 • pursuer, 1 Lamentations 1:6 • pursuers, 5 Joshua 2:16(2); Joshua 2:22(2); Joshua 8:20 • pursueth, 7 Leviticus 26:17; Leviticus 26:36; Leviticus 26:37; Proverbs 11:19; Proverbs 13:21; Proverbs 19:7; Proverbs 28:1 • pursuing, 4 Judges 8:4; Judges 8:5; 1 Samuel 23:28; 2 Samuel 18:16 """