רָדַף

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Genesis 14:14

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.

Genesis 14:15

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵם֙vaiyirdefemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he pursued them

So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Genesis 31:23

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

Genesis 35:5

• רָֽדְפ֔וּradefuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: people pursued

They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Genesis 44:4

• רְדֹ֖ףredofverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pursue

And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart so that he will pursue them. But I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD.” So this is what the Israelites did.

Exodus 14:4

• וְרָדַ֣ףveradafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will pursue

And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.

Exodus 14:8

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֕ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

Exodus 14:9

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

And the Egyptians chased after them—all Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen—and followed them into the sea.

Exodus 14:23

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

Exodus 15:9

• אֶרְדֹּ֥ףʾerdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will pursue

You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.

Leviticus 26:7

• וּרְדַפְתֶּ֖םuredaftemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will pursue

Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

Leviticus 26:8

• וְרָדְפ֨וּveradfuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will pursue
• יִרְדֹּ֑פוּyirdofuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will pursue

And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

Leviticus 26:17

• רֹדֵ֥ףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursues

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

Leviticus 26:36

• וְרָדַ֣ףveradafHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will pursue
• רֹדֵֽף׃rodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursues

They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.

Leviticus 26:37

• וְרֹדֵ֣ףverodefconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursues

Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.

Deuteronomy 1:44

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֣וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

what He did to the Egyptian army and horses and chariots when He made the waters of the Red Sea engulf them as they pursued you, and how He destroyed them completely, even to this day;

Deuteronomy 11:4

• בְּרָדְפָ֖םberadefampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when pursued they

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 16:20

• תִּרְדֹּ֑ףtirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will pursue

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

Deuteronomy 19:6

• יִרְדֹּף֩yirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he should pursue

The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.

Deuteronomy 28:22

• וּרְדָפ֖וּךָuredafukhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp2mstagged: and they will pursue you

All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

Deuteronomy 28:45

• וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙uredafukhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp2mstagged: and they will pursue you

Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you.

Deuteronomy 30:7

• רְדָפֽוּךָ׃redafukhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they have persecuted you

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Deuteronomy 32:30

• יִרְדֹּ֤ףyirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he pursue

At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”

Joshua 2:5

• רִדְפ֥וּridfuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pursue

So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.

Joshua 2:7

• רָדְפ֤וּradefuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they pursued
• הָרֹדְפִ֖יםharodefimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the pursuers

“Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”

Joshua 2:16

• הָרֹדְפִ֑יםharodefimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the pursuers
• הָרֹֽדְפִ֔יםharodefimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the pursuers

So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.

Joshua 2:22

• הָרֹדְפִ֑יםharodefimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the pursuers
• הָרֹדְפִ֛יםharodefimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the pursuers

And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Joshua 7:5

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּםvaiyirdefumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they pursued them

Then all the men of Ai were summoned to pursue them, and they followed Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

Joshua 8:16

• לִרְדֹּ֖ףlirdofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pursue
• וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙vaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.

Joshua 8:17

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.

Joshua 8:20

• הָרוֹדֵֽף׃harodefthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: the pursuer

When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.

Joshua 8:24

• רְדָפ֣וּםredafumverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they had pursued them

And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 10:10

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֗םvaiyirdefemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he pursued them

But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”

Joshua 10:19

• רִדְפוּ֙ridfuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pursue

and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.

Joshua 11:8

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּםvaiyirdefumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mptagged: and they pursued them

Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.

Joshua 20:5

• יִרְדֹּ֜ףyirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pursue

One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

Joshua 23:10

• יִרְדָּף־yirdof-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he puts to flight

When I brought your fathers out of Egypt and you reached the Red Sea, the Egyptians pursued them with chariots and horsemen as far as the Red Sea.

Joshua 24:6

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

Judges 1:6

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.

Judges 3:28

• רִדְפ֣וּridfuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pursue

Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.

Judges 4:16

• רָדַ֞ףradafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he pursued

When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.

Judges 4:22

• רֹדֵ֣ףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursuing

Then the men of Israel were called out from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued the Midianites.

Judges 7:23

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two princes of Midian; and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb and Zeeb at the winepress of Zeeb. So they pursued the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side of the Jordan.

Judges 7:25

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

Then Gideon and his three hundred men came to the Jordan and crossed it, exhausted yet still in pursuit.

Judges 8:4

• וְרֹדְפִֽים׃verodefimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: and pursuing

So Gideon said to the men of Succoth, “Please give my troops some bread, for they are exhausted, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

Judges 8:5

• רֹדֵ֛ףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursuing

When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.

Judges 8:12

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

but Abimelech pursued him, and Gaal fled before him. And many Shechemites fell wounded all the way to the entrance of the gate.

Judges 9:40

• וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֣הוּvaiyirdefehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he pursued him

They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.

Judges 20:43

• הִרְדִיפֻ֔הוּhirdifuhuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: they pursued him

Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.

1 Samuel 7:11

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 17:52

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙vaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.

1 Samuel 23:25

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.

1 Samuel 23:28

• מִרְדֹף֙mirdofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from pursuing

Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

1 Samuel 24:14

• רֹדֵ֑ףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursuing

And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.

1 Samuel 25:29

• לִרְדָפְךָ֔lirdafekhapreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: to pursue you

And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?

1 Samuel 26:18

• רֹדֵ֖ףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursuing

So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

1 Samuel 26:20

• יִרְדֹּ֥ףyirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: someone pursues

and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

1 Samuel 30:8

• אֶרְדֹּ֛ףʾerdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: will I pursue
• רְדֹ֔ףredofverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pursue

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:10

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.

2 Samuel 2:19

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:24

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֛וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.

2 Samuel 2:28

• יִרְדְּפ֥וּyirdefuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they pursued

Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

2 Samuel 17:1

• וְאֶרְדְּפָ֥הveerdefahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will pursue

Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.

2 Samuel 18:16

• מִרְדֹ֖ףmirdofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from pursuing

And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”

2 Samuel 20:6

• וּרְדֹ֣ףuredofconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and pursue

So Joab’s men, along with the Cherethites, the Pelethites, and all the mighty men, marched out of Jerusalem in pursuit of Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:7

• לִרְדֹּ֕ףlirdofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pursue

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:10

• רָדַ֕ףradafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he pursued

As soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.

2 Samuel 20:13

• לִרְדֹּ֕ףlirdofpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to pursue

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

2 Samuel 22:38

• אֶרְדְּפָ֥הʾerdefahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: let me pursue

So Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

2 Samuel 24:13

• רֹדְפֶ֗ךָrodefekhaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: pursuing you

and each one struck down his opponent. So the Arameans fled, with the Israelites in pursuit. But Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on horseback with the cavalry.

1 Kings 20:20

• וַֽיִּרְדְּפֵ֖םvaiyirdefemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and it pursued them

So Gehazi pursued Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running toward him, he got down from the chariot to meet him and asked, “Is everything all right?”

2 Kings 5:21

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֥ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.

2 Kings 9:27

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֨ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

2 Kings 25:5

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.

2 Chronicles 13:19

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he pursued

Then Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar. The Cushites fell and could not recover, for they were crushed before the LORD and His army. So the people of Judah carried off a great amount of plunder

2 Chronicles 14:13

• וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֨םvaiyirdefemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he pursued them

You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.

Nehemiah 9:11

• רֹ֨דְפֵיהֶ֜םrodefeihemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: pursuers their

Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?

Job 13:25

• תִּרְדֹּֽף׃tirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you pursue

Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

Job 19:22

• תִּרְדְּפֻ֣נִיtirdefuniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: are you persecuting me

If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’

Job 19:28

• נִּרְדָּף־nirdof-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: will we persecute

Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.

Job 30:15

• תִּרְדֹּ֣ףtirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it pursues

O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,

Psalms 7:1

• רֹ֝דְפַ֗יrodefaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: pursuers my

then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah

Psalms 7:5

• יִֽרַדֹּ֥ףyiradofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he pursue

I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Psalms 18:37

• אֶרְדּ֣וֹףʾerdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I pursued

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Psalms 23:6

• יִ֭רְדְּפוּנִיyirdefuniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they will pursue me

My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.

Psalms 31:15

• וּמֵרֹדְפָֽי׃umerodefaiconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and from pursuers my

Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.

Psalms 34:14

• וְרָדְפֵֽהוּ׃veradefehuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and pursue it

Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”

Psalms 35:3

• רֹדְפָ֑יrodefaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: pursuers my

May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.

Psalms 35:6

• רֹדְפָֽם׃rodefamverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: pursuing them

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

Psalms 38:20

• רָֽדְפִיradefiverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: pursuing my

For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.

Psalms 69:26

• רָדָ֑פוּradafuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have harassed

saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”

Psalms 71:11

• רִֽדְפ֥וּridfuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pursue

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Psalms 83:15

• תִּרְדְּפֵ֣םtirdefemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you will pursue them

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Psalms 109:16

• וַיִּרְדֹּ֡ףvaiyirdofHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he harassed

How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?

Psalms 119:84

• בְרֹדְפַ֣יverodefaipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in harass me

All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!

Psalms 119:86

• רְדָפ֣וּנִיredafuniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they have harassed me

Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

Psalms 119:150

• רֹדְפֵ֣יrodefeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: pursue

Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.

Psalms 119:157

• רֹדְפַ֣יrodefaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: harass me

Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.

Psalms 119:161

• רְדָפ֣וּנִיredafuniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: they have harassed me

Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.

Psalms 142:6

• מֵרֹדְפַ֑יmerodefaipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: from harass me

For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.

Psalms 143:3

• רָ֘דַ֤ףradafverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has pursued

Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.

Proverbs 11:19

• וּמְרַדֵּ֖ףumeradefconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursues

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

Proverbs 12:11

• וּמְרַדֵּ֖ףumeradefconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursues

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Proverbs 13:21

• תְּרַדֵּ֣ףteradefverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it pursues

The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

Proverbs 15:9

• וּמְרַדֵּ֖ףumeradefconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursues

All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.

Proverbs 19:7

• מְרַדֵּ֖ףmeradefverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursues

He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

Proverbs 21:21

• רֹ֭דֵףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursues

The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:1

• רֹדֵ֣ףrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: pursues

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.

Proverbs 28:19

• וּמְרַדֵּ֥ףumeradefconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursues

What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

Ecclesiastes 3:15

• נִרְדָּֽף׃nirdafverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: was pursued

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Isaiah 1:23

• וְרֹדֵ֖ףverodefconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursuing

Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.

Isaiah 5:11

• יִרְדֹּ֑פוּyirdofuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they pursue

The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

Isaiah 17:13

• וְרֻדַּ֗ףverudafHc/VPq3mstagged: and it will be chased

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

Isaiah 30:16

• רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם׃rodefeikhemverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: pursue you

He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.

Isaiah 41:3

• יִרְדְּפֵ֖םyirdefemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he pursues them

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.

Isaiah 51:1

• רֹ֥דְפֵיrodefeiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: O pursue

You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.

Jeremiah 15:15

• מֵרֹ֣דְפַ֔יmerodefaipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: from harass me

Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terrified. Bring upon them the day of disaster and shatter them with double destruction.

Jeremiah 17:18

• רֹדְפַי֙rodefaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: pursuers my

But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 20:11

• רֹדְפַ֥יrodefaiverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: persecutors my

I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

Jeremiah 29:18

• וְרָֽדַפְתִּי֙veradaftiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will pursue

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

Jeremiah 39:5

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֨וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

Jeremiah 52:8

• וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּvaiyirdefuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they pursued

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Lamentations 1:3

• רֹדְפֶ֥יהָrodefeihaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: pursuers her

All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

Lamentations 1:6

• רוֹדֵֽף׃ סrodefverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a pursuer

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.

Lamentations 3:43

• וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּvatirdefenuHc/Vqw2ms/Sp1bptagged: and you have pursued us

You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.

Lamentations 3:66

• תִּרְדֹּ֤ףtirdofverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will pursue

Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

Lamentations 4:19

• רֹדְפֵ֔ינוּrodefeinuverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: pursuers our

We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

Lamentations 5:5

• נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּnirdafenuverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have been pursued

therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

Ezekiel 35:6

• יִרְדֲּפֶ֑ךָyirdafekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will pursue you
• יִרְדֲּפֶֽךָ׃yirdafekhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will pursue you

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

Hosea 2:7

• וְרִדְּפָ֤הveridefahHc/Vpq3fstagged: and she will pursue

So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

Hosea 6:3

• נִרְדְּפָ֗הnirdefahverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us pursue

But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.

Hosea 8:3

• יִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃yirdefovverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pursue him

Ephraim chases the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; he multiplies lies and violence; he makes a covenant with Assyria and sends olive oil to Egypt.

Hosea 12:1

• וְרֹדֵ֣ףverodefconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and pursuing

This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

Amos 1:11

• רָדְפ֨וֹradefoverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: pursued he

But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.

Nahum 1:8

• יְרַדֶּף־yeradef-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will pursue