רָדַף râdaph

Meaning

to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)

In the King James Version: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 2 Samuel 2:24 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 2:28 So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
• 2 Samuel 17:1 Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.
• 2 Samuel 18:16 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
• 2 Samuel 20:6 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 20:7 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 20:10 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 20:13 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 22:38 I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
• 2 Samuel 24:13 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.”
• 1 Kings 20:20 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.
• 2 Kings 5:21 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 9:27 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 25:5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
• 2 Chronicles 13:19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
• 2 Chronicles 14:13 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
• Nehemiah 9:11 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.
• Job 13:25 Would You frighten a windblown leaf? Would You chase after dry chaff?
• Job 19:22 Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
• Job 19:28 If you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,’
• Job 30:15 Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
• Psalms 7:1 A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjamite. O LORD my God, I take refuge in You; save me and deliver me from all my pursuers,
• Psalms 7:5 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 18:37 I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
• Psalms 23:6 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 31:15 My times are in Your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
• Psalms 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
• Psalms 35:3 Draw the spear and javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
• Psalms 35:6 May their path be dark and slick, as the angel of the LORD pursues.
• Psalms 38:20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
• Psalms 69:26 For they persecute the one You struck and recount the pain of those You wounded.
• Psalms 71:11 saying, “God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for there is no one to rescue him.”
• Psalms 83:15 so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.
• Psalms 109:16 For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
• Psalms 119:84 How many days must Your servant wait? When will You execute judgment on my persecutors?
• Psalms 119:86 All Your commandments are faithful; I am persecuted without cause—help me!
• Psalms 119:150 Those who follow after wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.
• Psalms 119:157 Though my persecutors and foes are many, I have not turned from Your testimonies.
• Psalms 119:161 Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart fears only Your word.
• Psalms 142:6 Listen to my cry, for I am brought quite low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are too strong for me.
• Psalms 143:3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
• Proverbs 11:19 Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
• Proverbs 12:11 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
• Proverbs 13:21 Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
• Proverbs 15:9 The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
• Proverbs 19:7 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 21:21 He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
• Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
• Proverbs 28:19 The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
• Ecclesiastes 3:15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.
• Isaiah 1:23 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 5:11 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 17:13 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 30:16 “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
• Isaiah 41:3 He pursues them, going on safely, hardly touching the path with his feet.
• Isaiah 51:1 “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.
• Jeremiah 15:15 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 17:18 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 20:11 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 29:18 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.