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

• Jeremiah 39:5 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 52:8 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
• Lamentations 1:3 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 1:6 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 3:43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
• Lamentations 3:66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
• Lamentations 4:19 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 5:5 We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.
• Ezekiel 35:6 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.
• Hosea 2:7 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 6:3 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 8:3 But Israel has rejected good; an enemy will pursue him.
• Hosea 12:1 Ephraim feeds on 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.
• Amos 1:11 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.
• Nahum 1:8 But with an overwhelming flood He will make an end of Nineveh and pursue His enemies into darkness.