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Strong's Hebrew

7291. radaph -- to pursue, chase, persecute
... follow* (1), follows (1), hunts (1), passed (1), persecute (6), persecuted (5),
persecutors (4), press (1), pursue (36), pursued (37), pursuer (1), pursuers (9 ...
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Library

How the Meek and the Passionate are to be Admonished.
... Whence also Abner, when he made a stand against his pursuer, pierced him, not
with a direct stroke, but with the hinder end of his spear. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xvi how the meek.htm

Book V Here She Made an End and was for Turning the Course of Her ...
... In the land where the Parthian, as he turns in flight, shoots his arrows into the
pursuer's breast, from the rocks of the crag of Achæmenia, the Tigris and ...
/.../boethius/the consolation of philosophy/book v here she made.htm

It was a Clear Morning and the Tenth Day Before the Kalends of ...
... He was like the cat nearing its prey. Vergilius, now seeming unmindful of
his pursuer, walked in the direction of the cohort. Swiftly ...
//christianbookshelf.org/bacheller/vergilius/chapter 22 it was a.htm

And that which Follows Concerning Birds of the Air and Lilies of ...
... Me," [2587] therefore the Apostle ought not to have fled, and to be let down by
the wall in a basket that he might escape the hands of a pursuer, [2588] but ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 35 and that which.htm

The Way to the Sea
... The slaves were entrapped. The pursuer had but to follow the pursued in the only
open direction, and overtake the starving, thirsting multitude at last. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xliv the way to.htm

The Babe that I Carry Carries Me, Saith Mary, and He Has Lowered ...
... here is his Guardian! He that has iniquity, lo! here is his Pardoner! He that has
a devil, here is the Pursuer thereof! They that have pains, lo! ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn xii the babe that.htm

How God Also is Light, but in a Different Way; and How Life came ...
... at all neither shines on darkness, nor is at first pursued by it, so as to prove
victor and to have it recorded that it was not overtaken by its pursuer. ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/18 how god also is.htm

"There is Therefore Now no Condemnation to them which are in ...
... The pursuer is the law of God, and his justice, these have a sword in their
hand, the curse of God, and the sentence of condemnation. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon ii there is therefore.htm

Letter xvi. To the Bishops of Sicily.
... by the divinely appointed passage into Egypt He was withdrawn from wicked Herod,
and on which He was recalled from Egypt into Galilee on His pursuer's death. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/letter xvi to the bishops.htm

Of the Fourth Exile and Flight of the Holy Athanasius.
... So they rowed to meet the pursuer, and on came the bearer of the sentence of execution,
and, said he, "How far off is Athanasius?" "Not far," said Athanasius ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter v of the fourth exile.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who pursues or chases; one who follows in haste, with a view to overtake.

2. (n.) A plaintiff; a prosecutor.

Thesaurus

Pursuer (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Pursuer (4 Occurrences). ... Psalms 35:6 Their way is darkness
and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer. (YLT). ...
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Pursuers (19 Occurrences)

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Fleeing (38 Occurrences)
... there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who
are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, -- (YLT NAS ...
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Follower (8 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple;
a dependent associate; a retainer. 2. (n.) A sweetheart; a beau. ...
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Powerless (19 Occurrences)
... And go out from the daughter of Zion doth all her honour, Her princes have been
as harts -- They have not found pasture, And they go powerless before a pursuer...
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Akkub (8 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. AKKUB. ak'-ub (`aqqubh, "pursuer"): (1) A son
of Elioenai, a descendant of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:24). ...
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Slipperiness (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Slipperiness (1 Occurrence). Psalms 35:6 Their way is
darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer. (YLT). ...
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Splendour (32 Occurrences)
... the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts
that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer...
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Weakness (25 Occurrences)
... From the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: her princes are become like
harts that find no pasture, they are gone without strength before the pursuer...
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Confident (42 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT). Proverbs 28:1 The wicked have fled and there is no
pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. (YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Pursuer (4 Occurrences)

Joshua 8:20 When the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. The people who fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 35:6 Their way is darkness and slipperiness, And a messenger of Jehovah their pursuer.
(YLT)

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
(YLT)

Lamentations 1:6 From the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Pursuer

Related Terms

Pursuers (19 Occurrences)

Fleeing (38 Occurrences)

Follower (8 Occurrences)

Powerless (19 Occurrences)

Akkub (8 Occurrences)

Slipperiness (1 Occurrence)

Splendour (32 Occurrences)

Weakness (25 Occurrences)

Confident (42 Occurrences)