46 occurrences

'Pursue' in the Bible

And they journeyed; and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.

Verse ConceptsDivine Protection, Examples OfTerror Of Godterrorism

And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he may pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh, and in all his host; and the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah. And they did so.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, As RedeemerFreedom, Of The WillGod, Revelation OfAfflictions Of The WickedKingsKnowledge, Of GodTravelGod Hardening PeopleYou Will Know I Am The Lord

And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall pursue after them; and I will glorify myself in Pharaoh and in all his host, in his chariots and in his horsemen.

Verse ConceptsGod Hardening PeoplePeople Following People

The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my soul shall be sated upon them; I will unsheath my sword, my hand shall dispossess them.

Verse ConceptsPursuingSelf ConfidencePursuing PeopleArrogance, Characterizes The WickedOvertakingDividing The Spoil

lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, since he hated him not previously.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot HatingDeath Of A Family Member

Jehovah will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with burning ague, and with drought, and with blight, and with mildew, and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

Verse ConceptsBlightdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfHeatMildewWasteFeverWar As God's JudgmentDiseasecancermoldpossibilities

And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, until thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee.

Verse ConceptsIf You Do Not Keep Commands

and it came to pass when the gate had to be closed, at dark, that the men went out: I know not whither the men have gone. Pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.

Verse ConceptsGatesShutting Gates

And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

Verse ConceptsBringing People Out Of Other Places

And ye, stay not, pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities; for Jehovah your God has given them into your hand.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleSmitingThose God Gave Into Their HandsEnemy Attacks

And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; for he smote his neighbour unwittingly, and hated him not previously.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot Hating

After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a single flea.

Verse ConceptsdogsInsectsPersecution, Nature OfFleasI Am Unimportantbugsrelentless

And if a man is risen up to pursue thee and to seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with Jehovah thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out from the hollow of the sling.

Verse ConceptsSlingsThrowing Stones

And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand?

Verse ConceptsWhat Sin?

And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou shalt assuredly overtake them and shalt certainly recover.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodAnswered PrayerOvertakingRecoveryFamily Conflict

And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me, I pray, choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David to-night;

Verse ConceptsadvisersThe Number TwelvePursuingEleven To Nineteen Thousand

And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom. Take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fortified cities and escape our sight.

Verse ConceptsFortressesFortified CitiesPeople Possibly Doing Evil

And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men; and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri,

And Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine adversaries while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pestilence in thy land? Now be aware and consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesThree DaysTwo To Four MonthsThree YearsFamine ComingFamine Will ComeGod Will Cause Defeat

Wilt thou terrify a driven leaf? and wilt thou pursue dry stubble?

Verse ConceptsChaffFoliageharassment

Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.

Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

Let the enemy pursue after my soul, and take it, and let him tread down my life to the earth, and lay my glory in the dust. Selah.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleOvertakingPsalm Interjectionsrelentless

Let their way be dark and slippery, and let the angel of Jehovah pursue them.

Verse ConceptsWalking In DarknessSlipperynessDarkness Of EvilEvil WaysPersecutionPaths

Saying, God hath forsaken him; pursue and seize him, for there is none to deliver.

Verse ConceptsAbandonmentPursuing PeopleGod Abandoning IndividualsNo One Can Save

So pursue them with thy tempest, and terrify them with thy whirlwind.

Verse ConceptsStormsHurricanesGod Controls Storms

And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

Verse ConceptsBackPursuing PeopleCavalryRiding HorsesSpeed

And I will pursue them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will give them over to be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth, to be an execration, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I will drive them:

Verse ConceptsHissingFamine Coming From GodMade A Horror

Moab's praise is no more; in Heshbon they have devised evil against her: Come, and let us cut her off from being a nation. Thou also, O Madmen, shalt be cut down; the sword shall pursue thee.

Verse ConceptsendSilenceLosing Honour

therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.

Verse ConceptsBlood, Figurative UsePursuingPursuing PeopleHating EvilKilling Will Happen

And she shall pursue after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, and shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go and return to my first husband, for then was it better with me than now.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Between God And His PeopleUnion With Christ, Nature OfOvertakingNot FindingPersonal GoodSeeking But Not Finding PeopleFinding Lovelovers

Israel hath cast off good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Verse ConceptsPursuing PeopleForsaking God's Things

But with an overrunning flood he will make a full end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, And God's JudgmentOvertaken By DarknessEnd Of ActionsFloodsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

Not that I have already obtained the prize, or am already perfected; but I pursue, if also I may get possession of it, seeing that also I have been taken possession of by Christ Jesus.

Verse ConceptsGrowthRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanSpiritual VitalityPerfectionHuman ImperfectionPursuing GoodPeople Made PerfectTaking PossessionRacestrivingprocess

And there was given to it a mouth, speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to it authority to pursue its career forty-two months.

Verse ConceptsSatan, Limitations OfThree And A Half YearsBlasphemyProud PeopleExercise

Bible Theasaurus

Endeavor (9 instances)
Engage (51 instances)
Follow (353 instances)
Prosecute (9 instances)
Pursue (143 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּלק 
Dalaq 
Usage: 9

רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

שׂיג 
Siyg 
Usage: 1