בָּרִיחַ
ba.ri.ach
“fleeing”
Definition
a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
or בָּרִחַ; (shortened) from H1272 (בָּרַח);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
בָּרִיחַ appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
My heart cries out over Moab;her fugitives flee as far as Zoar,as far as Eglath-shelishiyah.With weeping they ascend the slope of Luhith;they lament their destruction on the road to Horonaim.
In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
Thus says the LORD your Redeemer,the Holy One of Israel:“For your sake, I will send to Babylonand bring them all as fugitives,even the Chaldeans,in the ships in which they rejoice.
By His breath the skies were cleared;His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.