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HebrewH7323Verb

רוּץ

ruts

85Occurrences
H7323Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
run/runner/messenger 1) to run 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to run 1a2) runners (participle as subst) 1b) (Polel) to run swiftly, dart 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring or move quickly, hurry 1c2) to drive away from, cause to run away

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

רוּץ appears 85 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
11
2 Kings
11
Genesis
10
2 Samuel
8
2 Chronicles
6
1 Kings
5
Jeremiah
5
Esther
4

Key Passages

1 Kings 1:5BSB

At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

2 Chronicles 12:11BSB

And whenever the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards would go with him, bearing the shields, and later they would return them to the guardroom.

2 Samuel 18:19BSB

Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”

Genesis 24:28BSB

The girl ran and told her mother’s household about these things.

Jeremiah 51:31BSB

One courier races to meet another,and messenger follows messenger,to announce to the king of Babylonthat his city has been captured from end to end.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.