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Strong's H1272 בָּרַח (barach)

Barach means “bolt” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G1272 — dianoigo (“open”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H1272
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 62
Books 20

Strong's H1272 Quick Answer

Strong's H1272 בָּרַח (barach) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. barach (baw-rakh') v. 1. to bolt 2. (figuratively) to flee suddenly It has 62 linked Bible usages across 20 books. Visible English usage signals include flee, away, put, fled, and when. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
barach (baw-rakh') v. 1. to bolt 2. (figuratively) to flee suddenly
Usage
62 linked usages
Books
20 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
flee, away, put, fled, and when

Meaning and Definition

barach (baw-rakh') v. 1. to bolt 2. (figuratively) to flee suddenly [a primitive root] KJV: chase (away); drive away, fain, flee (away), put to flight, make haste, reach, run away, shoot.

Original Word
בָּרַח
Transliteration
barach
Derivation
Root: ברח
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H1272. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to flee

Usage: 1) to go through, flee, run away, chase, drive away, put to flight, reach, shoot (extend), hurry away 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go, pass through 1a2) to flee 1a3) to hasten, come quickly 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to pass through 1b2) to cause to flee, put to flight 1b3) to drive away

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How Strong's H1272 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render barach, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's H1272 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 62 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H1272 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H1272 in the Old Testament

62 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 16:6 KJV

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

Genesis 16:8 KJV

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

Genesis 27:43 KJV

Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;

Usage Excerpts

First 62 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H1272.

Genesis 16:6 Old Testament, KJV
But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Genesis 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Genesis 27:43 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Genesis 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.
Genesis 31:21 Old Testament, KJV
So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
Genesis 31:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
Genesis 31:27 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?
Genesis 35:1 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Exodus 2:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Exodus 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?
Exodus 26:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end.
Exodus 36:33 Old Testament, KJV
And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other.
Numbers 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
Judges 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
Judges 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
1 Samuel 19:12 Old Testament, KJV
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
1 Samuel 19:18 Old Testament, KJV
So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth.
1 Samuel 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
1 Samuel 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
1 Samuel 22:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD.
1 Samuel 22:20 Old Testament, KJV
And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
1 Samuel 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
1 Samuel 27:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
2 Samuel 4:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
2 Samuel 13:34 Old Testament, KJV
But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him.
2 Samuel 13:37 Old Testament, KJV
But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
2 Samuel 13:38 Old Testament, KJV
So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years.
2 Samuel 15:14 Old Testament, KJV
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.
2 Samuel 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom.
1 Kings 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
But shew kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother.
1 Kings 2:39 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
1 Kings 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.
1 Kings 11:23 Old Testament, KJV
And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah:
1 Kings 11:40 Old Testament, KJV
Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon.
1 Kings 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;)
1 Chronicles 8:13 Old Testament, KJV
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
1 Chronicles 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
2 Chronicles 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt.
Nehemiah 6:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Nehemiah 13:10 Old Testament, KJV
And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
Nehemiah 13:28 Old Testament, KJV
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
Job 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
Job 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Job 20:24 Old Testament, KJV
He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.
Job 27:22 Old Testament, KJV
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.
Job 41:28 Old Testament, KJV
The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.
Psalms 139:7 Old Testament, KJV
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Proverbs 19:26 Old Testament, KJV
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
Song of Solomon 8:14 Old Testament, KJV
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
Isaiah 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far.
Isaiah 48:20 Old Testament, KJV
Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob.
Jeremiah 4:29 Old Testament, KJV
The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein.
Jeremiah 26:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;
Jeremiah 39:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Jeremiah 52:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Daniel 10:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves.
Hosea 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
Amos 7:12 Old Testament, KJV
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
Jonah 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.
Jonah 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
Jonah 4:2 Old Testament, KJV
And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H1272, grouped by book.

Genesis 9 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 8 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 6 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Job 5 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 4 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H1272 FAQ

What does barach (בָּרַח) mean?

Barach (Strong's H1272) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "bolt". barach (baw-rakh') v. 1. to bolt 2. (figuratively) to flee suddenly

How many times is barach (בָּרַח) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 62 linked usages for Strong's H1272 across 20 books.

Where can I study barach (בָּרַח) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H1272 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate barach (בָּרַח)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as flee, away, put, fled, when, and she. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.