Strong's Number: H1272
Original Word: barah
Usage Notes: "to flee, pass through." Some scholars See this word, which is used throughout the history of the Hebrew language, reflected in ancient Ugaritic as well. Barah occurs about 60 times in the Hebrew Bible. The word first appears in Gen 16:6, where it is said that Hagar "fled from her [Sarah's] face" as a result of Sarah's harsh treatment. Men may "flee" from many things or situations. David "fled" from Naioth in Ramah in order to come to Jonathan (1Sam 20:1). Sometimes it is necessary to "flee" from weapons (Job 20:24). In describing flight from a person, the Hebrew idiom "from the presence of" (literally, "from the face of") is often used (Gen 16:6, 8; Gen 31:27; Gen 35:1, 7). In its figurative use, the word describes days "fleeing" away (Job 9:25) or frail man "fleeing" like a shadow (Job 14:2). A rather paradoxical use is found in Song 8:14, in which "flee" must mean "come quickly": "Make haste [literally, "flee"], my beloved, and be thou like to a gazelle…."
Usage Number: 2
Strong's Number: H5127
Original Word: nûs
Usage Notes: "to flee, escape, take flight, depart." This term is found primarily in biblical Hebrew, where it occurs some 160 times. Nûs occurs for the first time in Gen 14:10, where it is used twice to describe the "fleeing" of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah. Nûs is the common word for "fleeing" from an enemy or danger (Gen 39:12; Num 16:34; Josh 10:6). The word is also used to describe "escape," as in Jer 46:6 and Amos 9:1. In a figurative use, the word describes the "disappearance" of physical strength (Deut 34:7), the "fleeing" of evening shadows (Song 2:17), and the "fleeing away" of sorrow (Isa 35:10).
