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flee

Meaning of “flee”

To run or hasten away, especially from danger or expected evil.

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105 occurrences101 verses32 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 16:8

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Numbers 24:11
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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 24:11 · retained source text

Therefore now, flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee vnto great honour, but loe, the LORD hath kept thee backe from honour.

Numbers 35:6
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:6 · retained source text

And among the cities which yee shal giue vnto the Leuites, there shalbe sixe cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that hee may flee thither: And to them ye shall adde fourty and two cities.

1611 marginal noteHebr. aboue them ye shall giue.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.41. iosh. 20.2. and 21.3.

Numbers 35:11
Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 35:11 · retained source text

Then ye shall appoint you cities, to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither which killeth any person at vnawares.

1611 marginal noteHebr. by error.

Numbers 35:15
These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 35:15 · retained source text

These sixe cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the soiourner among them: that euery one that killeth any person vnawares, may flee thither.

Deuteronomy 4:42
That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:42 · retained source text

That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour vnawares, and hated him not in times past, and that fleeing vnto one of these cities he might liue:

Deuteronomy 19:3
Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:3 · retained source text

Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and diuide the coasts of thy land (which the LORD thy God giueth thee to inherit) into three parts, that euery slayer may flee thither.

Deuteronomy 19:4
¶ And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:4 · retained source text

¶ And this is the case of the slayer which shall flee thither, that hee may liue: who so killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past,

1611 marginal noteHeb. from yesterday the third day.

Deuteronomy 19:5
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 19:5 · retained source text

As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor, to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree, and the head slippeth from the helue, and lighteth vpon his neighbour that he die, he shall flee vnto one of those cities, and liue:

1611 marginal noteHeb. yron.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wood.

1611 marginal noteHeb. findeth.

Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:7 · retained source text

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise vp against thee, to bee smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seuen wayes.

Deuteronomy 28:25
The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:25 · retained source text

The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seuen wayes before them, and shalt be remoued into all the kingdomes of the earth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. for a remouing.

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