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pursued

Meaning of “pursued”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pursue. Sense 1: To follow or chase in order to overtake. Sense 2: To seek after and continue earnestly toward an aim.

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38 occurrences37 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 14:14

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Joshua 8:17
And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 8:17 · retained source text

And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the citie open, and pursued after Israel.

Joshua 24:6
And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 24:6 · retained source text

And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came vnto the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with charets and horsemen vnto the red sea.

1611 marginal noteExod. 12.37.

1611 marginal noteExod.14.9.

Judges 1:6
But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 1:6 · retained source text

But Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbes, and his great toes.

Judges 4:16
But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 4:16 · retained source text

But Barak pursued after the charets, and after the hoste vnto Harosheth of the Gentiles, and all the host of Sisera fell vpon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

1611 marginal noteHebr. vnto one.

Judges 4:22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 4:22 · retained source text

And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Iael came out to meet him, and said vnto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the naile was in his temples.

Judges 7:23
And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 7:23 · retained source text

And the men of Israel gathered themselues together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.

Judges 7:25
And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 7:25 · retained source text

And they tooke two Princes of the Midianites, Oreb, and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb vpon the rocke Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepresse of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb, to Gideon on the other side Iordan.

1611 marginal notePsal. 83.11. esa. 10.26.

Judges 8:12
And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 8:12 · retained source text

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah, and Zalmunna, & discomfited all the host.

1611 marginal noteHeb. terrified.

Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 20:45 · retained source text

And they turned and fled toward the wildernesse vnto the rocke of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the high wayes fiue thousand men: and pursued hard after them vnto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

1 Samuel 7:11
And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 7:11 · retained source text

And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, vntill they came vnder Bethcar.

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