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pursuers

Meaning of “pursuers”

Persons who follow, chase, search for, or seek to overtake fugitives, enemies, or others.

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5 occurrences3 verses1 bookKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Joshua 2:16

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Every verse containing “pursuers”

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Joshua 2:16
And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 2:16 · retained source text

And she said vnto them, Get you to the mountaine, lest the pursuers meete you; and hide your selues there three dayes, vntill the pursuers bee returned, and afterward may ye goe your way.

Joshua 2:22
And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 2:22 · retained source text

And they went, and came vnto the mountaine, and abode there three dayes, vntill the pursuers were returned. And the pursuers sought them thorowout all the way, but found them not.

Joshua 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 8:20 · retained source text

And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and behold, the smoke of the city ascended vp to heauen, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wildernesse, turned backe vpon the pursuers.

1611 marginal noteHeb. hand.

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