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Fugitive

Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.

Easton's 1897ISBE 19157 verse references

Easton's 1897

Gen. 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n’a); Judg. 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit); 2 Kings 25:11, a deserter, one who has fallen away to the enemy (Heb. nophel); Ezek. 17:21, one who has broken away in flight (Heb. mibrah); Isa. 15:5; 43:14, a breaker away, a fugitive (Heb. beriah), one who flees away.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

ISBE 1915

fu'-ji-tiv (paliT, from palaT, "to escape"; na`, from nua`, "to waver"; nophel, from naphal, "to fall"; bariach, beriach and mibhrach, from barach, "to flee"):

One who flees from danger (Isa 15:5; Eze 17:21); escapes from bondage ( /APC 2Macc 8:35 (as adjective)); deserts from duty (Jud 12:4; 2Ki 25:11 the King James Version; compare /APC Judith 16:12 the King James Version), or wanders aimlessly (Ge 4:12,14).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

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