What does רוּץ · τρέχω mean in the Bible?
רוּץ · τρέχω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to run swiftly or pursue with urgency".
Hebrew · H7323, G5143
רוּץ
To run (for whatever reason, especially to rush ) · to run
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רוּץ H7323 to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush )
τρέχω G5143 to run
Pronunciation tréchō
Metaphorically denotes urgent effort toward a spiritual goal, like a racer striving for victory.
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What does רוּץ (ruts) mean in the Bible?
רוּץ · τρέχω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to run swiftly or pursue with urgency".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H7323, G5143?
H7323, G5143 is connected to 104 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to run swiftly or pursue with urgency
Source Gloss
to run swiftly or pursue with urgency
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 40
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 38×
Imperfect Hab 2:2 · Jer 51:31 · Job 15:26 · Job 16:14 · Prov 18:10 · Ps 147:15 · 2Sam 18:23 · 2Sam 22:30 · Ps 18:30 · Ps 119:32 · Isa 40:31 · Isa 55:5 · Isa 59:7 · Prov 1:16 · Prov 4:12 15×
Participle active 1Kgs 1:5 · 2Kgs 5:21 · 2Sam 15:1 · 2Sam 18:22 · 2Sam 18:24 · 2Sam 18:26 · Hag 1:9 · Jer 51:31 · Job 9:25 11×
Perfect 1Sam 20:36 · Gen 18:7 · 2Kgs 5:20 · Jer 12:5 · Jer 23:21 5×
Sequential imperfect 1Sam 20:36 · 2Kgs 4:26 · 2Sam 18:23 · Zech 2:8 4×
Cohortative 2Sam 18:19 · 2Sam 18:22 · Song 1:4 3×
Polel 1×
Imperfect Nah 2:5 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Ps 68:32 1×
Word Origins
רוּץ is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain