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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Fugitive

Fugitive

Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:14 , a rover or wanderer (Heb. n'a); Judges 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); Ezekiel 17:21 , one who has broken away in flight (Heb. mibrah); Isaiah 15:5 ; 43:14 , a breaker away, a fugitive (Heb. beriah), one who flees away.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Fugitive". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fugitive

FUGITIVE

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 (Isaiah 15:5; Ezekiel 17:21); escapes from bondage (2 Maccabees 8:35 (as adjective)); deserts from duty (Judges 12:4; 2 Kings 25:11 the King James Version; compare Judith 16:12 the King James Version), or wanders aimlessly (Genesis 4:12,14).

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'FUGITIVE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.