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Fugitive

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Gen 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n’a); Judg 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit); 2 Kgs 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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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; Ezek 17:21); escapes from bondage (/APC 2Macc 8:35 (as adjective)); deserts from duty (Judg 12:4; 2 Kgs 25:11 the King James Version; compare /APC Judithh 16:12 the King James Version), or wanders aimlessly (Gen 4:12; Gen 4:14).

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).