Bible Dictionary: Raid

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

2. (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

3. (v. t.) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

RAID

rad (1 Samuel 27:10).

See WAR, 3.

Strong's Hebrew

6584. pashat -- to strip off, make a dash, raid
... 6583, 6584. pashat. 6585 . to strip off, make a dash, raid. Transliteration:
pashat Phonetic Spelling: (paw-shat') Short Definition: strip. Word Origin a prim ...
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1464. gud -- to invade, attack
... 1463, 1464. gud. 1465 . to invade, attack. Transliteration: gud Phonetic
Spelling: (goode) Short Definition: raid. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1416. gedud -- a band, troop
... a band, troop NASB Word Usage band (6), band of raiders (1), Bandits (1), bands
(7), divisions (1), marauding band (2), marauding bands (1), raid (1), raiders ...
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Library

Making the Best of Trouble
... And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, the Girzites,
and the Amalekites; for these tribes live in the land which extends from Telem ...
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Special Efforts
... 'I am afraid it is a mistake to have a midnight raid here,' nervously suggested
a soldier of a ... Eagerly the soldiers looked forward to the next midnight raid. ...
/.../carpenter/the angel adjutant of twice born men/vi special efforts.htm

Turning Back in the Day of Battle
... Egypt. It has been supposed by some that these sons of Ephraim made a raid
upon the promised land, and attacked the men of Gath. ...
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On the Government of God
... him. In view of the description he gives of the Vandal capture of Carthage,
he would scarcely have omitted their raid on Rome. So ...
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Authority and the Adventurer
... If we desire European civilization to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather
that souls are in real peril than that their peril is ultimately unreal. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chesterton/orthodoxy/ix authority and the adventurer.htm

A Little Jewish Maid.
... Now when Naaman blew the king's horns and beat the king's drums up and down the
country, calling the young men of the tribes for a raid across the Jordan, it ...
/.../anonymous/children of the old testament/a little jewish maid.htm

Appendix.
... This Jupiter, in adult age, waged war several years with his father; overcame him;
made a parricidal raid on his home; violated his virgin sisters; [1108 ...
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But the Important Point Here is Only that You Cannot Anyhow Get ...
... Once flinch from this creative authority of man, and the whole courageous
raid which we call civilization wavers and falls to pieces. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 33 but the important.htm

The Daily Cross.
... THE SOUL. XXV. THE DAILY CROSS. A raid i gystudd garw'r groes 8,8,8,8,8,8. And
must the cross attend my way,. And load my spirit night and day? ...
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Index of the Original Welsh First-Lines, Corresponding to the ...
... (English Original) 17 [32]XXVI. A raid i gystudd garw'r groes 18 [33]XXVII. Mae
Crist a'i wradwyddiadau 18 [34]XXVIII. Mi feddyliais yn y boreu 18 [35]XXIX. ...
/.../morris/favourite welsh hymns/index of the original welsh.htm

Thesaurus

Raid (15 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property,
or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of ...
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Raided (6 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Raid. Multi-Version Concordance ... 1 Chronicles 14:9 Now the Philistines
had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. (See NIV). ...
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Road (155 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (1 Samuel 27:10; RV, "raid"), an inroad, an incursion.
This word ... journey. 2. (n.) An inroad; an invasion; a raid. 3 ...
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Raiding (11 Occurrences)
... n.) of Raid. ... 1 Samuel 23:27 But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying: 'Haste
thee, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land.' (See NIV). ...
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Ziklag (13 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 30:1 It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third
day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and ...
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Amal'ekites (24 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 27:8 And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites,
and the Gizrites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the ...
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Negeb (37 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 27:10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said,
"Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and ...
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Negev (39 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 27:10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said,
"Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and ...
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Amalekites (36 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 27:8 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and
the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the ...
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Warfare (18 Occurrences)
... To the minor operations of war belong the raid, such as the Philistines made into
the Valley of Rephaim (1 Chronicles 14:9), the foray, the object of which was ...
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Bible Concordance

Raid (15 Occurrences)

Genesis 49:19 "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 15:9 Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah, and made a raid on Lehi.
(DBY RSV)

1 Samuel 23:27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!"
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 27:8 David and his men went up, and made a raid on the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 27:10 Achish said, "Against whom have you made a raid today?" David said, "Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 30:1 It happened, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 30:14 We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire."
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 3:22 Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 7:21 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 14:9 Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 14:13 The Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Job 1:15 and the Sabeans fell upon them , and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
(See JPS)

Job 1:17 While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you."
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:
(See NIV)

Hosea 7:1 When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood, and the thief entereth in, and the troop of robbers ravageth without.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Raid

Related Terms

Raided (6 Occurrences)

Road (155 Occurrences)

Raiding (11 Occurrences)

Ziklag (13 Occurrences)

Amal'ekites (24 Occurrences)

Negeb (37 Occurrences)

Negev (39 Occurrences)

Amalekites (36 Occurrences)

Warfare (18 Occurrences)