Dictionaries :: Fugitive

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Fugitive:

Gen 4:12, 14, a rover or wanderer (Heb. n'a); Jdg 12:4, a refugee, one who has escaped (Heb. palit); 2Ki 25:11, a deserter, one who has fallen away to the enemy (Heb. nophel); Eze 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 Encyclopaedia

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 (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).