Fugitive
King James Dictionary [1]
FU'GITIVE, a. L. fugitivus, from fugio, to flee. Gr.
1. Volatile apt to flee away readily wafted by the wind.
The more tender and fugitive parts -
2. Not tenable not to be held or detained readily escaping as a fugitive idea. 3. Unstable unsteady fleeting not fixed or durable. 4. Fleeing running from danger or pursuit. 5. Fleeing from duty eloping escaping.
Can a fugitive daughter enjoy herself, while her parents are in tears?
6. Wandering vagabond as a fugitive physician. 7. In literature, fugitive compositions are such as are short and occasional, written in haste or at intervals, and considered to be fleeting and temporary.
FU'GITIVE, n.
1. One who fees from his station or duty a deserter one who flees from danger. 2. One who has fled or deserted and taken refuge under another power, or one who has fled from punishment. 3. One hard to be caught or detained.
Or catch that airy fugitive, called wit.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( a.) Fleeing from pursuit, danger, restraint, etc., escaping, from service, duty etc.; as, a fugitive solder; a fugitive slave; a fugitive debtor.
(2): ( a.) Not fixed; not durable; liable to disappear or fall away; volatile; uncertain; evanescent; liable to fade; - applied to material and immaterial things; as, fugitive colors; a fugitive idea.
(3): ( n.) One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service, duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
(4): ( n.) Something hard to be caught or detained.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Genesis 4:12,14 Judges 12:4 2 Kings 25:11 Ezekiel 17:21 Isaiah 15:5 43:14
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
fū´ji - tiv ( פליט , pālı̄ṭ , from פלט , pālaṭ , "to escape"; נע , nā‛ , from נוּע , nūa‛ , "to waver"; נפל , nōphēl , from נפל , nāphal , "to fall"; בּריח , bārı̄aḥ , בּריח , berı̄aḥ and מברח , mibhrāḥ , from בּרח , bāraḥ , "to flee"): One who flees from danger ( Isaiah 15:5; Ezekiel 17:21 ); escapes from bondage (2 Macc 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 , Genesis 4:14 ).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
is the rendering in the A.V. of the following Heb. terms: נָע , Na (Wavering), a Rover ( Genesis 4:12; Genesis 4:14; elsewhere "wander," etc.); פָּלַיט , Palit' (one that has Escaped, as often rendered), a Refugee ( Judges 12:4); נֹפֵּל , Nophel' (Falling, as usually rendered, i.e., away to the enemy), a Deserter ( 2 Kings 25:11); מַבְרָח , mibrach' (lit. a Breaking away, i.e., Flight) f Ugitives (only in the plur. and Ezekiel 17:21); בְּרַיחִ , Beri'Ach (from the same root as the last, prop. a bolt, as, often rendered, hence a prince; but here perhaps simply a breaker away), a fugitive ( Isaiah 15:5).
