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is the rendering in the A.V. of the following Heb. terms: ðָò , na (wavering), a rover (Gen_4:12; Gen_4:14; elsewhere “wander," etc.); ôָּìַéè , palit' (one that has escaped, as often rendered), a refugee (Jdg_12:4); ðֹôֵּì , nophel' (falling, as usually rendered, i.e., away to the enemy), a deserter (2Ki_25:11); îַáְøָç , mibrach' (lit. a breaking away, i.e., flight) fugitives (only in the plur. and Eze_17:21); áְּøַéçִ , 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 (Isa_15:5).